{"id":378,"date":"2011-10-22T16:16:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T14:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/10\/22\/vrtbovska-garden\/"},"modified":"2017-06-07T14:11:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T14:11:18","slug":"vrtbovska-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/10\/22\/vrtbovska-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Vrtbovska Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the weather is sunny and dry we have the priority of visiting outdoor sites that are closed in the winter.\u00a0 Last week we had a small beer at the Beer Garden in Riegrovy Park, a short walk from our home.\u00a0 I won&#8217;t write about it now because it was quiet, just after opening for the day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/VrtbovskaRooftops.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"656\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/10\/22\/vrtbovska-garden\/vrtbovskarooftops\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/VrtbovskaRooftops.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,562\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VrtbovskaRooftops\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/VrtbovskaRooftops-300x224.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/VrtbovskaRooftops.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-656\" title=\"VrtbovskaRooftops\" src=\"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/VrtbovskaRooftops-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Malastrana rooftops from Vrtbovska garden, Prague\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/VrtbovskaRooftops-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/VrtbovskaRooftops-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/VrtbovskaRooftops.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Then we visited an entirely different kind of garden.\u00a0 Vrtbovska is a baroque Italian style terrace garden on the slopes of Petrin Hill.\u00a0 It was quite interesting but I especially enjoyed the view over the rooftops from its upper end.<\/p>\n<p>To see the whole garden and buildings through Karin&#8217;s eyes here is the link to her photo album:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/photos\/Lrk7Qs8XpYByxyyG6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vrtbovska Zharada<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The garden is at Karmelitska 25 just around the corner from Mala Strana nameste.\u00a0 There is a modest entry fee.<\/p>\n<div id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:40bfcea3-3bdb-4781-a80a-62bf02ab13b0\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding: 0px;\">Technorati Tags: zahrada,garden<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the weather is sunny and dry we have the priority of visiting outdoor sites that are closed in the winter.\u00a0 Last week we had a small beer at the Beer Garden in Riegrovy Park, a short walk from our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/10\/22\/vrtbovska-garden\/\">Continue reading <span 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