Kampa Island and Kampa Park

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Kampa

Walking across the Charles Bridge from Stare Mesto, before you cross under the Malostranske vez, there is an opportunity to take a left off of the bridge and descend onto Kampa Island. Directly below the bridge is Kampa Square where our Kampa Apartment is located. This little square is adorned by restaurants including some of Prague's finest dining.

If you choose not to stop at any restaurant to refresh yourself, continue forwards and into Kampa Park itself. This marvelous patch of grass in the Prague’s center is, during the summertime, filled with people sunning themselves, playing football or tossing a Frisbee around. It’s littered with works of art and has hosted before, some of the famous cows which are traveling around the world. If you’re staying at the Vlasska Apartments or perhaps in Prokopska, a five minute walk will get you to this slice of downtown heaven for some sun or laying around in the grass-time.

Kampa Square

Next to the river just off the park is the Sovovy Mlyny, which houses both a restaurant and a very interesting collection of art. If you’re an art buff, this is a place not to be missed. In the 2002 floods of Prague, they moved all the art up to the top floor because the museum was wholly flooded on the first two floors.

After visiting the museum, you can walk to the far end of the park and then go check out the small waterwheel. The waterwheel works although it hasn’t ground grain for years. The water from the Certovka stream runs the wheel. The Certovka actually splits off Kampa from the mainland, which is why Kampa is called an Island. You can follow the Certovka all the way back to the Vltava past the Charles Bridge and some of the older houses in Mala Strana.

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