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Three main tours are offered: Tour 1 (one hour) takes in the opulent Renaissance
rooms; Tour 2 (one hour) visits the Schwarzenberg portrait galleries and their 19th-
century apartments. The Theatre Tour (40 minutes, 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Sunday
May to October) explores the chateau's remarkable rococo theatre.
Wandering through the courtyards and gardens is free. Scramble up the castle
tower for views over the town below.
MMUSSEUUM
MUSEUM FOTOATELIÉR SEIDEL
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( 380 712 354; www.seidel.cz ; Linecká 272; adult/concession 100/70Kč; hourly tours
9am-4pm) Not far from the castle gardens, this photography museum presents a mov-
ing retrospective of the work of local photographers Josef Seidel and his son
František. Especially poignant are the images recording early 20th-century life in
nearby villages. In the high season you should be able to join an English-language
tour; if not, let the pictures tell the story.
Inner Town & Around
Below the castle, the town fans out in a confusing web of backstreets and alleyways,
bridges and riverbanks. The best way to get your bearings is simply to follow your
nose. The centre of town is defined by náměstí Svornosti, with its 16th-century Town
Hall OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP ( www.ckrumlov.info ; náměstí Svornosti) and
Marian Plague Column OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (Mariánský sloupek; náměstí
Svornosti) , dating from 1716. Several buildings feature valuable stucco and painted
decorations: note the hotel at No 13 and the house at No 14 . Back at the square, fol-
low Horní uphill and past Kostelní to the 14th-century Church of St Vitus
OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (kostel sv Víta; 380 711 336; www.farnostck.bcb.cz ;
Horní 156; 9am-6pm ) . Continue on Horní past the 1588 Jesuit college (Jesuitská
kolej), now housing the plush Hotel Růže.
EGON SCHIELE ART CENTRUM
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( 380 704 011; www.schieleartcentrum.cz ; Široká 71; adult/concession 120/70Kč;
10am-6pm Tue-Sun) This excellent private gallery houses a small retrospective of the
controversial Viennese painter Egon Schiele (1890-1918), who lived in Krumlov in
1911, and raised the ire of townsfolk by hiring young girls as nude models. For this
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