Have stayed many places in Prague. Old Town is a great location. Many price ranges. The Marriott or Renaaissance are good chices,but westernized. (I personally don't mind that.) Also for a more European flair there is the Hotel Metamorphis...good location. On a budget? Try the Harmony...very basic, but clean and neat and in a good location.

Thanks again to all.

Soxgirl, as it happens, I am a vegetarian. I am interested in what I will eat in Budapest and Prague (not worried, this always works out) so I'm glad to have this option.

LynnieD - there is also a vegetarian retaurant run by Seventh Day Adventists near the Old Town Square on (I believe) Vichova street) - the narrow street directly in front of you with your back to the Astronomical Clock. There is also a very inexpensive cafeteria with lots of salads and such on Havelska street. Just continue on Vichova and turn left on Havelska about 50-100 yards.

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if you have any time, get out of prague and go to kutna hora, cesky krumlov or carlsbad. they're all about an hour to three hours outside the city and incredibly worth it. coming from someone who lived in Prague and loved every minute of it, including
trips outside the city.

also for cheaper hotels, look at vinohrady, a section of the city outside the tourist center but yet easily accessible to all the tourist stuff.

nasledanou!

Genibre, What would be the easiest way to get to one of these cities and what would we find when we got there? I think we will have time to do a day trip.

The easiest, most convenient, but not necessarily the best or inexpensive way is to book one of the many commercial tours from Prague. Most will pick you up at your hotel to meet the tour van. The tours tend to leave from near Wenceslas square and return to the same spot.
We took one of these tours to Terezin and it was fine except that some of us passengers had to insist on a stop that the tour guide wanted to do as a drive by. It pays to be proactive.

what would be considered a "best" or "less expensive" scenario other than a group tour, which we will have little interest in after being on the Gate 1 tour for a week?

Hi everyone,
Just thought I would ressurect this thread and tell you all that the Hotel Roma is everything I thought it would be. Comfortable, quiet (room away from the trams) free internet access and a really modern lovely hotel and great value at 75 Euros/night B/B.

The only thing I can't handle with Prague is the toll the legs take, all those hills and cobbled streets, I feel like I have run a marathon.lol.

The mini shark is still here Kappa and it sends its regards.

Bye for now

Muck

ttt for august or september trip -- good info - thanks all

Hi Mucky, thanks so much for the follow-up and I feel relieved you liked Hotel Roma. Even though I had a great stay there myself in November, that doesn't mean others would have the same experience always so I really appreciate your post. Hope you enjoyed your stay in that beautiful city. I'm a walker/hiker so the walkability of the city of Prague is a big appeal to me.

I might pass by Roma to say hello to the mini shark in April. I will be travelling to Praha again in Easter but this time my hotel will be Residence Mala Strana 3*, just 2 blocks from Roma, sort of closer to Cafe Savoy. Easter being the highest season for Praha hotels, Roma will be €180 even at 20% discount rate, that's a bit too much for me. Residence Mala Strana was originally full but during my January stay the kind manager Jirina tried and finally confirmed me a room on the spot (she said since I'm already a customer there, she tried harder) so I'm excited about staying in my favorite area again. This hotel can be another option for your/others' eventual futur stay if you like Mala Strana district. Located on a side street so tram traffic noise won't be a problem in any room, smaller reception but pleasant reception girls, all junior/senior suite rooms and nice breakfast, and really beautiful architecture of neighbouring buildings). My junior suite room was the extraordiray rate of €33 (thanks to venere.com) in January but that goes up to €88 in Easter (Jirina gave me 10% discount), that's fine considering Roma's €180.

We have also booked the hotel Mala Strana for the week after Easter. It seems like its apt. style rooms will work well for us.......since we're coming in by train from Berlin..any suggestions as to the best way to get to the hotel?

Supposing you arrive at Hlavni Nadrazi station, according to the following prague public transportation map, you can take the metro of the same name on the red line for 2 stops to I.P.Pavlova. At I.P.Pavlova, go out of smetro and take the tram No.

http://www.dp-praha.cz/download/sche...o-tramvaje.pdf

Taxi should be the easiest but people seem afraid of being ripped of buy Prague taxis although I hear considerable improvement has been in made last years. But I'm used to take public transportation with my usually small and manageable suitecase.
Supposing you arrive at Hlavni Nadrazi station, according to the following prague public transportation map, you can take the metro of the same name on the red line for 2 stops to I.P.Pavlova. At I.P.Pavlova, go out of metro and take the tram No.6, 22 or 23. It's about 10 stops or less (better check on the spot), anyway the stop you have to get off at is Újezd. That's the 1st one after the tram cross the Vltava river so it's easy to recognize. The stop will be on the Vítëzná street before the tram turns to Újezd street (6 to left and 22 and 23 to right). Off the tram, cross Vítëzná street to the other side and walk on Újezd street. Mëlnická street (Residence M.S.)is the second one to the left.

http://www.dp-praha.cz/download/sche...o-tramvaje.pdf

http://www.hot-maps.de/europe/czech_...ue/homeen.html

Sorry I posted the first one by mistake before completing it.

Also
ripped of buy Prague taxi > ripped off by

Just returned from Prague. It's the most magical city I've ever visited. We stayed at the Hotel Rott in Old Town. Nothing fancy, but clean and very reasonable. Buffet breakfast each morning was super. The hotel is in a perfect location. You can walk to all the major sites. If you want to take side trip, I recommend Martin Tours. They have a kiosk around the corner from the hotel, behind St. Nicholas Church. We took AAA radio taxi to and from the airport. With tip $30 each way. Good luck!

Hotel Rott is a great place to stay. It's reasonably priced and in a perfect location in Old Town directly around the corner from the Astronomical Clock. It's a 5 minute walk to the Charles Bridge and a 3 minute walk to the old Jewish Quarter.

Someone might have mentioned this already, but it's a bit early for most hotels to be announcing their special rates for October. We got our good October rate at the Bellagio Hotel in mid-August. (96 euro for a double including buffet breakfast)

Bookmarking for 2008

Check out my trip report, I was in Prague for a month in July. I gave lots of suggestions on what to do/see, eat, etc.

I posted it in early August.