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In the castle grounds there is a castle park, which is stylized into a children's paradise. Here you will discover a fairytale land full of elves by the famous discoverer of fairytale land Vítězslava Klimtová, a hell with devils, a gingerbread house with a witch, Mike the cat, a mini zoo, a playground and a museum. The castle park includes a permanent exhibition of miniature Czech castles, chateaux and other historically interesting objects. Besides, you can stay directly at the castle in a renovated hotel.

The highest platform of the lookout tower is at an altitude of about 455 m above sea level and in good visibility it is possible to see, for example, Milešovka, Beech Mountain, Sedlo, Vlhošt', Bezdězy, Ralsko, Ještěd, Sněžka, Velká Deštná (1,115 m) with the ridges of the Orlické Mountains and the ridges of the Hornosázava Hills.

The memorial is actually the summer villa of the Lada family, built by Josef Lada in the 1930s. In the 1960s, Mrs. Alena Ladová - Vránová donated this building to the state so that a Josef Lada museum could be established here. Since 1986, the Josef Lada Memorial has been managed by the museum - today the Regional Museum Prague - East based in Brandýs nad Labem, whose founder is the Central Bohemia Region.

The Ondřejov Observatory has stood on the Žalov hill above the village of Ondřejov for more than a hundred years and is one of the most important scientific institutions in its field in Europe. It deals with the observation of the Sun and other stars, interplanetary matter and high-energy objects in space.

Říčany Castle is one of the most important buildings of the Czech castle architecture of the time of the last Přemyslids. It was built at a time when half-timbered noble castles were being replaced by more robust Gothic castles and is therefore an example of the oldest stone castles in the Czech Republic.