The city goes quiet
Rock walls and dense trees cut you off from the capital entirely.
A narrow wooded ravine running about five kilometres through southern Prague, within a protected nature park inside the city boundary. What makes it notable is that it lies inside the capital: a path following a small stream between rock walls and dense trees, with small waterfalls, wooden bridges and pools, and almost no sound of the city. You reach it by tram and then walk inside it for two hours. This is characteristic of Prague generally: the city holds a large number of ravines, hills and unmanicured natural areas inside its administrative limits, unlike many European capitals whose green space has become formal parkland. The ravine is used by residents of the southern districts for running, dog walking and cycling, and you will rarely find a foreign visitor in it. The path is public and free, and the ground is earth and can be muddy after rain.
Rock walls and dense trees cut you off from the capital entirely.
Prague keeps wild ravines and hills inside its limits.
Used by residents rather than tourists.
Modřany, southern Prague
Divoká Šárka and Prokopské údolí are similar valleys in the west and south-west, the second holding old quarries and caves. Stromovka is a large park near the exhibition grounds. Petřín is a wooded hill in the centre with an observation tower resembling a miniature Eiffel. And Divoká Šárka's cliffs above the Vltava lie north. All are reached by public transport.
If your visit is two or three days, no — the historic centre alone fills that. But if you are staying longer, returning, or travelling with a family that needs space away from the crowds, these valleys are among the best and cheapest things in the city. Prague's historic centre is very crowded in season, and two hours out of it changes your impression of the place.
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