• Antique wooden carousel near the National Technical Museum runs Friday to Sunday from May to September only, so plan a summer weekend visit for a ride
• Best city views from the Hanavský Pavilion and the Metronome terrace, looking down over the Vltava bridges and the Old Town
• Garden restaurant at Letná Chateau in the eastern part of the park, a summer spot for parents to sit while kids run on the grass

Letná Park spreads across 25 hectares of lawns, mature trees and a long plane-tree avenue on the hill above the Vltava, with wide views over the Old Town and its bridges. Kids get a children's playground, room for inline skating and skateboarding, and the giant Metronome on the old Stalin monument plinth.

By the National Technical Museum, a wooden carousel from 1892 still runs, its horses covered in real horse hide.