This paradise is actually available to anyone, assuming of course, that you know of its existence.

Don’t you like or cannot walk up the hill? That’s not a problem. You can take a tram to the Ujezd station which is only few steps away from the overground services. The ticket costs 32 coronas – circa 5 zlotych. Then just find your way into a small railway carriage and....few minutes later you are in a rosy heaven.



Alighting at the stop, believe me or not, you know straight away you have reached the place. The scent of roses delicately permeates the air. It was a sweltering summer day and the scent was most likely increased by heat. The Hill Petrin is like a different reality, far from the noise of car engines and the smell of petrol fumes in the centre of a big city like Prague. It takes 10 mins by the overground and then the only heard sounds are the buzz of insects, chats and playing kids. I felt like I teleported and I loved it!



On the left, the building with an unusual roof caught my attention. It was Stefanikova hvezdarna – the astronomical observatory founded in 1928. I still haven’t visited it but it will definitely happen one day.

On the right, below the garden level, there is another interesting construction, the Lookout Tower – Petrinska rozhledna. Always occupied by the crowds so I am still waiting for my moment to climb up the 299 steps.


Entering the garden we pass by ‘Polibek’ what means the ‘Kiss’ ( by Josef Maratka 1921) – the sculpture of a kissing couple forever held in each other’s arms. The structure of the park attracts romantic walks. There are many charming benches and corners. The garden covers the area of nearly 6 hectares and is set over 300 metres above the sea level, on the ground that used to belong to a military. The oldest part of it – Rosarium – with a look of a rosette and a hand fan, was founded in the Thirties of the last century. It was designed by Josef Kumpan. The whole graphic layout can be seen by clicking here.