About Prague Hotels

Prague Hotels is a specialist hotel directory for the Czech capital — not an aggregator, not a price-comparison engine. Just a carefully maintained list of hotels we think are worth staying in, with honest notes on location and what to expect.

How we select hotels

Every hotel in the directory has been chosen on two criteria: location and value for its star rating. We don't list a hotel simply because it exists. We ask whether a guest who books it will be pleased — whether they'll find themselves within easy reach of Charles Bridge, the Old Town Square or Wenceslas Square, and whether the room will deliver what the rating promises.

We favour hotels that are straightforward about what they offer. A clean, quiet three-star a five-minute walk from the Metro will beat an overpriced four-star with a taxi-required location every time. Prague's geography is compact; the practical difference between good and poor placement is significant.

We revisit the list regularly. Hotels that change hands, decline in standard or close are removed. New options are added when we're confident they meet the bar.

Who writes the content

The directory and guides are written and edited by James Whitfield, who has been covering Prague hotels and travel for CentraServe since the site launched in 2004. Over two decades he has reviewed the full arc of Prague's hotel market — the post-EU-accession boom, the post-2008 shake-out, the rise of the boutique and design hotel sector in Vinohrady and Žižkov, and the gradual concentration of the best-value stays in the Lesser Town.

The practical guides — transport, money, neighbourhoods, food — are written from direct experience of living with and around the city's tourist infrastructure. Where facts change (ticket prices, opening hours, Czech koruna exchange rates), we update them. The goal is that nothing on this site is out of date by more than a season.

What we don't do

We don't accept payment for inclusion. Hotels are listed because we judge them worth listing, not because they have an advertising budget. We do carry standard display advertising and participate in the Booking.com affiliate programme — when you book through a Booking.com link on this site, we may earn a small commission at no cost to you. That income keeps the site running. It does not influence which hotels appear or how we write about them.

We don't publish fake reviews. The descriptions on hotel pages are editorial assessments based on publicly available information and editorial judgement — they are not sourced from paid guest-review platforms or supplied by the hotels themselves.

A note on Prague

Prague is one of the most rewarding cities in Europe for independent travellers on any budget. The density of architecture, history and good food within walking distance of the Old Town is genuinely exceptional. The city's hotel market rewards research — a well-chosen three-star in the right street can be a better experience than an anonymous four-star on the outskirts. That, in a sentence, is what this site is for.

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