Line-up
- Jaromír Nohavica
- O5 a Radeček
- Martina Pártlová
Artists announced for the whole tour, per-stop schedule coming soon.
Site map
Reconstruction 2026Reconstruction of the 2026 site from the guide. Dashed items are estimates. Full map in the guide ↗
Getting there and parking
How to get there
Road no. 27 Plzeň - Klatovy; ČD train, get off at Švihov station, the site is right next to the station.
Source: hradycz.cz/prakticke/doprava/
What your ticket includes
According to the Hrady CZ website (Admission page, version from May 2026), the Saturday festival wristband also served as a ticket for a castle tour, which was free for festival visitors. The website does not say which tour or route this is for each individual castle. The weekend pass is valid for Friday and Saturday; the website does not explicitly state whether the Saturday part of the pass gives the same entitlement.
Tours offered by the castle (in Czech)
- HRAD: Život na šlechtickém sídle (základní okruh)
- KUCHYNĚ: Zázemí šlechtického sídla
- VĚŽ: Od zříceniny k památce
- LOĎKA: Po vodě kolem hradeb
- POPELKA: Za tajemstvím Popelčina střevíčku (výstava bez průvodce)
Based on the 2026 edition. Source: hradycz.cz/prakticke/vstupne/
🎧 Castle guide
Švihov
The castle guide is coming soon.
coming soonAbout the castle
- The castle was built at the end of the 15th century by the royal judge Půta Švihovský of Rýzmberk. (hrad-svihov.cz)
- From the outset the castle was designed as an artificial island with two rings of walls and two moats fed by the River Úhlava. (hrad-svihov.cz)
- The late Gothic architect Benedikt Ried (Rejt) played a major part in its completion. (hrad-svihov.cz)
- During the Thirty Years' War it twice withstood Swedish attacks; after the war, on the emperor's orders, it lost much of its outer fortifications and both moats. (hrad-svihov.cz)
- Both palaces were turned into granaries; the main reconstruction work began in 1949. (hradycz.cz)
Gallery
