Travel Reference
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At the end of the street, the rocky hillside park
Havlíčkovy sady
marks the
border between Vinohrady and Vršovice and is popular with lovers (since it's se-
cluded). There's no prescribed walk for exploring the park - just choose the
most inviting path leading downhill. Look for signs to the Viniční Altán wine
garden.
Open-air wine gardens are a rarity in Prague and none is as attractive as
Viniční Altán
, with its wooden gazebo overlooking a terraced hillside lined with
grapevines.
Retrace your steps through the park, back to the street
U Havlíčkových
Sadů
. Follow this to the right, then make a left onto Rybalkova. Follow Ry-
balkova to Máchova. At Máchova turn right, crossing Francouzská onto Šu-
mavská, and then make a right at
Lužická
. Lužická empties out into a small
park. Cut through the park and onto the street Hradešínská.
This street has some of the most beautiful villas in the city. The most famous is
at
Hradešínská 6
, built by early-modern architect Jan Kotěra in 1908. Turn
left at Chorvatská and left again onto Dykova, then right onto Řípská, with a
view of Žižkov's TV Tower.
Řípská takes you to Vinohradská and the
Church of the Most Sacred Heart
of Our Lord
(náměstí Jiřího z Poděbrad). Find the street Slavíkova that runs
past the church's entrance and follow it to Polská.
Walk left onto
Polská
for another row of handsome townhouses. Take a right
onto Chopinova and walk uphill to Na Švíhance. The entrance to
Riegrovy
sady
is opposite Na Švíhance. The
Riegrovy sady beer garden
is 30m
from the entrance.
