landmark
Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church)
A hauntingly decorated chapel adorned with the bones of approximately 40,000 people arranged into elaborate artistic displays.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Poděbrady
Central Bohemia, Czechia · Europe
About Poděbrady
Poděbrady is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Libice nad Cidlinou, 44km from Bohemian Paradise.
Poděbrady is in Central Bohemia, Czechia, with about 15,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Libice nad Cidlinou, about 5 km away.
Poděbrady (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpoɟɛbradɪ]; German: Podiebrad) is a spa town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. The town is located on the Elbe River in the Central Elbe Table. It is known for its mineral spring called Poděbradka.
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achieved its greatest prosperity during the rule of the Poděbrady family in the 15th century and is known as the probable birthplace of King George of Poděbrady. His descendants promoted Poděbrady to a town in 1472. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. The main landmark of Poděbrady is the Poděbrady Castle and the most valuable monuments, protected as national cultural monuments, are the Monument of King George and the local hydroelectric power plant.
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What is there to see near Poděbrady?
Within an hour or so of Poděbrady: Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church) (23 km), Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary (24 km), Sedlec Ossuary (24 km), Bohemian Paradise (44 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Poděbrady?
Poděbrady is in Central Bohemia, Czechia, about 5 km from Libice nad Cidlinou.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 15,232
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Central Bohemia
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 50.1424, 15.1188
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Poděbrady
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary
UNESCO-listed medieval silver-mining town featuring the famous Bone Church decorated with the remains of over 40,000 people.
24 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
Sedlec Ossuary
Chapel at Kutna Hora decorated with the arranged bones of tens of thousands of people, including a chandelier of human remains.
24 km · about 25 min drive
national park
Bohemian Paradise
Protected landscape of sandstone rock towns, gorges and ruined castles northeast of Prague, threaded by narrow scenic country roads.
44 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Prague Old Town Square
A spectacular medieval square dominated by the Astronomical Clock, Týn Church, and colorful baroque facades.
50 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Prague Astronomical Clock
Medieval astronomical clock on the Old Town Hall that has been ticking since 1410, the third-oldest in the world.
50 km · about 60 min drive
cafe
Grand Café Orient
The world's only surviving Cubist café, on the first floor of Josef Gočár's House of the Black Madonna (1912) in Prague. Closed when Cubism went out of fashion, it reopened in 2005 restored to the original design down to the light fittings.
50 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Charles Bridge
Medieval stone arch bridge lined with 30 baroque statues crossing the Vltava River in Prague.
51 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Poděbrady
- 66 kmJested TowerA rocket-shaped 1970s hotel and TV tower crowning the 1,012 m summit above Liberec, reached by a twisting mountain road with sweeping views over Bohemia: an icon of Czech modernist architecture.
- 79 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
- 79 kmSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
Driving in Czech Republic
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.48/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
- Vignette
- Required, around €11 for a short-stay sticker
When to drive here
April to October
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