Town Tábor It is situated on the northern edge of South Bohemia on the border of the Třeboň Basin and Vlašim Highlands, 20 km northeast of Bechyně, 83 km south of Prague, 60 km north of České Budějovice (center of South Bohemia). With its 36 inhabitants, Tábor is the second largest city in South Bohemia.
The countryside around Tábor, enriched by the work of our ancestors for centuries, now offers its visitors a picture in which natural beauty is sensitively linked to cultural and historical monuments.
The slightly undulating region of the Tábor Uplands is an ideal place to spend a pleasant holiday. There are many popular sights - castles (Kotnov Castle in Tábor), around the ruins of castles Goat Castle, Old Borotin Castle, Schelmberk, Choustník, Příběnice, Dobronice u Bechyně…), castles (Chateau Bechyně, on the border of Tábor chateau Červená Lhota), unique technical works (Stádlecký chain bridge). Southwest of Tábor are flat mud with typical South Bohemian folk architecture, peat bogs and extensive forest complexes. Nature around Tábor offers good conditions for hiking, cycling or horseback riding. You can also visit natural attractions - Chýnov Cave, Botanical Garden in Tábor or nature trail Borkovická mud. The River Lužnice, which intertwines throughout the region, invites you to go canoeing or fishing. The Tábor landscape is full of ponds, which are used for recreation (swimming). On the banks of the river and many ponds there are camps, cottage settlements and canoeing camps (accommodation).
What you need to see in Tabor
The Tábor Town Hall, completed around 1521, is one of the most important and also the most beautiful monuments of late Gothic in South Bohemian towns. The interiors include a gallery of fine arts and exhibition halls of the Hussite Museum, whose main exposition is, of course, devoted to the Hussites. Do not miss a tour of Tábor's medieval underground. The sightseeing tour, which was created by connecting medieval cellars of several houses around the square in the middle of the 20th century, starts right in the town hall passage.
Who you should know from botany
Tábor Botanical Garden is exceptional: it does not classify plants according to the families of the botanical system, but in terms of their usefulness and importance. Therefore, you will get to know both “positive” plants and their “negative” counterparts - weeds and poisonous and hallucinogenic plants. The original concept was introduced in 1903 by professor of natural science and administrator of the botanical garden PhDr. František Bubák was the first in the world. The garden also includes an arboretum, rock gardens, lakes, peat bogs and greenhouses.
Modern travel pleasure of the town Tábor
Make sure that Tábor offers something for everyone! For lovers and lovers of sweets there is the Museum of Chocolate and Marzipan, for small and large toys Lega Museum with a children's corner for the youngest and a laser and light show on the theme of Star Wars for the older. And who likes animals, he should go to one of the youngest zoo in our country, opened in 2011 in the city district of Tabor Vetrovy. You can find both wild and classic animals from our forests. The zoo has a guest house, restaurant and children's play area.
