Alchymist Grand Hotel and Spa - Prague, Czech Republic 

PB
Posted: Mon, Mar 02 2009
Our experience at Alchimist Hotel was excellent.Everything was wonderful: location, rooms, the spa, the food, the persons. We strongly reccomend this hotel to everyone.

CM
Posted: Tue, Jan 13 2009
Very beautiful decorated romms in opulent Style remind me to Versace's villa! The Hotel is completely new althougt in an historic building. Very good service. We stayed there before Christmas and were offerd free hot wine in the patio which was very romantic! Excellent breakfast buffet including also some a la carte-dishes like french toast or omlettes. Very good location in a romantic part of the city with the castle and Charles Bridge in a few minutes walking distance. Also good restaurants nearby. For me probably one of the best hotels I've ever stayed in.

something different
Posted: Wed, Jul 23 2008
Stayed for 2 nights in deluxe room with balcony overlooking a small courtyard. Loved the hotel, all the staff were friendly and helpful and the hotel is something different from the norm. The breakfast had lots of choice as well as an a la carte menu to choose from all incl. in the price. We ordered from that one morning and were very impressed. The bedroom had 2 towelling bathrobes and slippers,bottle of water provided, internet access and DVD etc We loved sitting in the courtyard area and enjoying a drink, very relaxing. You could also have breakfast out there which was nice. The hotel is ideally placed to walk everwhere, yet it is quiet and tucked out of the way. It was 30degrees c when we were there so we were pleased to have the airconditioning in the bedroom. Loved Prague and would go back again, easy to get about and everyting reasonably priced. If you want something different choose The Alchymist, this style would not normally be my taste but I loved it as it was done well and not tacky. Great for couples rather than the large bland hotels you can often see.

Just short of luxury
Posted: Mon, Jul 21 2008
The Alchymist is a beautiful hotel in a perfect location. Our room was generous in size and comfort (although certainly big enough to merit a king-size bed rather than queen). The staff was all polite and helpful. However, beauty isn't all. The Alchymist falls just short of being the luxury hotel we thought we had paid for. For the price of this hotel, we expected to be pampered a bit more. Surely the management could find softer toilet paper and tissues! When I stay at high-end hotels, I want to have at least as much comfort as I have at home. The tissues actually hurt my eyelids when removing makeup! The toilet paper was like scratchy old air-mail paper. The second issue was with the air-conditioner. To begin with, it was noisy. The first night, we thought we were hearing the sound of other guests taking showers, but it was actually the air conditioner and the noise went on through the night. When the maid comes to clean up the room, she turns off the main switch, so that when we came back after a hot day of walking all over town, the room was unbearable. As the room was large and the air-conditioner small, it took quite some time to get it to an acceptable temperature. Our only choice was to leave the "do not disturb" sign on the door all day and sacrifice getting the bed made in favour of having the room at a comfortable temperature.