Walk through the gardens around Prague Castle

On a beautiful sunny spring day, we started our walk on the western bastions of Prague Castle, walked along the picturesque New World Street, stopped at the house with a memorial plaque to the famous Danish mathematician and astronomer Tycho de Brahe, who lived here around 1600.
We descended into the Jelení příkop/Deer Moat and climbed up to Masaryk's Lookout, from where we could see the panorama of palaces around Prague Castle. 
We walked along the Brusnice Creek, through the tunnel under the Powder Bridge to the lower part of the Jelení příkop, from where we could see the high walls and towers protecting Prague Castle from the North. 
We climbed up the steep path and steps to Queen Anne's Summer Palace and  walk through the Royal Garden to the entrance to the Second Courtyard of Prague Castle. We were weaving our way  through the crowds  of tourists to St Vitus' Cathedral to the Third Courtyard and from there down the Býčí schodiště/Bull's Steps to the South Gardens. There we were rewarded with a beautiful view over the rooftops of the Lesser Town houses and palaces, the Vltava River and the inner city of Prague. 

We were taken through the history of Prague Castle and the surrounding palaces by our excellent guide Martin Bělohradský.