• Guided tours only inside the castle, each about an hour, so pick one or two rather than all of them
• Book the private apartments tour ahead, since it and the hunting route need a reservation, while tours 1 and 2 are walk-up
• Parking is 600 meters below the castle, so expect a short walk up, and pets can't join the interior tours

Konopiště began as a 13th-century Gothic castle and was rebuilt by Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, as his family home. Guided tours lead through furnished apartments, a chapel and one of the richest armories in the Czech lands, lined with suits of armor and weapons.

Outside, a landscape park with a lake and a rose garden with greenhouses give kids room to run between tours.