Chotkovy sady, Public park and cultural monument in Hradčany, Prague, Czech Republic

Chotkovy sady is a public park in Prague located beneath the Summer Palace of Queen Anne, featuring over 55 tree species and walking paths throughout its grounds. The space provides green areas for walking and relaxing in this central neighborhood.

The site hosted knightly tournaments and games, and in the 17th century served as Prague Castle's timber yard, called Horní dřevní ohrada. Count Karel Chotek, supreme burgrave of Bohemia, initiated the park in 1832 after building Chotkova road; Josef Fuchs probably planned it and gardener Jiří Baul led the work. Named after Chotek in 1841, it was landscaped by František Thomayer in the late 1880s.

The garden holds a marble monument honoring poet Julius Zeyer with statues depicting characters from his literary works. These memorials create a connection between nature and literature that visitors can discover while walking through the grounds.

The park is open daily from early morning until sunset and admission is free. Some paths are partly asphalted and can be used with bicycles and wheelchairs. There is no toilet and no drinking water in the park, and lighting near the Zeyer monument is weak. Dogs are allowed. The main entrance opens from Mariánské hradby street.

The granite orientation stone with the inscriptions "Chotkowy sady", "Chotkowa silnice" and "1841" was placed at the northwest corner during the ceremonial renaming in 1841. After a new entrance wall was built around 1910, it was raised above the staircase, where it still stands.