Old Prague Hostel and other Prague, Czech Republic Hotel/Accommodation Reviews

I have stayed at the Old Prague Hostel several times. It has consistently pleased me thus far, and I am becoming increasingly difficult to please when it comes to hostel standards. The hostel is relatively new and looks it. It?s clean, compact, and seems to be well managed. The dorm rooms and private rooms are not ensuite, but the community showers are plentiful. Great water pressure and the hot doesn?t run out. That?s always important in a shower. The hostel is spread out over two floors and both floors have their own common rooms. The one on the bottom floor has the television. Breakfast is provided and consists of sandwiches, cereal, and juice. There is a place to store your luggage, as check-in is 2:00 pm and it is not only locked up and safe but in the view of the reception. The dorm rooms are roomy and the beds comfortable although the duvets are kind of thin. You can adjust the temperature in the rooms though so I never got cold, even though I stayed there in the winter. The doors are padded in order to control noise.

The location is the best thing about the place. It is only a few minutes walk from Old Town Square and is just around the corner from Namesti Republicky. The tram stop is about a three minute walk and a tram there will take you to the main train station. The price is a little stiffer than at some of the other hostels in town, but you really are paying for the location.


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Theme: Hostel
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$20  » Currency Converter
Phone: +420776105766
Address: Benediktsk? 2/685, Prague
Website: www.oldpraguehostel.com

I'm not sure if you would call this a pension or a hostel. I booked it as a hostel and it has hostel prices and qualities, but it is listed as a pension. So who knows. Awesome location!

Unique Qualities: It's about a one minute walk to Old Town Square, located directly behind Twin Peaks. (okay, it's the Tyn church but I give things my own names). I paid about $8 for a room that I shared with two other people. Basic facilities, but nothing beats the location. FYI: try the little bar around the corner from it. Nice owner and good strudel!

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Theme: Hostel
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$20  » Currency Converter
Phone: 420-2-24828519
Address: Tynska 19 110 Praha 1
Directions: It took me forever to find it. I'm not even sure that the small alley it is on is on the map.
Website: www.hostel-tyn.web2001.cz
Other Contact: backpacker@razdva.cz

I didn't actually stay at Ritchie's Hostel, but I did tour the facilities and must admit that I was not impressed in the least. While the location is absolutely fantastic (literally steps away from the Charles Bridge and practially facing Old Town Square) that's about the only positive attributes it has going for it. The reception is up two flights of stairs and down a dark hallway. The women who were working the front desk seemed to be put out by my very appearance and didn't want to give me any information regarding price or what they offered. That's how I eventually got the tour. They apparently figured it would be easier to just give me a key and let me look around for myself.

Unique Qualities: The prices are a little odd and range from 11 euros to 16 euros. I say "odd" because it's actually cheaper to stay in a 6 bed room with shared facilities than to stay in a 12 bed room ensuite. They also have private rooms for 97 euros a night with 5 beds, which isn't that bad of a deal if you're traveling with a group. The more nights you stay the cheaper the rooms get.

They don't offer much in the way of amenities but do have internet facilities.

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Comparison: least expensive
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Phone: +420 222.221.229
Address: Karlova 9, Prague 1, Prague, Hlavni Mesto Praha 2
Website: http://www.ritchieshostel.cz/index.php?lang=en&PHPSESSID=2c2a96f184f0a647030655af650e2e21

People seem to love this place. I stayed there because it was my last night and my hostel didn't have rom for me, thus making me have to move. It's an odd place with a great location-literally steps from Old Town and the metro stop. But after staying in a room for two it was odd switching to a room for 28. People were coming and going at 3 in the morning, the place was as dark as a dungeon, and they must have a problem with thefts because there were signs all over the place telling us not to leave our items unattended. I didn't need to use the kitchen since I only stayed one night, but it didn't look like much. It was very tiny. I was able to rent an alarm clock and a towel, however, which came in handy. And if I was the partying type there was a hopping club called the Roxy next door that seemed to stay open all night. It wasn't a terrible experience, but it wasn't the best ever. The prices were good and the location good, but that was about it. I probably wouldn't stay there again.

