Prague, Czech Republic Hotels and Apartments

We just returned from a trip to Prague and stayed at the Hotel Jasmin for a week.

If you are interested in luxury accomodations, this is not the place for you, however, if you are looking for budget accomodations that are basic and clean, you\'re in the right place.

Hotel Jasmin is located in Praha 9 - a region in the northeast part of the city. While it isn\'t practical to walk downtown, we found the public transportation to be excellent. There is a bus stop just outside the hotel and down a small walkway. The hotel told us to take the 136 bus to the Vysocanska metro station, however, from the same stop you can take the X19 bus (which comes more frequently) to the Palmovka metro station - which is on the same metro line as Vysocanska, but closer to the downtown area. We found that this saved us about 10 minute going and returning from our downtown explorations.

As for the rooms, they are huge - especially by European standards. No problem with spreading all your stuff out. The rooms are also very stark, and my wife commented that it seemed like we were staying in a hospital room. If you are OK with basic appearances to the room, the Jasmin is a good deal.

Another bonus to the Jasmin in the breakfast buffet that is included with your room. Each morning there is a wide range of cold-cuts, breads, and cheeses to go along with cereal and juice. It was a good way to start the day.

Bis auf die Warmwasserbereitung (15 bis 20 Min. Wartezeit, bis heißes Wasser zur Verfügung stand) war alles dem Preis entsprechend angemessen. Besonders hervorzuheben: Das Frühstücksbuffet! Sehr nette und hilfsbereite, zuvorkommende Angestellte.