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Walking routes · Prague

Castle gardens to Letná and Holešovice

From the Chotek Gardens beside the castle across the Letná plateau, with its views and the Metronome, to the Technical Museum, ending at the National Gallery's functionalist Trade Fair Palace.

Best time: Afternoon; the Letná beer garden (cash only) is on the way.

The route, stop by stop

  1. 1
    Chotek Gardens

    Small garden with castle views. 10 min

    A small English-style garden between Letná Park and the Royal Garden. It has views of the castle and the river and a memorial to the poet Julius Zeyer, and few people stop there.

  2. 2
    Letná Park

    Walk the edge of the park for views over the Old Town. 30 min

    A park on the Letná plateau with views over the Old Town and its bridges. Its beer garden is an after-work favourite of locals, and the metronome stands on the plinth of the…

  3. 3
    Prague Metronome

    Metronome on the old Stalin monument plinth. 10 min

  4. 4
    National Technical Museum

    Technical Museum; visit or pass by. 15 min

    The country's largest museum of the history of technology, founded in 1908 and next to Letná Park since 1941. Exhibits include vintage vehicles, astronomical instruments and a…

  5. 5
    Trade Fair Palace (National Gallery)

    End at the National Gallery in a 1925 functionalist hall. 60 min

    Built in 1925 as Prague's first functionalist building. After a six-day fire in 1974 it went to the National Gallery and reopened in 1995 as its largest site, for modern and…

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