The main reason for my visit to Ceske Budejovice w...

The main reason for my visit to Ceske Budejovice was the guided tour of the Budvar brewery.
You can get there easily with a bus that stops right outside the center or on foot. The tour in English starts at 2pm so if you organize, my advice is to get there on foot so you can see a part of the non-touristy city and have lunch in the brewery's restaurant which serves delicious dishes at prices in the average of all the other restaurants in the city (about 250 CZK for an appetizer / soup, main course, side dish and a beer).
The restaurant is, in the furnishings, quite refined, but do not be impressed, you will also find many locals who come to enjoy a good beer or to eat.
Upon entering you will be greeted by the counter with 6 plugs, one for each type of beer produced here.
The menu does not only contain Czech specialties but also more international dishes and winks, given the proximity, to Austrian specialties (La torta Sacher is among the desserts).
Here you can drink beers that would be difficult to find in the city and I think it is one of the few places where they are all tapped.

The visit of the factory is very engaging and very different from the visit of the Pilsner Urquell Brewery where everything is a bit aseptic.
The group I found myself in was made up of just 6 people and following the guide's explanations was easy.
The guy who led us inside the structure is a real beer lover and answers every question spurring them to do more. Unlike that of Urquell the tour is not built specifically for visitors but it is the visitors who enter the real areas of the brewery and can actually see the machinery at work.
The visit ends with a tasting of unfiltered beer or pasteurized directly served in the cellars of the factory (keep a sweatshirt with you, you will pass from an extremely warm to an extremely cold environment). Before the tasting you can get in touch with the main ingredients of the beer (this brewery uses fresh hops and not in pellets so you will feel the fragrant aroma).
The beer you drink is worth the single ticket that costs only 100 CZK (without limitations for what to photograph) and, if you are lucky and your group is as small as mine was you can take a double ration of beer for tasting !
If I go back to Ceske Budejovice I will certainly do another tour of this factory.