• About an hour from Prague by car, roughly 50 km west via the D5, or by train changing at Beroun onto the Rakovník line
• Three tours to pick from: the 60-minute Gothic Palaces tour is the easiest with small kids, and the grand tour with the ramparts and round tower runs May to October only
• Park 250 m above the castle and walk down; only the first courtyard is step-free, and only with help, so a carrier beats a stroller

Křivoklát is one of the oldest castles of the Czech kings, with origins in the 12th century, set in the Křivoklátsko woods. Guided tours lead through the second courtyard, a prison, a dungeon, a Gothic chapel and the Knights' Halls. The longest tour adds the ramparts and the Large Round Tower.

Tours are led in Czech, so it suits kids who like looking more than listening.