Hotel Halkova

Great hotel for a budget trip

I went with a friend for a photography holiday in Prague. We arrived here easily, its about 100m from I.P. Pavlova metro station, just one stop, change metro line, and you can get to all the main sights within 5 minutes. THE HOTEL We buzzed the door, said we had a reservation and we were let in. The gentleman at reception spoke good english, and we were shown to our room. The hotel itself was clean, but feels like an apartment block, as does the room (this was fine for us, but some people like flowing silk on the bed and gold taps dont they). Everywhere was clean, and if youre using this simply as a base to explore prague thats all that matters. This place is no frills but does it well. We had a good size room, with a POWERFUL shower that was incredible after a long day in the city (which gets humid in summer). There was also a seperate room for the toilet.The beds in the room were some of the most comfortable beds I have ever slept in and were made each day. THE STREET I cant think of anywhere else quite so good in Prague to have a hotel. Its down a quiet side street, but there are two pubs down there too. One, which is visible to the naked eye is a local which sells beer for 24 czk, yep, thats around 90p a pint. There is a passageway through a building opposite hotel, with a sign above it saying "Pub". At first I thought it was someones house, then we went underground and it was a huge pub, full to the brim of people. (continued in tips)

(cont)The best part. Each table beer taps of Pilsner urquell, pour your own pints, around 30 czk each. Your score goes up on a digital scoreboard where you compete with the WHOLE of the country on how many pints you drink For somewhere to eat, walk out the hotel, head left(heading toward Muzeum and Wencenslas Square). Go past the first traffic lights and keep your eye out to the left. Its called Mušketýr. Amazing czech cuisine for the best prices we found.

Nothing special

A bit off the path but still within walking distance of tourist attractions. Very large rooms but not much furniture, thus loosing ton’s of space. Large bathroom but tiny shower. We moved two twin beds to make a larger one and it was very dirty. Hadn’t been cleaned in years. Also beware some rooms share a bathroom.

Lovely hotel - would recommend it!

We thoroughly enjoyed our experience in Prague. The city is absolutely gorgeous and the hotel was nice and clean. The room we stayed in was large and very cosy, with comfy beds and clean bed linen.