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Strahov Monastery. Passing Observation Tower to
through the gate in the wall Strahov Monastery
brings you to Petřín Park. Take A little further on stands
the wide path to the left below the Observation Tower 8
the wall and walk up the hill (see p140). This steel replica
beside the wall until you cross of the Eiffel Tower in Paris is
the bridge which spans the 60 m (200 ft) high. Opposite
funicular railway (see p141). the tower is the main gate
Below on your right you can of the Hunger Wall. Pass
see the Nebozízek restaurant through, turn left and
(see p201) famed for its views. follow the path to the
On either side of the path are Rose Garden 9.
small sandstone rockeries. Most The garden was planted
are entrances to reservoirs, built by the city of Prague in 1932,
in the 18th and 19th centuries, and features a number of
P O H O Ř E L E C to bring water to Strahov attractive sculptures. When
22 Monastery; others are left over you look down to the far
0 V L A Š S K Á from the unsuccessful attempts end of the garden you can
at mining the area. Walk up
see Štefánik’s Observatory
LOBKOVICKÁ to the summit of the hill. On (see p140). This was rebuilt
ZAHRADA your right is the Mirror Maze 6 from a municipal building
(see p140). Facing the maze is in 1928 by the Czech 7 Sgraffitoed façade of the Calvary Chapel next
the 12th-century Church of Astronomical Society and to the Church of St Lawrence
St Lawrence 7 (see p140), was then modernized in
STRAHOVSKÁ
ZAHRADA SEMINÁŘSKÁ renovated in 1740 in the the 1970s. It now houses a Monastery courtyard. You can
ZAHRADA
S T R A
Baroque style. huge telescope and is open catch tram 22 from here, or

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8 in the evenings to the public. linger in the peaceful monastery
H O V S K Á
7 Returning to the Observation grounds. If you feel energetic,
9 U LANOVÉ Tower, follow the wall on the you can walk back down the hill.
RŮŽOVÝ SAD DRÁH Y left, passing some chapels of
Key

PETŘÍNSKÉ the Stations of the Cross dating
SADY Tips for Walkers
Walk route from 1834. Then pass through a
6, 9,12, Ú Hunger wall gap in the Hunger Wall, turn Starting point: náměstí Kinských
20, 22, in Smíchov.
right, and walk past a charming
J
5 E Baroque house. About 50 m Length: 2.7 km (1.7 miles). The
(150 ft) beyond this, you pass walk includes steep hills.
Z
KINSKÉHO Getting there: The nearest
ZAHRADA ROŠICKÝCH D through another gap in the metro station to the starting
Š E R M Í Ř S K Á 4 NÁMĚSTÍ Hunger Wall on your right. point is Anděl. Trams 6, 9, 12
Turn left into a large orchard
and 20 go to náměstí Kinských
KINSKÝCH
above Strahov Monastery 0 (Kinský Square).
3 (see pp120–21) for spectacular Stopping off points: There is a
6, 9, views of the city. Leave by the
2 12, 20 restaurant, Nebozízek, half way
same hole in the wall that you up Petřín Hill and in the summer
came in by, turn right, and a few snack bars are open at the
H O L E Č K O V A ŠTEFÁNIKOVA
0 metres 300 walk downhill along the wall, summit of the Hill near the
H O L E Č K O V A 0 yards 300 tennis courts to the Strahov
1 through the orchard and past Observation Tower.
Hradčany and the Little Quarter from the summit of Petřín Hill
For keys to symbols see back flap

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