Route 1: Views of magical Prague | 12 km
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Two Prague hills provide an unforgettable view of the
metropolis. With our iconic electric bicycles, places with
magical views are easily and stylishly accessible.
From Café Cihelna near the Kafka Museum in Lesser Town - Malá
Strana turn right through Malostranská metro station up the hill
in the cycle lane and at the top turn right, past the
magnificent villa of the former Austrian and Czechoslovak
politician Karel Kramář - today part of the Prime Minister's
office - to the popular park Letenské sady from where there are
beautiful views of the river, bridges and Prague's Old Town. You
can also admire the timeless Czechoslovak pavilion transferred
from the Brussels world exhibition EXPO 1958.
Than you will go back a bit and continue along the cycle lane
to Prague Castle, the former seat of the Czech kings. From there
you will continue to the Strahov Monastery with its unique
Baroque library and the Petřín Gardens. Here you can get amazing
photographs of Prague, Prague Castle, Lesser Town and Old Town.
You can —like many Praguers— sit in the gardens or go up to the
Petřín lookout tower built in 1891 on the occasion of the
Jubilee National Exhibition with free inspiration in the form of
the Eiffel Tower — 299 steps lead to its top.
From Petřín Gardens you can easily cycle down to Malostranské
náměstí, as the name suggests, the center of Malá Strana -
Lesser Town. Here you can park your bikes and visit the
beautiful garden Vrtbovská zahrada or the garden of the
Valdštejnský palác, the current seat of the Senate. Then you can
continue on bicycles around the Charles Bridge back to Café Cihelna.
Route 2: The river connects monuments, museums and cafes | 8 km
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All the important places of old Prague are literally within reach
with our electric bicycles, and in fact you will only ride along the
left and right banks of the Vltava River, which inspired, among
others, the composer Bedřich Smetana to create a beautiful symphony.
From Café Cihelna by the Kafka Museum in Lesser Town - Malá Strana
turn left and cross the Čertovka canal under Charles Bridge, where a
series of Prague mills used to stand, and the Kampa park, until you
reach the Most Legií —Bridge of Legions, formerly the bridge of the
Austrian Emperor and also of the Czech King Francis I. A short stop
on the bridge will then give you a view of the entire Charles Bridge
with Prague Castle in the background. It is a point of view that
almost every painter and photographer has immortalized at least
once.
After the Bridge of Legions, before the golden roof of the
National Theatre, turn right and follow the embankment around
neo-renaissance building of Žofín to the Dancing House. From there,
you will return along the embankment back to the National Theater,
turn right and then across avenue Národní to the lower part of
Václavské náměstí —Wenceslas Square, where literally all modern
historical events took place. From there, you will continue on your
way through Národní třída to the lower part of Wenceslas Square,
where literally all modern historical events took place. You will
now be in a pedestrian zone where you will not encounter any
vehicles. Just watch out for pedestrians when driving and drive in
the marked corridor as you will be in the busiest part of town. The
view from the bottom of Wenceslas Square to the magnificent
historical building of the National Museum is sure to impress you.
On its reconstructed facade bullets from the shooting of the
occupying troops which ended the efforts to reform the communist
regime —the Prague Spring of 1968, were preserved.
From the lower part of Wenceslas Square, you can easily continue
along street Na Příkopech, and at its end you can admire the art
nouveau gem Obecní dům, where the Czechoslovak Republic was de facto
proclaimed in 1918 on the ruins of the Habsburg Monarchy. Then cross
Celetná street and turn down again towards the river to the Old Town
Square, one of the other places where the history of Prague has
passed since the Middle Ages. There is the famous Prague
Astronomical Clock with statues of saints. You can stop on a bench
in the shade of linden trees, in the place where the Gothic Town
Hall of the Old Town of Prague stood, destroyed during the uprising
against the Nazis in May 1945.
Via street Pařížská, full of luxury shops, you can reach the art
nouveau bridge Čechův most. Turn left and drive past the Prime
Minister’s office to the intersection, from where it's only a short
walk back to Café Cihelna.