On Sunday, 30 August and 27 September, admission to selected guided tours at this site will be free of charge. Please obtain your free ticket in advance through the online booking system. Capacity for each guided tour is limited. On these special days, the following tours will be available: The Cistercian Monastery (basic tour) and The Metternich Residence.
The Metternich Residence
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.
Opening hours
| Period | Days | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 1. 5.-26. 8. | tue–sun | 10.00 – 16.00 |
| 27. 8. | thu | closed |
| 28. 8.-30. 9. | tue–sun | 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 |
Admission
- Adults 25 up to 64 years 200 CZK
- Seniors 65+ 200 CZK
- Youth 18 up to 24 years 200 CZK
- Persons with disabilities with valid identification card/certificate 200 CZK
- Children 6 up to 17 years 200 CZK
- Children under 5 years free
- Person accompanying a disabled person free
- Person accompanying a school group of 15 pupils/students free
- Guide accompanying a group of at least 15 persons free
- "MK ČR" card * not available
- ICOMOS card * not available
- Seasonal NPÚ ticket free
- Single NPÚ tickets free
- NPÚ card free
- "Náš člověk" card * free
- * Valid only for one person (card holder)
Other tours
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
annual pass does apply
During this guided tour, visitors explore the Baroque granaries, including a unique three-storey Gothic chapel hidden inside the structure and a Baroque clock mechanism that continues to be operated by hand.
this tour is not available today
120 CZK (full admission)
duration 35 minutes
max. 30 people
reservation needed for groups only
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
annual pass does not apply