Czech Republic Guide
South Bohemia
The Budvar brewery
Opening time: Daily 10am–10pm
Website: www.budweiser.cz
The Budvar brewery, 2.5km up the road to Prague, on Karolíny Světlé, has a modern pivnice (daily 10am–10pm) inside the nasty titanium-blue headquarters; despite appearances, the beer and food are both inexpensive. To visit, you need to book one of the hour-long tours – ask for the anglický text (daily 9am–4pm; 100Kč). To get there, take bus #2 from the old town or a slow-stopping train to Tábor, and get off at the first stop (České Budějovice severní zastávka).