Střešovice and Břevnov: villas, trams and a monastery: a walk in Prague

The garden suburbs west of the Castle, where Prague's interwar elite built: the tram depot that is now the transport museum, the Ořechovka garden city with its plane-tree avenue, Adolf Loos's Villa Müller (reopened with a new tour), Otto Rothmayer's villa in the garden Josef Sudek photographed, then Břevnov Monastery and the star-shaped Hvězda summer palace.

Best time: Saturday or Sunday (Public Transport Museum open weekends 9:00-17:00; Villa Müller tours Wed-Sun; Rothmayer villa tours Tue, Sat, Sun 10:00-16:00 and Thu 12:00-18:00, April-October). Book both villa tours in advance

The route, stop by stop

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Public Transport Museum (Střešovice depot)
Opened by DPP in May 1993 in the Střešovice tram depot, which closed in 1992; about forty historic vehicles always on display. Sat, Sun and holidays 9:00-17:00; adults CZK 150, children and over-65s CZK 100, family CZK 350. Historic tram 41 starts here (until 17 Nov 2026). 45 min.
More than forty historic trams and buses in the historic Střešovice tram depot, a technical monument since 1991, including a wartime 'dark tram'. Prague's tram culture explained…
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Ořechovka garden city
With Hanspaulka, Prague's best-known garden and villa quarter: the central double house and villas built 1919-1929 to plans by Jaroslav Vondrák and Jan Šenkýř, laid out along Cukrovarnická with its avenue of plane trees. 25 min.
With Hanspaulka, the best-known and oldest of Prague's garden-city villa quarters, planned on the English model: a central double building and villas of 1919-29 by Jaroslav…
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Villa Müller
Adolf Loos and Karel Lhota's villa (1928-1930) for builder František Müller, the showpiece of Loos's Raumplan. Reopened after more than a year and a half with a new tour route that includes rooms never shown before. Guided tours only (Czech/English) Wed-Sun at 09:00, 10:30, 12:00, 13:30, 15:00, 16:30; CZK 400 / 250 reduced; buy in advance on muzeumprahy.cz; not step-free. (The stored place says 'temporarily closed': update it.) 90 min.
A modernist villa built in 1930, designed by Adolf Loos for František Müller, co-owner of the Kapsa-Müller construction firm. It is visited on guided tours of its restored…
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Rothmayer Villa
Architect Otto Rothmayer's own house (1928-1929) at U Páté baterie 50, with the garden Josef Sudek photographed many times; restored to its late-1950s state; in the Iconic Houses network. Tours every 2 hours: Tue, Sat, Sun 10:00-16:00, Thu 12:00-18:00 (April-October); garden open Tue-Sun 10:00-20:00; CZK 250 / 180 reduced; tickets in advance. 60 min.
Architect Otto Rothmayer built this house for his family in 1928-1929 in the Mediterranean-inspired style that Plečnik promoted, and its spiral staircase is decorated with…
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Břevnov Monastery
Down the hill to Břevnov Monastery (stored place; see its entry for hours). 30 min.
The first Benedictine monastery for men in Bohemia, founded by St. Adalbert in 993. It also has the country's oldest brewing tradition, and its brewery still makes beer.
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Star Summer Palace (Letohrádek Hvězda)
Walk about 2 km west along Patočkova/Bělohorská to the Hvězda game reserve and its summer palace (stored place; see its entry for hours). 40 min.
A star-shaped Renaissance villa in the Hvězda game reserve in Liboc, about 7 km west of the centre. The forested reserve around it was once a royal hunting ground and is now a…

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Střešovice and Břevnov: villas, trams and a monastery

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