The back story
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Area guide
Malá Strana: the back story
The Lesser Town below the Castle: St Nicholas, the Wallenstein and Vrtba gardens, Kampa island, Petřín and Mandarin Oriental.
Area guide · Prague
Malá Strana: Our Favourites
St Nicholas, the Wallenstein and Vrtba gardens, Kampa, Petřín and Mandarin Oriental.
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What to see and do
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Since 1357
Charles Bridge
Prague’s oldest bridge, begun in 1357, with 30 statues of saints between its two bridge towers.
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The Baroque dome
St Nicholas Church, Malá Strana
The Baroque church whose dome and bell tower dominate Malá Strana.
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Above Malá Strana
Petřín Lookout Tower
The steel lookout tower on Petřín hill, reached by the funicular from Újezd.
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Open April–October
Wallenstein Garden
The early Baroque garden of the Wallenstein Palace, with its sala terrena, grotto and pond.
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Around 1720
Vrtba Garden
One of Central Europe’s finest Baroque terraced gardens, on the slope of Petřín.
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Above Malá Strana
Petřín
The wooded hill above Malá Strana, with the lookout tower and the funicular from Újezd.
Where to eat
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In the MICHELIN Guide
Coda
Czech cooking at the Aria Hotel, on Tržiště.
Tržiště 9, 118 00 PragueExplore View on map
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A Viennese-style café
Café Savoy
A Viennese-style café by day and a restaurant by evening, at the foot of Malá Strana.
Vítězná 5, 150 00 Prague 5Explore View on map
Where to stay
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A former monastery
Mandarin Oriental, Prague
A Malá Strana hotel carved out of historic buildings, among them an old Dominican monastery whose chapel holds the spa.
Nebovidská 459/1, 118 00 PragueExplore View on map
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Below the Castle
Augustine
A 101-room hotel on Letenská, in Malá Strana below Prague Castle.
Letenská 12/33, 118 00 PragueExplore View on map
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Home of Coda
Aria Hotel Prague
A 51-room hotel on Tržiště in Malá Strana, home of Coda, in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide.
Tržiště 368/9, 118 00 PragueExplore View on map
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