City Crown Hotel

Italian Residence is a well-placed hotel in a quiet street, close to the inner city of Prague (approx. 15 minutes descent to Vanceslas square, 10 minutes walk to the closest metro station). The establishment is situated in an old town-house, one can chose between apartments and rooms. (Tip: take the room!) There is a 24 hours reception, the receptionists were always friendly and helpful. We stayed in a comfortable apartment for a fairly good price. It had a bedroom with a large wardrobe, a double bed and a TV set, a kitchen with microwave, central heating, a large bathroom with a toilet, a bidet and a shower - nothing special really. Breakfast was included, it was OK, but not too varied.

There's no free parking, not even payed parking in the street, there are only reserved lots for residents where you can't park at all (not even on weekends). We moved our car into the 10th district, about 15 mins walk from the hotel, no parking fees there. Alternatively, you can chose to pay about10 Eur per night extra for guarded parking. The most annoying thing about the hotel was the way they have split an older and larger apartment in two: although the walls are pretty thick everywhere and at first glance it looked very quiet, it wasn't! The apartment is separated from the room with a thin plaster-board wall and the adjacent room's bathroom was basically inside the bedroom of our apartment - ever slept in a busy toilet/shower?