Lesser known sites to visit in Prague

Oh my...where to start? My husband and I spent the month of May in the Czech Republic using Prague as the home base.

It's in the guidebooks, but very few people visit Vinorhady

Visit the stag moat on the north side of Prague Castle. Often overlooked.

Vrtba gardens

Wallenstein gardens

Vitkov hill

Old and New Jewish Cemeteries in Prague 3 (the older is near the Zizkov TV tower). These are not the ones in the Jewish quarter in Old Town

The bar/restaurant we stopped at often was a block from our lodging, had a definite neighborhood bar feel, less tourist feel:

U Mariánského obrazu on Kulelikova (Prague 3)

Short train ride away: Konopiště Castle, Archduke Franz Ferdinand's home

The Dancing House was interesting for a few minutes. There are also sculptures, Franz Kafka rotating head, Hanging umbrella man, Crawling Babies, In Utero.

Ditto the remark on placing this in the correct country.

I was in Prague in 2019, and I took Rick's recommended walk in Vyšehrad. Here's what I wrote about it at the time:

This neighborhood has a self-guided walk described in Rick Steves’
Prague guidebook. It required a ride on the metro to get there and a
tram ride back. Most of the walk is in a park that was created on the
site of a 17th-century fortress. It was enjoyable because the weather
was perfect (as it has been for the entire trip so far) and the views
were impressive, and because Prague is just such a lovely city to be
in.

It may not tick your art, history, and architecture boxes, but I believe there were quite a few options for local eating along the way. And I didn't run into any other tourists, so even though Rick recommends it in his guidebook, it is definitely not one of the top sights for tourists in Prague.

The Lennon Wall. ( I missed it-it was on my list and I forgot to check my list-duh. We spent the 1st 2days in Prague on our own getting lost everywhere we went! ) It looks very cool.

Another sight we forgot was this church. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20170831-a-prague-church-that-defied-nazi-rule

We had no idea about this chapter in history until we went to a European restuarant in San Francisco before we left for our RS tour to Central Europe. The restaurant owner was from Prague and was telling us about it. St Cyrils and Methodius.

These are 2 places off the beaten path that we will definitely visit when we eventually return to Prague.

A cool cafe, near the main square is Cafe Cafe. https://www.cafecafe.cz/ Not only did we have a scrumptious piece of cake here, we went across the street and had Gelato at Angelato. The RS tour guide told us it was the best gelato in Prague and she was certainly correct.

Two places we visited this summer were the Letenské Plan (Letna Park) north of the Old Town, and the Vinohrady neighborhood to the east where the Žižkov Television Tower is located. The walk to Letna Park takes one past the high-rent district where luxury stores line the street; climbing to the park itself is a pretty good workout. The TV tower in the tony Vinohrady has observation decks and an elevated restaurant, and on the way is the Riegrovy Sady park overlooking the city. All these places offer spectacular views of the city.

When visiting the Castle District, be sure to visit the Strahov Monastery. Their chapel is a wonder of Catholic Church excess (no vow of poverty here!) and the monks brew excellent craft beer and prepare delicious food for tourists and locals.

This is an amazing tour
https://www.prague-communism-tour.com/

Be sure to book in advance because it fills up

Hall of mirrors.
Museum of miniatures.

Museum of Communism. Ride the #15 tram from end point to end point. Fascinating and local.

I echo Mo R regarding visiting Sts. Cyril and Methodius church. There was a movie made about this, Anthropoid, which made it more meaningful to me at least. A tour to Terezin is very good. Our hotel connected us with an all day group tour of Terezin. The bloggers, BBQ Boy and Spanky, have a blog article entitled 50 Things to Do in Prague, can google it, which has a number of "different" things to do. Within that blog there are links to others blogs they have written about Prague. We did see the limo parked on the street for Darling Cabaret.

you could do a self tour of David Cerny works in the city, several of which have already been mentioned.
https://www.david-cerny-tour.com/en/routes.
this link will give you info on how to do it.
https://www.david-cerny-tour.com/en/ultimate-route
there is this link to other installations in other parts of the city most of which are easy to get to by public transport and a short walk.
there are numerous street art installations throughout the city by various sculptors and artists.
one of my favourite are the horses on the square Wuchterlova a short walk from Hradcanska or Dejvicka metro stop. There are some stunning buildings ,numerous good bars ,cafes and restaurants in this area (Bubenec/Dejvice) so worth spending an hour or two in the area. About 5 minutes on the metro from Mustek metro at the bottom of Wenseslas square. On a Saturday there is a great farmers market (also some local craft stuff) at Kulatak the large grass area beside Dejvicka metro but if deciding to visit go early it winds up by about 2pm.

In 2022, I enjoyed the Franz Kafka Museum (https://kafkamuseum.cz/en/), though the appeal of his surrealistic writings eludes me. I love to see literary sites even for writers I don't care about.

A tour of the Jewish neighborhood in Prague was the highlight of my visit. The steps of the tour are in Rick's book. The Spanish Synagogue is the most beautiful synagogue I've seen, though the one in Budapest is also at the top of my list. The cemetery in the Jewish neighborhood is one of the most moving things I have ever seen.