Taking the funicular railway or a walk up Petrin Hill in Malá Strana provides stunning vistas of the city. Explore the scale model Eiffel Tower and a mirror labyrinth. An alternative walk to Prague Castle via Strahov Monastery begins here.
Formerly the site of a quarry that provided the stone for many of the major buildings in Prague, today the hill is covered in trees, dominated at the top by the Petrin Observation Tower, a miniature replica of Paris' Eiffel Tower, which was built for the 1891 Prague Exposition (it's closed in poor weather).
After a colourful history and the 1989 revolution, it was renovated and the tower now serves as an illuminated symbol of the independent Czech Republic.
Also worth looking out for are the statues of Czech poets, the Rose Gardens and the "Hunger Wall", several miles long, commissioned by Charles IV and built by peasants in exchange for food.
After a colourful history and the 1989 revolution, it was renovated and the tower now serves as an illuminated symbol of the independent Czech Republic.
Also worth looking out for are the statues of Czech poets, the Rose Gardens and the "Hunger Wall", several miles long, commissioned by Charles IV and built by peasants in exchange for food.
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