Castle Hill Gardens and the Lesser Town

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Čertovka

   ~3 min here

   Čertovka is a narrow canal threading through Malá Strana, with Kampa set apart by its water.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Kampa

   ~3 min here

   Kampa is a public park spread across Kampa Island, between the Vltava and the Čertovka channel.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Vojanovy sady

   ~3 min here

   Vojanovy sady are a public park with an orchard, occupying the site of one of Prague’s oldest gardens.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Vrtba Garden

   ~3 min here

   Vrtba Garden is a High Baroque landscape folded into Petřín Hill in Malá Strana.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Quo vadis

   ~3 min here

   This memorial recalls the events of autumn nineteen eighty-nine.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: Petřín Lookout Tower

   ~10 min here

   Petřín Lookout Tower rises from the hill garden as Prague’s compact answer to Paris: a steel tower completed for the Jubilee Exhibition in eighteen ninety-one.

7. 7

   

   Stop 7: Petřín

   ~3 min here

   Petřín is Prague’s park-covered hill, rising above the Vltava-side district and carrying its own rocky character.

8. 8

   

   Stop 8: Strahov Monastery

   ~3 min here

   Strahov Monastery is a Premonstratensian abbey, and its long history begins in 1143.

9. 9

   

   Stop 9: Loreta

   ~3 min here

   Loreta is Prague’s Hradčany pilgrimage complex, with a grand Baroque façade facing Loretánské Square.

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