Miscellaneous Tips, Prague, Czech Republic - Reviews and Hotel Information

Prague Holiday offers a variety of apartments throughout Prague. In 2003 I stayed at Apartment Principe, located on Odburu St. It was small - consisting of a kitchen, living room, bathroom with toilet and shower, and loft with 2 beds. A balcony had a lovely view of the castle, and we could also see the clock tower and Old Town Hall Tower. This year we had a large apt. on Zitna, near Wenceslas Square, in the Apartment Salamander. We had a small balcony looking over Stepanka St., a kitchen with stove, sink, fridge, microwave and oven and all utensils, a powder room with toilet, a large bathroom with a huge porcelain tub, dressing room, two large bedrooms, another large room off the living room and kitchen, a large living room with tv. Pleasantly furnished, but not luxurious...there were 7 beds. The major drawback of both apartments was the noise from the street. Traffic is constant and people seem to always be about, and the later it is, the louder they get! If you want to have a home base where you can eat breakfast, have the occasional take-out meal or cook something up, the apartment idea can be great. These were in real apartments with Czech people, not dedicated to travelers. The staff at Prague Holiday is young and very helpful. We would stop by to pick up clean towels, toilet paper, get directions, etc. They arranged for our airport pick-up and delivery, and gave us one trip for free. They also discounted our stay quite a bit for using them again. As I said, these are NOT luxury accomodations - there always seems to be some little things wrong, like a shade that wouldn't open, a doorknob that fell off, etc., but the price is right and it's really nice to be able to have an apartment with kitchen and hang loose!

It was lovely to be able to get up in the morning and have the breakfast we wanted, for pennies. We would stop at the Tesco (see my other travel tip) and pick up muesli, milk, yogurt, fruit, bread, eggs and coffee, and be able to have a leisurely breakfast in our jammies. Another night, when we were all whipped, we walked across the street and picked up Chinese carryout. Two nights we had a regular Czech feast after stopping at Tesco and loading up on about 10 different cheeses, 5 different meats, fruit, olives, bread and crackers. We also had Czech champagne and beer, and played card games at the kitchen table. Try that a motel! One apt. we had also had a dishwasher, one did not. One had a microwave, the other did not. Our small apt. (loft bedroom) on Odboru was about $65US per night, our large apt. on Zita (advertised as 3 bedrooms) was about $100 US per night.

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