Neighbourhoods at a Glance - Prague and Czech Republic - page 282

GARDEN ARDEN

CHARLES UNIVERSITY BOTANICAL GARDEN
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(Botanická zahrada Univerzity Karlovy; 221 951 879; www.bz-uk.cz ; Viničná 7; garden free,
glasshouses adult/child 50/25Kč; 10am-7.30pm Apr-Aug, to 6pm Aug & Sep, to 5pm Feb &
Mar, to 4pm Nov-Jan; 18, 24) Just south of Karlovo náměstí (main entrance on Na
Slupi) is Charles University's botanical garden. Founded in 1775 and moved from
Smíchov to its present site in 1898, it's the country's oldest botanical garden. The
steep, hillside garden concentrates on Central European flora and is especially pretty
in spring.

HIST HISTORIC B ORIC BUILDING UILDING

U KALICHA
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(At the Chalice; 224 912 557; www.ukalicha.cz ; Na Bojišti 12; 11am-11pm; IP

Pavlova) This is where the eponymous antihero was arrested at the beginning of
Jaroslav Hašek's comic novel of WWI, The Good Soldier Švejk (which Hašek cranked
out in instalments from his own local pub). The pub is milking the connection for all
it's worth - it's an essential port of call for Švejk fans, but the rest of us can find
cheaper beer and dumplings elsewhere.