Camping Prima

This is an area that’s stacked with gorgeous buildings to visit. Start your explores nearby with a five-minute wander to Zamek Mitrowicz, followed by a trip to the town of Týn nad Vltavou (five minutes’ drive/45 minutes’ walk) for riverside strolls and old churches. Another fine castle is over in Bechyně (15 minutes’ drive), along with a medieval monastery, a ceramics museum and a firefighting museum where you can view retro fire engines. If the engineering of the past is your sort of thing, carry on to the Museum of Historic Vehicles and Agricultural Equipment (15 minutes). Not lost your castle enthusiasm yet? Take off to Tábor (half an hour) to visit Kotnov Castle and delve underground on a tour of the town’s medieval tunnels. Back up at ground level, there’s also a zoo and a sweet museum dedicated to chocolate and marzipan. And even if you think you’ve got no more appetite for castles, it’s worth making the effort to get to Zvikov Castle (40 minutes), in a stunning spot on its own island in the Vltava.