Cesky Krumlov · With kids

Bears are kept in the dry moat under the castle and you can look down at them from the bridge on the way up from Latran without buying a ticket for anything. Five minutes, free, and the thing children remember.

Chvalsinska 243: helmet, lamp and rubber boots, then a mine train about 1.5 km into the hill and a walk with demonstrations of how the graphite was cut. Over an hour underground, 250 Kc adults, 150 Kc reduced, 650 Kc family. Daily 09:00-16:00 in June and September and 09:00-18:00 in July and August, winter by arrangement. Bring warm clothes and spare socks.

Horni 152, Tuesday to Sunday, 60 Kc adults and 100 Kc for a family. The draw for children is the ceramic model of the whole historic centre as it stood around 1800 - they can find the house they slept in.

The South Bohemian Theatre's open-air stage in the castle gardens turns the audience towards the scenery. The summer programme through September runs family shows - Alice in Wonderland, The Little Prince, a Hercules musical billed from age six - and tablets give Czech, English and German subtitles. Umbrellas are banned during performances.

Upstream at Lipno nad Vltavou: 675 m of barrier-free walkway rising to 24 m above the forest floor, eleven play stops and a 40 m tower with a spiral you can push a pushchair up, plus a 52 m dry toboggan back down. Reached by cable car, shuttle bus, bike or on foot.