This wonderful European city has many different names. The ancients often romantically referred to it as Northern Rome, in the Middle Ages it began to be called more verbosely: Prague, the head of the kingdom, the Lady of the Bohemian countries, Stone Prague, and then during the time of Charles IV, King of Bohemia and the German Emperor, it was called Golden Prague.
In the latest With the light hand of the famous Austrian historian and statesman Joseph Hormeier, he received the name of the City of a hundred spiers. Tourists who want to see the sights of Prague, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, annually make hundreds of thousands of economy tours for this.
To Prague
What actions accompany the decision of a tourist to visit Prague? Initially, he, of course, buys tickets, having decided on the dates of arrival and departure. Then he booked a hotel. If he is planning an economy tour, then the technical star Libuse considered in this article (Prague, 8) 3.
(Hotels of this class recommended to guests of the city by tour operators, located closer to the center of Prague, show rates from 1620 to 3530rubles per night.) Then, having tickets and hotel reservations (supporting documents) in hand, those who want to see Prague apply for a visa to the Czech Republic through the embassy. Upon arrival, the tourist will pay the Russian-speaking guide for a transfer to any hotel in the capital 29 €.
Modern European tourism, developing, uses new tools. In particular, the purchase of a four-day Prague Guest Card for 33 - 65 € (students receive a discount) will help the tourist to see more and spend less. At the same time, the guest of the city will receive a free introductory 2-hour tour, free access to 50 major historical sites, discounts to museums, tours, and will also receive a free guide. The card will become valid from the day marked by the tourist's hand on the card itself. A visitor can do this by settling into a hotel, resting, having a bite to eat and being ready for excursions.
Location
The hotel is located in the eighth district of Prague - Libuse and, accordingly, has the same name with it. There is a good transport interchange. 300 meters from the hotel there are tram stops No. 17 and 10, which can take you to the center in half an hour. The path from the hotel to the nearest metro station Kobylisy (line C, along which the Central Railway Station is located) 400 m can be walked in 3 minutes. Libuse Prague 3(Prague Czech Republic) is located in a relatively quiet and cozy, but still close to the center of the City spiers of the quarter. For a resident of Prague, the reference point for determining the location of the hotel in question is the Vlachovka mansion, located nearby.
Sightseeing facilities are available within walking distance of the hotel. From here, 3.5 km to the metropolitan zoo and 2.2 km to the botanical garden. Not far from the hotel is the shopping center "Albert"; a cafe and a pastry shop. If a tourist is fond of sports and is used to keeping fit, then 400 meters from the hotel he will find a well-maintained public swimming pool with gyms. A tourist who has come to Prague not alone can spend a pleasant evening in a bar or taste Czech cuisine in a restaurant located very close to the hotel (260 and 80 meters, respectively).
Hotel Description
In an old-fashioned way, with its entrance right into the sloping corner of the old city quarter, the small hotel Libuse 3(Prague) we are considering seems to have materialized from the Silver Age. The reviews of its guests indicate that it is reasonable for a sightseer to perceive this hotel complex both as a hotel and as part of Prague in the 19th century. After all, the overhauled walls of the building were built without a gram of cement, in the old way, with the help of lime. That is why it is cool here in the hottest summer, and warmer in winter than in modern concrete boxes.
The two-storey hotel building was later supplemented with an attic third floor. It is equipped with modern impeccable water supply, Wi-Fi and other communications.
Territory
The territory of the hotel Libuse (Prague 8; 3) is rather small. It is typical of 19th century Prague in its layout. The hotel on the front side is devoid of fencing, flower beds, alleys. He just comes out on his ownfacade to the street along the line of its development. Its back side is decorated with a small garden and a terrace for relaxation, fenced off from neighboring houses.
Service
Many hotels in Prague (3 stars) provide such a simplified and solid economy service to their guests. Libuse offers tourists parking for cars, a 24-hour Russian-speaking reception, daily cleaning and change of towels, a change of bed linen twice a week, good paid Wi-Fi, paid parking for vehicles.
