Strahov and Loreta down to the Malá Strana gardens
2.9km
3 h 35 minModerate
7stops
Starts high at Strahov Monastery and Loreta, passes through Prague Castle and then drops into Malá Strana's gardens, ending on Kampa Island by the river.
Best time: Morning, walking mostly downhill; Wallenstein Garden is open April-October only.
A Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1143. Its library has around 200,000 books in two halls (one theological, one classicist) under ceilings painted by Anton Maulbertsch and…
Baroque pilgrimage church and its carillon tower. 30 min
A pilgrimage site begun in 1626 around a copy of the Santa Casa, blessed in 1631, with a Baroque façade by the Dientzenhofers. Its tower carillon of thirty bells has chimed since…
Cross the castle courtyards to the cathedral. 30 min
The largest and most important church in the country and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague, a Gothic cathedral inside the castle with the tombs of Bohemian kings and Holy…
The 17th-century Baroque garden of Wallenstein Palace, now the seat of the Senate. It has ornamental pools and Baroque statues and is open to the public from April to October.
A garden in Malá Strana, once part of a monastery, with lawns, fruit trees and peacocks. It is close to the Charles Bridge crowds but hidden behind a gate on U Lužického semináře.
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Lennon Wall
Graffiti wall of the 1980s protests; a quick look. 5 min
An island in the Vltava cut off from Malá Strana by the Čertovka millrace. Charles Bridge crosses its northern tip, and the park has open lawns for picnics with views of the river.
