Petřínská Rozhledna (Petřín Observation Tower) sits atop the 318 meter high Petřínské Sady (Petřín Hill) on the west side of the Vltava south of the hill that the Praha Castle is on. It was built for the Praha Industrial Exhibition in 1891 as an imitation of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It is 60 meters tall, and there is a 299 step double spiral staircase that goes to the top. One staircase is for going up, and the other for coming down. It was meant to just be temporary, but it became so popular that they kept it up.
I think the view was worth the climb. Praha Castle is on the left, Church of St. Nicholas near the center of the foreground, and Charles Bridge crossing the Vltava on the right in the panoramic picture below.
There was no shortage of things to take pictures of. Even the manhole covers and the cobblestones in the streets were picturesque for crying out loud!
2018-03-06