Hotel Three Crowns U Tri Korunek (Prague)

The Three Crowns Hotel Prague has 78 guestrooms situated in the five-floor main building and in a four-storey annexe. Rooms are simply decorated with cream walls hung with framed landscape prints, blue and cream bedspreads, carpeted floors and dark wood furniture including armchairs and desks. Amenities include satellite television and direct-dial phones, and bathrooms with hair dryers. A hotel since 1918, this family-run establishment is located just 1,5 kilometres from Wenceslav Square and offers the typical atmosphere of old Prague. Three Crowns is situated in a residential neighbourhood between Zizkov and Prague 1, and comprises two cream-painted Art Nouveau buildings on the corner of a cobbled street. The bright, modern lobby has parquet floors and a Barcelona-style chair. Czech business travellers and tourists stay here for the quiet location and easy access to the centre. Guests can enjoy a wide range of dishes including Czech specialities in the traditional restaurant, open all day until late. There is a complimentary high-speed Internet terminal in the lobby for those wishing to check emails or plan itineraries, and multilingual staff can offer advice on sightseeing, and arrange tours and airport transfers. A parking garage (surcharge) is available for those arriving by car. Vitkov Park, 100 metres from the Three Crowns, is set on the side of a hill and topped by an imposing constructivist concrete building that is the National Monument, and a huge equestrian statue of Hussite military leader, Jan Zizka. Its winding paths are popular with joggers, and afford panoramic views over the old town of Prague. Multilingual staff on Three Crowns Hotel Prague's 24-hour front desk can store valuables in the safe-deposit box, exchange currency, book city tours, and organise transfers to the airport and Prague Old Town. The hotel offers complimentary wireless Internet access and has a complimentary Internet corner in the lobby. Three conference rooms are available with capacity for up to 70 people, all with high-speed Internet connections, air conditioning, natural light and blackout blinds. The hotel parking garage has space for 14 cars and is available for a fee. Refurbished in 2005, superior rooms have air conditioning and feature bold contemporary decor with parquet wood floors, chrome-framed furniture and standard lamps, flatscreen televisions, and white bathrooms with slate floors. Guests of the Three Crowns Hotel Prague enjoy a complimentary hot and cold buffet breakfast each morning until 11:00 a.m. Three Crowns Restaurant - Traditional Czech-style café with tiled floor, wrought-iron lamps, and windows onto the street serves soups, pasta dishes, salads, steaks and typical Czech specialities such as Roast Duck with Dumplings and Moravian Cabbage. Open all day until midnight.