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The Castle Ridge

Hradcany runs along the ridge above Mala Strana. These three sit within a fifteen-minute walk of one another and are usually visited as one.

Assembled and reviewed by Global City Intelligence on 2026-09-07. The order below is a suggested route, not a ranking.

The route

  1. Prague Castle

    Hradcany

    A walled district rather than a building, assembled over eleven centuries.

    Prague Castle and St Vitus Cathedral seen above the roofs of Mala Strana
    Prague Castle on the ridge above the roofs of Mala Strana. Diego Delso · CC-BY-SA-4.0

  2. Loreta

    Hradcany

    Ten minutes west, a Baroque pilgrimage complex with a carillon.

  3. Strahov Monastery

    Hradcany

    At the end of the ridge, with the two historic library halls and a terrace over the city.

    Photograph of Strahov Monastery in Prague
    Praha, Hradčany - pohled na Strahovský klášter z ulice Úvoz. Matěj Baťha · CC-BY-SA-2.0

3 of 3 places shown on the map. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.