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Thanks to Berounka, the region is also a popular aquatic tourism destination, allowing visitors to discover the beauty of the Bohemian landscape at a more relaxed and peaceful pace, and even with a fishing rod in one hand. At the same time, there are also some large dynamically developing towns in the region, such as Kladno and Slaný with their ever more popular aqua parks; Příbram, a flourishing city with the celebrated past of an ancient mining town, dominated by the famous pilgrimage center of Holy Mountain; the picturesque town of Dobříš with its magnificent castle and a park, or Beroun, a town lying at the confluence of Berounka and Litavka rivers and the main gateway to protected landscape areas of the Bohemian Karst and Křivoklát Region. 

• Karlštejn Castle – a Gothic castle built at the behest of the Czech king Charles IV as a fortress to guard his collection of holy relics and the crown jewels. The Chapel of the Holy Cross contains a unique set of Gothic panel paintings by Master Theodoric, which date back to the 14th century.Křivoklát Castle – originally a hunting castle of Czech princes and kings, the castle features an exquisite castle chapel, the Great Royal and the Chivalric Halls, and a display of Gothic art. A library, a prison and torture chambers with instruments of torture, observation galleries.
• Křivoklát Region – protected landscape area and UNESCO biosphere reservation with large forests, scenic valley of the Berounka River and popular holiday resorts.
• Chateau Lány – a chateau acting as the official summer residence of Czech presidents; both the large chateau park and the chateau chapel are open to the public. The town of Lány hosts a museum of veteran cars.
• Chateau Hořovice – a Baroque and neoclassical chateau with a fascinating park and several exhibitions and displays – chateau interiors, gallery of cast-iron art, display of toys of aristocratic children and mysterious beings from Brdy forests.
• Mining Museum in Příbram – the historical buildings of the Příbram mines with accompanying exhibition, a unique technical monument. A ride by mining train to the Prokop pit (-1600 meters/-5300 feet), the deepest pit of the Březová Hora Mining District, a guided tour of the underground shafts.
• Svatá Hora (Holy Mountain) – a pilgrimage place above the mining town of Příbram, connected with the town’s historic center by a sheltered, 450-meter-long stairway.
• Railway Museum in Lužná u Rakovníka – the largest railway museum in the Czech Republic. Steam locomotives, passenger and freight wagons, train models and workshops. The meeting place of all old train lovers.
• Bohemian Karst – a karst area with beautiful limestone formations, precious plants and animals. A popular destination in the vicinity of Prague – Solvay’s Quarry at Svatý Jan pod Skalou, Little and Big America quarries, nature trails.
• Koněprusy Caves – a three-level system of caves decorated with dripstones, situated in the midst of the Bohemian Karst. The mid-level area is a renowned archeological excavation site, the top level served as a workshop of money forgers in the 15th century.
• Chateau Dobříš – a Rococo chateau with rich stucco decorations, a French garden and an English park. The chateau hosts regular art exhibitions and a permanent display of vintage motorcycles. In the early 20th century muskrats introduced on the bank of the Starohuťský Pond were the first ever muskrats in Central Europe.
• Vysoká u Příbrami – this Neo-Renaissance stately residence hosts a memorial to the classical composer Antonín Dvořák and his brother-in-law Count Václav Kounic, with scale models of stage sets of Dvořák operas and the period costumes of the principal characters of Dvořák’s opera Rusalka and a game park with Rusalka’s Lake.
• Chateau Nelahozeves – a Renaissance chateau, property of the Lobkowicz family since 1623. Historical interiors, an art collection and a gallery of Spanish portraits (Rubens, Brueghel, Cranach, Canaletto, Velázquez).