Prague Map and planner Guide Routes ENRU

Žižkov and Vinohrady

The tower with the babies, the granite memorial, two great cemeteries and Plecnik's brick church.

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National Monument at Vítkov
Photograph: Michal Kmínek / CC BY-SA 3.0

Day 1

Starts from Florenc · 5h 30m at the sights, 1h 14m travelling · 7.8 km

Areas: Žižkov, Vinohrady

  1. National Monument at Vítkov — A granite slab on a ridge, with the largest equestrian bronze in the world (1h 15m)
  2. Žižkov — The working-class hill district, still the city's drinking quarter (1h 15m)
  3. Žižkov Television Tower — A 216-metre communist-era tower with Cerny's crawling babies on it (1h)
  4. Olšany Cemetery — Two million burials in a walled park, including Jan Palach (1h)
  5. Vinohrady Water Tower — A neo-Renaissance brick tower above the Vinohrady rooftops (20m)
  6. Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord — Plecnik's 1932 church, a brick box with a glazed clock the size of a rose window (40m)