Prague, Czech Republic Hotels and Apartments

Have just returned from a 4 night stay in the Esplanade . Its a lovely hotel - grand, opulent, spotlessly clean, warm, inviting, spacious room, delicious food and the staff are friendly and speak very good English.

On arrival our room had lovely touches - robes, slippers and the beds were turned down immaculately. The breakfast room was so ornate, you could have spent the whole time staring at the decor and not eating! The choice of food was very good and the staff serving were obliging and informed (albeit a bit brusque, but thats czech people in general).

The location is near to Wenceslas Square but further from the old town - which isnt a big problem if you like walking. All in all, its a great hotel that I would recommend it to anyone wanting to relax in total comfort.

I found the hotel staff to be extremely helpful and courteous with an excellent command of English. They were very quick to rectify my bill when I was charged for something I didn\'t have. My twin bedded room was very clean, although the beds were so close together they were almost a double which would not have been particularly acceptable if I had been travelling with someone other than a family member. There were no beverage making facilities in the room which was disappointing and the room was very basic, lacking any information on the city of Prague or any other information which would have been useful to peruse while in the room.

I was very disappointed with the breakfast which was very unimaginative.

I would agree with the other traveller\'s comments about the taxi from the hotel, it was 150kc more expensive to return to the airport, I was also disappointed to be charged for a slice of lemon (which I actually didn\'t have, but when I examined my bill I couldn\'t remember whether I had one or not, but apparently you get charged if you have a slice of lemon in a drink or as part of your meal - a little excessive).

Having said all that, it was a lovely couple of days stay and I would return as it is well placed for the centre of Prague.

I would just like to say that I have just returned from a wonderful 3 day trip to Prague and my friends and I would like to say that the Hotel Espanade is fantastic. The staff were friendly and helpful in so many ways. The location is great as you are just a short walk from Wenclesas square which leads on to the old town square. We had a triple room and it was very big and airy with lots of wardrobe space, the bathroom had a great shower and bath. We had no noise from corridors or from outside. The food in the hotel was superb, a great selection for breakfast delighted to find that they had a hot buffet of bacon eggs etc. We had lunch there on the day we arrived and dinner on the last evening again the food and wine were superb. All in all we would highly recommend this hotel to anyone travelling to Prague.