With some terrific day trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to experience all that Pardubice, 17 miles away, has to offer. Among the first stops you make here should be Plague Column of 1695, Republic Square and Smetana Square. The locals will also probably point you toward Hradec Kralove, 25 miles away. If you only see one thing here, make sure it’s White Lady on the castle Jindrichuv Hradec. (But we’d also highly recommend Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and White Tower.)