Are you already in Prague some days before you congress starts? You have unique chance to visit set of baroque gardens placed in Lesser Town, in western, left hand side of the city of Prague. Our visit will be composed from visiting Wallenstein garden, followed by the complex of the palace gardens bellow Prague castle as Ledebour, Pálffy and Kolowrat gardens . And the tour will be crowned by the visit of Vrtba garden, which is situated across the Lesser Town Square.
The first our visit - Wallenstein garden was built as a part of Wallenstein palace at the beginning of 17th century for Albrecht of Wallenstein and it is considered as second biggest garden in Lesser Town. Unlike from our other places to be visited druid our tour this garden is situated on the ground (not type of terrace garden). It is known for its Sala terrena with the motif of the God Mars, artificial grotto where you can search for hidden snakes or frogs or you can admire set of precious statues of Dutch sculptor Adrien de Vries (today copies, the originals are in Sweden). This garden is surrounded by the buildings which in past were possessed by Albrecht of Wallenstein and today serve as the Senate – former stables or the gallery – the ridding school in the past. From fauna you can admire colored or white peacock.
Our meeting point for the tour is at Malostranská metro station. Malostranská is both metro and tram station, located in left hand side river bank, a green or “A” metro line - two names for one metro line. Trams No 2, 12, 15, 18, 20 and 22 from different directions arrive here. We will meet in front of the exit/entrance in/to metro station, in the street level. There is there small area with the fountain and the sign a “meeting point". The guide will hold either the sign BellPrague or the sign of your conference.
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