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A self-guided audio walking tour of Český Krumlov, from the Budějovice Gate down Latrán and up through the castle courtyards to the castle garden, then back down into the Inner Town in the bend of the Vltava and across the river to Plešivec. It starts at the only one of the town's nine main gates still standing, with the story of the town's lords: the Vítkovci, the Rosenbergs for about three centuries, the Eggenbergs from 1622 and the Schwarzenbergs from 1719. Along Latrán it passes the double monastery of Minorite friars and Poor Clare nuns founded in 1350, then crosses the bear moat, where bears have been kept since 1707, into the First Courtyard, under the castle tower, through the Third Courtyard and over the Cloak Bridge to the Baroque theatre of 1680 to 1682, told from outside. In the castle garden it visits the cascade fountain, the revolving auditorium and the Bellarie summer house. Back across the Barber's Bridge it reaches Náměstí Svornosti, the plague column, the former brewery that is now the Egon Schiele Art Centrum, St Vitus, the Prelatura, the Jesuit college and seminary, and ends in Plešivec at Josef Seidel's photographic studio of 1905 and the synagogue of 1909.
23 narrations, yours to keep — no subscription, no expiry. Works offline once downloaded, and if it isn’t for you we’ll refund it.
Going somewhere with no signal? Put the guide on your home screen first, then download it from that icon while you are on wi-fi — that way you download once, and it works in airplane mode with no roaming charges. Show me the order →
Every claim in this tour traces back to a named source — excavation records, the heritage authority for the site, and the primary texts themselves. Nothing is copied from other guidebooks, and anything we can't source doesn't make the recording.
Each stop is built from OpenStreetMap · 267 features in this old town (the field-surveyed mapping database behind Apple Maps), Wikidata · 92 cross-referenced entries (peer-reviewed structured records), the heritage authority below, and the primary historical texts where they exist.
Cross-referenced against Modern excavation publications · academic peer-review.
Every sentence is checked against those sources before it is recorded. If a claim can't be traced, it doesn't make the audio.
Every tour is reviewed by a person before it goes on sale. Stop selection, the route and anything ambiguous come back to the editor for a decision, and those questions routinely send a stop back for another accuracy pass. Nothing publishes on a machine’s say-so.
Spot anything inaccurate? Email [email protected] — fixed in the next pass.
Budějovická brána, Latrán, Minoritský klášter, Medvědí příkop, I. nádvoří, Zámecká věž, III. nádvoří, Plášťový most, Zámecké barokní divadlo.
Kaskádová fontána, Otáčivé hlediště, Letohrádek Bellarie, Kostel svatého Jošta, Lazebnický most.
Náměstí Svornosti, Morový sloup, Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Kostel svatého Víta, Prelatura, Jezuitská kolej, Regionální muzeum, Museum Fotoateliér Seidel, Židovská synagoga.
The only one of the town's nine main gates still standing, built with two faces: a fortress toward arrivals, a frescoed front door toward Latrán.
The bear moat at the entrance to the castle, a Gothic defensive ditch where bears have been kept since 1707.
The Cloak Bridge across the deep moat on the western side of the Upper Castle, rebuilt in stone from 1764.
The castle's free-standing Baroque theatre, built for Prince Johann Christian I of Eggenberg in 1680 to 1682 and told here from outside.
The revolving auditorium in the castle garden, where the audience turns, not the stage, to face scenes set among the trees.
The plague column in the town square, raised in thanks for the end of the plague of 1680 to 1682, with the Virgin above eight saints.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 23 narration points.
Follow the suggested route or explore freely. GPS tracks your position. Reach a site and the narration plays automatically.
Each site has its own narration. 23 narration points.
Narrations play when you reach each site. No buttons, no track numbers. Walk naturally — the stories find you.
Premium narration that sounds like a documentary. Warm and knowledgeable, not a textbook reading.
Every narration is drafted, cross-checked against primary sources, then passed through a second editorial pass that strips unsupported claims. Dates, names, and citations verified.
See all narration points on the map. Tap any point to hear it early or replay it later.
Every narrated point in Český Krumlov — the Castle and the Town in the Vltava Bend, each with its own narration.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
23 narration points, including Budějovická brána, Latrán, Minoritský klášter, Medvědí příkop and I. nádvoří. That is about 29 minutes of narration in all, and you walk between the stops at your own pace.
Yes. It plays in your phone’s browser as you walk: no guide, no group, no app to install and no fixed start time.
Three ways, all built in:
The map-tap option means you can stand anywhere — even at home before you travel — and play any narration. GPS just makes it hands-free while you’re actually walking the site.
No. Use the “Download for offline” button before you go, and the entire tour — audio, maps, narration text — works without any data connection. Tap-to-play and the map both work fully offline. GPS itself doesn’t need data; only the download does.
Add the icon first, then download from the icon. On iPhone a guide downloaded in Safari cannot be seen by the home screen icon, so downloading first means downloading the whole thing twice.
Putting it on your home screen — iPhone or iPad (Safari):
On Android (Chrome): tap the three-dot menu at the top right, tap Add to Home screen (some phones say Install app), then confirm. On Android either order works.
If you opened this link from inside Instagram, Facebook or Gmail, you are in that app’s built-in browser. It cannot add anything to your home screen, and a guide downloaded there is thrown away when the app closes. Open the link in Safari or Chrome first.
Two backstops. First, the map shows every site — just tap the marker for the place in front of you. Second, you can manually queue any narration even when GPS is off. The platform never assumes GPS works; it’s the convenience layer, not the gate.
The audio runs ~1–2 hours total, but you walk at your own pace. 23 narration points across the site. Most visitors take 2–4 hours; some spread it over multiple visits. Once you buy it, it’s yours — there’s no expiry and no subscription. Come back next year if you like; the link in your receipt always works.
One purchase covers one device session. Most couples share earbuds and use a single phone — the audio is paced for that. If you want everyone listening on their own device, each person needs their own purchase. We do not gate sharing aggressively; we trust visitors to do the right thing.
Full refund if you never trigger a single narration on-site. Partial refund based on how far you got. See the refund policy for specifics.