Palace Gardens Beneath Prague Castle

These beautiful, terraced gardens on the steep southern slopes of the castle hill date from the 17th and 18th centuries, when they were created for the owners of the adjoining palaces. They were restored in the 1990s and contain a Renaissance loggia with frescoes of Pompeii and a baroque portal with sundial that cleverly catches the sunlight reflected off the water in a triton fountain. There are two entrances on Valdštejnská street: one opposite the Wallenstein Palace, and one next to the Palffy Palace Restaurant. There’s also one at the top of the hill in the Garden on the Ramparts at Prague Castle.