First, location: Old Town Square is only a seven minute walk, yet you feel like you’ve hidden yourself in a real old Prague neighborhood. We stayed here for three days in December with our three college-aged children, and we were able to walk everywhere in historic Prague.

Second, this place is charming and quiet. You enter into a courtyard through an old wooden door (with modern security). The apartment is located on the first floor but you feel safe because of the courtyard entrance. You look out on the courtyard, not the street. This, combined with VERY thick walls and double windows, makes it very quiet.

Robin arranged for the five of us to be picked up at the airport. Definitely take advantage of this because it makes check-in easy and it’s always nice to be met outside customs by a smiling face and a waiting car. Our driver, Radek, was friendly and helpful and he arranged our ride back to the airport upon departure.

My wife and I shared the master bedroom, our daughters used the twin beds in the second bedroom and our son slept on the living room sofa. Beds are a little noisy and not luxurious, but comfortable. However the heated floor in the bathroom IS luxurious, especially in chilly winter Prague. Two basins in the bathroom make sharing one bathroom among five people tolerable. The shower was nice once we figured out how to keep it hot (gentle knob turns). The kitchen appears to be adequately appointed to cook for yourself but we only ate breakfasts in. All five of us fit comfortably around the table. The heat worked well, as did the fireplace. One evening we stayed in and listened to Christmas music around the fire. I would prefer the fireplace in the living room but it was still nice to sit around the kitchen table. Robin provides good wood and it’s easy to start and seems safe.

We loved the neighborhood—with a convenience market just across the street on the corner, a fairly legitimate Irish pub directly across the street, a florist a couple doors down, and a great bakery three minutes away. Coffee shops open late in Prague so get your morning coffee at Bake Shop. You are a few minute walk from the Vltava River, Pariska Street, and all of the moving historical sites of Josefov. It’s a hike up to the castle and Strahov Monastery, but we preferred living in this location to Mala Strana or other tourist areas. One other thing that’s cool for science geeks: Christian Doppler lived next door during the 1840s.

Highly recommend!!