Such a minimized range of hotel services - a trio is typical for European countries. Unlike the "triples" of Turkey, there is no sauna or Turkish bath, hairdresser, bike rental, swimming pool. But this is normal for a hotel, a European capital that specializes in serving tourists - sightseers.
Numbers
Hotel Libuse 3 (Czech Republic, Prague) provides its guests with compact modern rooms. Its housing stock includes 24 client rooms. They are not empty. Rooms include single, double and triple rooms.
Its residents enjoy a bathroom with a modern shower, telephone, TV with Russian channels. The room has air conditioning.
Food
At the hotel Libuse 3(Prague) there is a restaurant decorated in a hunting style, preparing dishes of national and European cuisine, serving up to 70 people at the same time. There is also a snack bar designed to stay in it.up to 46 visitors.
In summer, guests can eat on the cozy terrace located at the rear of the hotel, overlooking the garden. The hotel, selling tours, offers within their framework the only food option - "breakfast only". This is quite consistent with the rhythm of tourists-sightseeers living in it: after all, every day, having barely had a bite, they rush to the metro station or to the tram stop to see the beauties of Golden Prague.
For breakfast, guests at the hotel restaurant are treated to a buffet of cheese, ham, sausage, scrambled eggs, sausages, coffee, tea, yogurt, several different buns, sweet buns.
About excursions in Prague
As can be seen from the reviews of Libuse 3guests, their money and (most importantly!) Travel time in Prague was saved by buying a ticket that pays for all public transport services. The price of one ticket is 670 kroons. You can buy it at the store located on the road from the hotel to the nearest metro station.
Let's compare two options, involving paid and free excursions. To buy excursions, a tourist will have to pay from 260 to 5000 kroons for each of them (on average, 500 kroons per excursion). For orientation in prices, let's bring the euro exchange rate to the crown: 1 EUR=27.02 CZK.
Thus, when focusing on free excursions according to the guidebook, with access to excursion objects already paid for by a guest card, the tourist really saves money. The guests in the morning, after having breakfast, leave the hotel Libuse 3with joyful impatience(Prague) to get aesthetic pleasure from contemplating the beauties of the city - the pearl of Europe. Tourists follow the metro to the desired sightseeing object, and in the afternoon they are full of impressions, returning to the hotel again, have a hearty lunch, rest and go on another sightseeing voyage.
TOP excursions in Golden Prague
Prague from ancient times was considered not a skilled and merchant city, favoring artists and scientists, a city of aristocrats and the poor. Prague was the capital city of Czech kings.
A tourist of the Prague hotel-"troika", who is going to get acquainted with the sights of the City of a hundred spiers in 1 - 2 weeks, naturally draws up a plan for visiting them in advance. Let's try to compile it by analyzing the reviews of the guests of Libuse 3 (Prague).
It is logical to start your acquaintance with Golden Prague from the objects of the road, called the Royal Way. Its length is 3.8 km. It starts from the Republic Square, continues along Celetnaya Street, passes through the Old Town Square, and then along Charles Street goes to the Crusader Square and ends at St. Vitus Cathedral - one of the main shrines of the Czech Republic. Imagine: 23 Czech kings and 27 queens have walked this path at different times!
You should also see Vysehrad with your own eyes (getting off at the metro stop of the same name), the original center of the Czech state created in the 10th century. There is something to see here (the Basilica of Peter and Paul, casemates, a gallery, a Gothic dungeon, a cemetery).is a carefully preserved fortress, with the best panoramic view of Prague.
It is advisable to visit the Old Town Square at noon to see and hear a real man-made miracle - the Prague chimes. The monument to Jan Hus, the town hall, the church of St. Nicholas, the Gothic temple of the Virgin Mary also rise here.
Tourists (and the guests of Libuse 3(Prague), among them) consider it obligatory to cross the 520-meter Charles Bridge, built by the ancient Romans and operated since 1380 AD. e. to the present.