Unique Qualities: Prices start at 9 euros a night for the 28 person dorm room. The 7th night is free.

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Theme: Hostel
Comparison: least expensive
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Address: Dlouha 33, , Prague, Hlavni Mesto Praha 11000
Directions: From the Main Train Station -take a tram no. 5 direction center for 3 stops, get off at Dlouha Trida stop, and across the street to the left, you will be on Dlouha street and our hostel is after 150 m on the right hand side, next to the Roxy club.
Website: http://www.travellers.cz/en/welcome.php

Maybe it's just me, but I found this place unbelievably creepy. I got bad vibes all around from it and ended up only staying one night there, when originally I was supposed to stay for three. I can't put my finger on what it was, but staying there reminded me of something out of a horror movie.

Unique Qualities: The hostel itself is actually pretty good. It's in a building that used to be a luxury hotel, and you can tell. It has good character and a really nice (if pricey) cafe downstairs. They offer the usual hostel style breakfast and the rates are okay. About a ten minute walk to Old Town Square.

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Theme: Hostel
Comparison: less expensive than average

Phone: +420 2 223 160 12
Address: Prague 1, Na Porici 15
Website: http://imperial.prague-hostels.cz/

We only had a lukewarm experience with the apartments. To begin with, it wasn?t made clear that the reception was a good ways from the actual apartments. We took a taxi there from the train station with our luggage, but as it took us over an hour to check the taxi couldn?t wait for us. When I asked the girl how we were supposed to get our luggage to the apartment she told us that it was only a 20 minute walk. However, it was dark, icy, snowing, and cold. And we had a lot of luggage. She eventually called another taxi for us. The real problem was that the apartment they ended up taking us to was not the apartment advertised on the website. We thought we would be staying on Neurodova. That was one of the reasons we picked that particular place. Instead, they took us to Ujezd, a fairly long walk from the center of Mala Strana. When I inquired about this I was told that the apartments on Neurodova were full. Still, they shouldn?t advertise them if they can?t accommodate. It didn?t look anything like the pictures on the Internet-probably because it wasn?t the same place.

The apartment had both good and bad qualities. It wasn?t really an apartment at all. It was a large room with a kitchenette. Oh, and a large bathroom which was nice. Still, there was nothing outstanding about it. There weren?t any pictures on the wall or any kind of decorations at all. The beds, while comfortable, were very low to the ground and a little difficult for my handicapped traveling partner to get in and out of. We stayed there for four nights but nobody ever came to clean the room. We weren?t told what to do with the key, either, and had to call and ask. The good points were that we had a great view of Petrin Hill and there was a tram stop outside the front door. And we enjoyed having the great restaurant La Bastille below us. It was also nice to have a tea maker in the room, too, as well as a refrigerator.


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Theme: Other
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$20-40  » Currency Converter
Address: Nerudova street 25, Prague 1 - Lesser Town

I’m always a little leery of staying in new places in Prague because I have had both positive and negative experiences. I tend to stick with what I know and expect. However, I booked this hotel through Expedia and got an excellent rate. I was pleasantly surprised at what it had to offer.

Unfortunately, the building does not have an elevator and it is a long hike up the stairs, as the hotel does not begin until the 2nd floor. The room was a good size, though, although small by American standards. The shower as great and we didn’t get any noise from the street like I was afraid we would. The location was excellent. We were located on a busy tourist street right in the middle of Wenceslas Square and Old Town Square. (Although closer to Old Town Square.) We always felt safe in the neighborhood, even after we had been put walking around late at night. The breakfast consisted of meat, cheese, bread, and cereal. The hotel was clean in general and well taken care of, although from the looks of the outside it doesn’t seem like it would. Maid service was daily. All in all, it was a very good value for Prague. The only drawback would be the no elevator problem.


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Theme: Hotel
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$40-80  » Currency Converter
Address: 5 Melantrichova, Praha 1, ,Prague, Hlavni Mesto P