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Walks in Hradčany.
2 editor-picked walks through Hradčany. Each one has been walked — stops, distances, and a paragraph on what to notice.
Walks in Hradčany
Hradčany: the Loreta, Nový Svět, and Strahov
The quiet castle district — a carillon, a lane of tiny cottages, and two painted library halls.
Prague Castle: the cathedral and the Golden Lane
St Vitus, the Old Royal Palace, the tiny houses of the Golden Lane, and the long view down.
Nearby
Other walks close to Hradčany.
Sorted by distance from the start of hradčany: the loreta, nový svět, and strahov. Good for stitching together a longer day.
Malá Strana: the Lesser Town
The great green dome, the house signs of Nerudova, the Lennon Wall, and Kampa.
Petřín: the hill and the tower
A funicular, a mini-Eiffel with a long view, a rose garden, and the way back down to Újezd.
Malá Strana: the baroque terrace gardens
Wallenstein's peacocks, the terraced gardens climbing the castle hill, and the Vrtba view.
Dejvice: the planned quarter and the functionalist villas
A round modernist plaza, a Stalinist skyscraper, and a 1930s colony of villas each by a different architect.