Thursday, July 23, 2026

Baltic Tour 2026 - Pardubice

Pardubice, Czech. Wednesday/Thursday 15/16-July-2026

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After Budapest, the next stop on our tour was Pardubice in the Czech Republic. The original plan was to fly from Budapest to Gdansk because of the length of the journey. However I wasn't allowed to fly for 2 weeks so we switched to trains. This meant an additional stopover but where should we stop? Tipped off by a poster on the ever helpful FaceBook group "Interrailing for the older crowd" group, Pardubice was where we would change trains and sounded like an interesting place. It was a fantastic find, it is a charming small town with lots of history, a castle and many amazing old buildings. Another bit of serendipity!

Wednesday 15-July-2026.

We didn’t leave Budapest until after lunch heading to the Pardubice and the hotel Penzione Zelona Zaba which translates as Green Frog. It is a 20 minute walk from Pardubice main line station but a short change and a four minute train ride took us to Pardubice Centrum station only 5 minutes walk from the hotel!

We dumped the bags and went for a stroll to checkout the town and stopped in the delightful main square for a beer at Zalozna. The menu looked ok so we decide to eat there as well.

Next morning we had a brief wander round the town and admired the castle from the outside.

There we found found a suggested walking itinerary starting with a circuit of the rampart walls.

The peacocks on the ramparts were very tame and clearly expecting to be fed!

We didn’t have time to do the museum but had a wander round the courtyard.. 

Following the suggested walk we reached the “Automatic Mills”, an old flour mill that has been converted into a cultural and educational centre with workshops, exhibition space and a cafe.

The town centre was lined with lots of lovely buildings.

Pardubice’s town hall (Radnice) is a Neo-Renaissance structure built between 1893–1894 by architect Jan Weyrich.

The green gate is the entrance into the old town and apparently there are good views from the top but we decided to pass for the sake of our knees.

The local Catholic Church with typical very spiky spire.

After the walkabout we went back to the hotel to pick up our luggage and headed off for the next half of the trip to Gdansk.

Next stop: Gdansk / Malbork.

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