Zákupy Castle is a Rococo chateau in the small town of Zákupy, 8 km east of Česká Lípa, once the summer residence of Emperor Ferdinand I the Benign. Anyone looking for a spot that combines Habsburg history with small-town charm will find lavishly decorated rooms, a chapel, and one of the oldest surviving lifts in the Czech Republic.

The chateau sits within two well-kept gardens - a larger English park with a pond and small island, and a French park with stone balustrades and carved caryatid figures. Enclosed by walls and a moat that once housed a resident brown bear named Medoušek, the grounds offer a calm, picturesque setting in every season - lush greenery in spring and summer, golden avenues in autumn, and a partially closed complex in winter.

• Zákupy town centre - the chateau stands right in town, a short easy walk from the car park below it
• Zákupy-Božíkov railway stop on the line from Česká Lípa to Liberec - about 1 km on foot to the chateau

• Seasonal tours from April to October, plus occasional night tours, November special tours and December Advent tours
• Four tour circuits: Winter Circuit, Baroque Stables, The Chateau under Ferdinand the Benign, and The Chateau under Franz Joseph I
• Admission ranges from 60 to 220 CZK depending on the circuit
• A restaurant and a large unguarded car park lie right below the chateau
• The chateau is frequently used as a wedding venue

In the chateau chapel in 1900, Archduke Franz Ferdinand d'Este, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, married Countess Sophie Chotek - the couple whose assassination in Sarajevo later triggered the First World War.