Prague (Praha) Outer Prague

In the beautiful neighborhood of Troja, French architect J. B. Mathey’s 17th-century château overlooks the Vltava. (Metro C: Nádraží Holešovice, take bus #112 to Zoologická Zahrada. Open Apr.-Oct. Tu-Su 10am-6pm; Nov.-Mar. Sa-Su 10am-5pm. 100Kč, students 50Kč.) Then venture next door to the Prague Zoo. (Open daily June-Aug 9am-7pm, Apr.-May and Sept.-Oct. 9am-6pm, Mar. 9am-5pm, Nov.-Feb. 9am-4pm. 150 Kč, students 100Kč.) Guided by a divine dream to build a monastery atop a bubbling stream, King Boleslav II and St. Adalbert founded Břevnov Monastery, Bohemia’s oldest, in 993. To the right of St. Margaret’s Church (Bazilika sv. Markéty), the stream leads to a pond. (Metro A: Malostranská. Take tram #22 to Břevnovský klášter. Church open for mass M-Sa 7am and 6pm, Su 7:30, 9am, and 6pm. Tours Sa-Su 10am, 2, 4pm. 60Kč, students 30Kč.)

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