This tour takes visitors to the former prelature. In the 1830s, it was converted into a chateau by the Prince Metternich. The tour gives you the opportunity to explore and experience the authentic historical interior on your own, without a guide. You can also visit the garden.
The tour route presents an authentic rural residence of the higher nobility after 1870 in the form of a self-guided tour. Visitors can obtain information about the use of the residence and the Metternich family through accompanying texts and audio recordings, which are also available in English.
The last visitors will be admitted to the tour route no later than when the ticket office closes, and they can remain inside for another 60 minutes.
The tour leads up the grand staircase to the former abbot's hall and on to the small dining room, then to the salon and through the study to the private rooms of the nobility. From there, visitors can walk through to the area intended primarily for the servants. Finally, they return to the great hall via the service corridor.
The Old (left) and New Prelature (right)
the Parlour
The Office
The Office
the Metternich´s Office (formerly the Abbot's Office with a baroque fresco)
the room (in the absence of the nobility)
the Garden
Tickets for the tour of the Metternich Residence can be purchased online or on site in the ticket office.
| Period | Days | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 1. 1.-1. 4. | wed–fri | 10.00 – 14.00 |
| 2. 4.-6. 4. | mon, thu, fri, sat, sun | 10.00 – 16.00 |
| 7. 4.-30. 4. | fri–sun | 10.00 – 16.00 |
| 1. 5.-30. 9. | tue–sun | 10.00 – 16.00 |
| 6. 7. | mon | 10.00 – 16.00 |
| 1. 10.-25. 10. | fri–sun | 10.00 – 16.00 |
| 26. 10.-1. 11. | wed–sun | 10.00 – 16.00 |
| 2. 11.-20. 12. | wed–fri | 10.00 – 14.00 |
| 21. 12.-27. 12. | fri–sun | 10.00 – 14.00 |
| 28. 12.-31. 12. | wed–fri | 10.00 – 14.00 |
| 2027 | ||
| 1. 1.-28. 3. | wed–fri | 10.00 – 14.00 |
The main tour is offered during the main season, from April to October. It takes visitors inside the former Cistercian monastery – the Romanesque Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and the former residential building, the convent, which represents Santini's art of building on water.
this tour is not available today
220 CZK (full admission) Buy ticket
duration 75 minutes
max. 30 people
reservation needed for groups only Reserve
seasonal ticket does apply
This special tour is focused on the operation of the water, ventilation and heating systems of the convent building. The tour is only in czech language.
this tour is not available today
single admission 380 CZK, czech guide only (full admission)
duration 60 minutes
max. 15 people
reservation needed
seasonal ticket does not apply