In fact, Golden Prague is extremely rich in sights. It is impossible to mention all of them in this article
About currency exchange
Tourists leaving for Prague do not have to worry about purchasing crowns in their home country. Tourists staying at Libuse 3 can easily change currency. The exchanger is very close to the hotel. His exchange fee is 50 crowns or 2% of the amount exchanged.
Besides, the whole center of Prague is literally dotted with money changers. However, you have to choose among them. Do not be fooled by the rate that you see on the plate of the exchanger. In fact, it is the most profitable among those offered to customers. Czech bankers have learned how to change different amounts of currency at different rates. Therefore, before a transaction, you should definitely ask the cashier, for example, what amount in crowns he will give out when exchanging 50 €. If the rate is underestimated by 15 - 20%, look for a more profitable exchanger. According to the guests of the hotel in question, the most profitablethe exchanger is located on Arabic 2nd Lane near the Powder Gate.
About shopping in Prague
The Hotel Libuse 3 (Prague) is an ideal shopping base thanks to its excellent transport links. The most brilliant shopping in Prague takes place in the first two weeks of January. During this time, thanks to sales and discounts, a tourist can purchase a complete set of clothes for only 100 €.
Also good for the archives is the summer sale of the winter clothing collection, produced by stores during the summer months. At the same time, you should walk around the store and carefully look for promotional goods, because Czech sellers do not flaunt them.
Where to buy shoes and clothes
Guests of Libuse 3 (Prague) in their reviews of the hotel also share information about promising shops for shopping. To name a few. Let's start with shoes. The Czechs are traditionally considered one of the best shoemakers in Europe and are kind to this craft. In addition, the price of leading brands here is 20% lower than that of tourists at home, and at sales and all 70%.
In Prague you can buy inexpensive German shoes at Deichmann, Italian and German shoes at Obuv Šotek, expensive German shoes at Reno. All these stores are concentrated in the Palladium shopping center located on Republic Square. On Wenceslas Square there are Destroy stores selling Spanish shoes. Around the same places there are shops of Czech shoes from the company Bata (older customers remember it as "Cebo". Cheap clothes in Praguesold mainly in Vietnamese markets. Imagine two of them:
- located at Libusská 319/126, Praha 4) Tržnice Sapa market;
- located at (Bubenské nábřeží 306/13, Praha 7) market Pražská tržnice.
Expensive clothes are better to buy in boutiques on Paris Street. Here they sell branded products from Cartier, Boss, Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Gas, Guess, Prada, Max Mara.
National Czech dishes
Tourists from other countries staying in the capital of the Czech Republic, to complete the experience, try to taste the dishes of the local cuisine. They are usually tasty and filling. The guests of the hotel we are considering are no exception. What did they eat in restaurants in Prague?
Many Czechs consider garlic soup their favorite, served with cheese and smoked meats. When they eat main courses, they prefer dumplings, boiled flour products, to ordinary bread.
The real brand of Czech cuisine is beer-soaked, boiled, and then smoked pork knuckle; and it is served not to one person, but to the whole company. The list of national dishes can go on and on. But we will stop, however, after naming two more dishes that tourists liked: pork ribs in sauce and fried pork with cabbage.
Remarks on the hotel
It is natural that tourists, experienced in traveling to various resort and sightseeing countries, compare accommodation in other hotels with Libuse 3(Prague). Their reviews testify to both the advantages and disadvantages of this hotel complex. Indeed, everything here is clean, serviceable and tidy.
As a disadvantage, they express their wishes to the hotel managers:
- no curtains in bathroom;
- missing shower hook;
- an electric kettle in the room is desirable (buyers of economy tours are forced to use boilers).
Conclusion
Most of the guests are quite satisfied with the service provided by the inexpensive hotel Libuse 3(Prague). Reviews about him are favorable. After all, it is a tourist portal to Prague, bringing comfort and relaxation to the life of its guests. It is neat and emphatically economical. After all, the main thing for a guest of the Czech capital is not at all a comfortable stay in a hotel during the day, but his enjoyment of the unique aura of the City of a Hundred Spires.
