Tourism
Pardubice and surroundings - on foot
Pardubice is an ideal destination for easy hiking thanks to its flat profile. The historic centre of the town offers nature trails, such as the Vilém of Pernštejn Trail or the Silver A Trail through Pardubice.
Other attractions await in the surroundings of the town. Head out into the beautiful countryside along the Elbe and Chrudimka rivers or take a trip to Kunětická hora Castle. Pardubice is a great place for quiet and informative excursions. Individuals, couples and families with children will love the surroundings.
Educational trails
Educational trails William of Pernštejn
This trail will take you through the most interesting things the historic centre of Pardubice has to offer. Individual stops on the trail are marked with information panels. In the summer season, it is also possible to take a guided tour of the trail about once a month or book an individual tour.
The tour can also be found in the SmartGuide app.
Educational trails Pardubice in the footsteps of Silver A
Come with us to the period of the Heydrichiad in Pardubice. You will get to know the local conditions and the last journey of Alfred Bartos, the commander of the Silver A paratroop, a foreign resistance organization during World War II.
The trail offers Circuit I and Circuit II, which will take you to the Zámeček Memorial, the site of a former Nazi execution ground, or to the Larisch Villa, which was occupied by the Nazi riot police during the Heydrichiad.
Other educational trails in Pardubice
In Pardubice you can also find smaller nature trails, for example educational trail Srch, which introduces you to the surrounding nature at several stations. The trail is recommended especially for families with children. If you find the trail really short, you can extend your trip and look all the way to the Baroch Nature Reserve, an exceptional ornithological site with grazing for wild horses and buffalo. It is best to visit the site in dry weather or with your boots on.
You can also find a short Bee Nature Trail about the life of bees.
Educational trails around Pardubice
A beautiful location for walks and trips can be found in Lázně Bohdaneč and its surroundings.
Here you can follow the educational trail Gočárův okruh, which will take you through the work of the famous architect of East Bohemia, Josef Gočár. The trail also leads past the town hall, church, main square or cemetery. Along the way you will not miss the beautiful spa pavilion, Kuttner and Koutník chapels, Tiller's seat, Gočár's water tank and the functionalist villa.
Nature enthusiasts will surely love to follow the trails around the Bohdaneč ponds - educational trail Pernštejnské ponds and educational trail Bohdanečský pond and Matka pond, where you must not miss a visit to the ornithological observatory. You can get off the trail between Lower and New Zabran Pond to see Major Aubrecht's footbridge.
Both nature trails with ponds are connected by the Pernštejnská alley.
The educational trail Viselce from Holice to Vysoké Chvojno is also a pleasant walk. Information boards about forestry provide company along the way. In Vysoké Chvojno, the trail leads to an arboretum and a zoo with a local game observation point.
At Přelouč, the educational trail around the Buňkov Pond awaits you, where you will learn about the local fauna and flora, perhaps with a stop at a popular campsite.
At Kladruby nad Labem you will find the educational trail Landscape for breeding and training ceremonial carriage horses, whose name says it all.
Tips for trips
The town itself and its surrounding area provides a generous number of places to walk and hike.
The Elbe and the Chrudimka
Not surprisingly, the town lies at the confluence of two beautiful rivers, the Elbe and the Chrudimka. Their banks are largely natural and provide an oasis of calm in relatively close proximity to the city centre. You only need to step out of the city and into the countryside. Do not miss the confluence, which is beautiful in every season.
Nemošická hillside
On the southeastern edge of Pardubice you will find a narrow strip of the Nemošická stráň natural monument. It is a hillside above the Chrudimka River. We highly recommend a visit at the turn of April and May, when the bear garlic blooms, because that is when you will find yourself in a fairy tale.
You can also visit the nearby locality of Na Podkově, a blind arm of the Chrudimka River.
Kunětická hora
One of the most popular trips from Pardubice is the trip to Kunětická hora castle. It is about 7 km from the centre and there is both a green (via Brozany and Ráby, limited during the construction of the bypass) and a red (via Počaply and Kunětice) hiking trail. In addition, you can also get there by the cycle path along the Elbe.
In the warmer months, we recommend going through Kunětice for its excellent ice cream, which is classified as a Regional Food of the Pardubice Region.
Below the castle you can have a snack in the restaurant and walk past the animal enclosures. Even when the castle is in hibernation, you can go just below the gates and enjoy the views of the surrounding countryside. Children will enjoy the nearby Gingerbread House (reservations recommended).
Baroch Nature Reserve
The overgrown pond and its flora and fauna can be found near the villages of Srch or Hrobice. There is also a yellow hiking trail from Stéblová to Kunětická hora.
You can meet common and rare bird species here, it is an important ornithological site. Thanks to the grazing reserve, you can also meet other animals, such as buffalo or wild horses.
A visit is recommended for anyone, but more so in dry weather.
Meandry Struha Natural Monument
The village of Lepějovice used to stand near the village of Valy u Přelouče, which disappeared during the Thirty Years' War. Just behind it you will find the beautifully meandering Struha stream. In the surroundings you will also find riparian vegetation and floodplain forest.
Natural monument Černý Nadýmač
At the Buňkov pond is the beginning of the Výrovo circuit, which will take you to the Černý Nadýmač pond. Today the pond is used for fish breeding and irrigation of the surrounding area. Although there are many streams along the circuit, there are also wheelchair accessible parts suitable for wheelchair users and mothers with strollers.
Choltice, Svojšice, Raškovice quarries
Near Heřmanov Městec is the village of Choltice with a chateau and a chateau park and the chapel of St. Romedius. In the castle park you can play disc golf.
Further along the red road you will reach the Gothic ruins of the 14th century fortress Svojšice.
Follow the red trail to Horní Raškovice, where the Raškovice quarries educational trail and the Barborka lookout tower await you.
Kladruby nad Labem
A red hiking trail leads from Přelouč to Kladruby nad Labem. On the way, you will pass through the Slavik Islands, descend to the Semín Aqueduct, reach Semín, the birthplace of the architect Josef Gočár, where you will come across the Semín sand dumps from the Quaternary period. From there it is not far to Kladrub nad Labem.
The Kladruby nad Labem National Stud Farm has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019. The stud farm ensures the preservation of the Old Kladruby horse breed in both white and black versions.
The Tourist Information Centre has a number of cycling maps and materials from friendly organisations involved in tourism.
