Malá Strana (Lesser Town)

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is Malá Strana and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Charles Bridge7 min walk547 m
• The Jewish Quarter (Josefov)13 min walk1.1 km
• Old Town Square & the Astronomical Clock15 min walk1.2 km
• A classical concert17 min walk1.4 km
• The Dancing House19 min walk1.6 km
• Wenceslas Square23 min walk1.9 km
• Vyšehrad fortress8 min taxi2.8 km
• A Czech beer hall10 min taxi3.2 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 2.Prague Castle & St Vitus — The largest ancient castle complex in the world, crowning the hill — a thousand years of Czech power around the soaring Gothic cathedral of St Vitus. Go up for the cathedral and the view over the red roofs; the grounds are free.
• 6.Petřín Hill & tower — The green hill above Malá Strana, up by funicular through orchards to a mini-Eiffel lookout with the best view over the whole city and its hundred spires. A rose garden, a mirror maze and a break from the crowds; lovely at sunset.
• 8.Strahov Monastery Library — Two breathtaking baroque library halls above the castle, frescoed ceilings over walls of gilded old books — one of the most beautiful rooms in the world, with a monastery brewery next door for the reward. Peaceful, and often missed.
• 10.Kampa Island & the Lennon Wall — The little island under Charles Bridge — a mill wheel, a park, giant crawling-baby sculptures, and round the corner the ever-changing graffiti of the Lennon Wall, a Cold War symbol of free speech. The prettiest slow wander in Malá Strana.
• 17.Wallenstein Garden — A hidden baroque garden below the castle — clipped hedges, a dripstone grotto, and peacocks wandering free. Walled off, free to enter, and almost nobody knows.
• 18.The Loreta — A baroque pilgrimage church near the castle with a carillon that chimes on the hour and a treasury of jewelled relics. Fewer crowds, more magic.