Self-guided walking tour

Prague Walking Tour: Castle Hill Gardens and the Lesser Town (about 2 hours, 9 stops)

9 stops in walking order through Prague, from Čertovka to Loreta: 5.6 km on foot, about 1 h 10 min of walking, 1 h 50 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Castle Hill Gardens and the Lesser Town”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total
1 h 50 min
Distance
5.6 km
Walking
1 h 10 min
Stops
9

The stops, in walking order

  1. Čertovka

    A canal in Malá Strana that separates Kampa from the surrounding quarter and flows back into the Vltava after 740 metres.

    2 min walk · 200 m

  2. Kampa

    A public park on Kampa Island, shaped from historic gardens after the Second World War.

    12 min walk · 1.0 km

  3. Vojanovy sady

    A public park with an orchard on the site of one of Prague’s oldest gardens.

    11 min walk · 850 m

  4. Vrtba Garden

    A High Baroque terraced garden on Petřín Hill in Malá Strana.

    8 min walk · 610 m

  5. Quo vadis

    A memorial recalling the events of autumn nineteen eighty-nine.

    10 min walk · 850 m

  6. Petřín Lookout Tower

    A steel landmark on Petřín, created for Prague’s Jubilee Exhibition in eighteen ninety-one.

    6 min walk · 490 m

  7. Petřín

    Prague’s park-covered hill, shaped by sandstone outcrops and a long history of quarrying for the city’s buildings.

    12 min walk · 890 m

  8. Strahov Monastery

    A Premonstratensian abbey whose complex includes a basilica, picture gallery, and celebrated library.

    8 min walk · 660 m

  9. Loreta

    A Baroque pilgrimage complex in Prague’s Hradčany quarter.

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The route line, 5.6 km, drawn from the tour’s routed walking path.

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