Let us add our voices to all who sing he praises of staying at Stepan and Petra’s marvelous apartment. Staying there was definitely one of the highlights of our visit to Prague. We strongly recommend it.
It’s a very stylish, complete and comfortable three-room apartment on a quiet residential street in Karlin. The bedroom has a comfy king-size bed and lots of closet and drawer space. The living room is furnished with a nice sofa, reading nook, tv/cable, game console and radio. There’s an expandable breakfast table and two chairs near the kitchen door. The fully-equipped kitchen, includes, dishwasher, refrigerator, electric kettle, etc. The excellent bathroom has a walk-in shower (“rain” showerhead + hand wand) and lots of thick towels. A washer-dryer is cleverly tucked under the bathroom counter. (There’s an iron and ironing board in stored in the bedroom.)
Every inch of the apartment was spotlessly clean, everything was of very good quality and worked perfectly; and the furnishings were stylishly handsome. (Check the photos.) We think the apartment’s quality, comfort and style reflect Stepan and Petra’s care for their guests.
Stepan had left on a business trip the day we arrived, and his wife Petra and their 5-week old baby Bernie greeted us and showed us around the apartment. Be sure to look at Petra’s wonderful hand-made book, “Let’s Dream”, in the wall-mounted box over the bed.
The Karlin neighborhood, which is going through a very rapid restoration/gentrification, reminded us of the Cobble Hill, Brooklyn neighborhood where we lived many years ago. There are a number of good restaurants, wine bars and cafes, as well as two good supermarkets near the apartment. The prices at most of the local restaurants are lower than in the tourist-y parts of Prague. We especially enjoyed the food and friendly people at Podolka, about two blocks from the apartment.
Stepan provides a list of recommended places to eat, shop, sip, hang out, etc.
Transportation access is excellent to and from the airport, as well as around town – even for Prague with its superb tram and Metro system. There’s a tram stop right around the corner serving three different tram lines. And the B Metro line, which goes to/from the airport is only one tram stop (Krizikovo) away– one minute by tram, less then five minutes on foot! However, there is is no elevator/lift at Krizikovo, and the long, fast-moving escalator can make handling luggage a challenge. TIP: Go two more stops to “Florenc” (only two more minutes!), which has a lift (near the McDonald’s), down to the B train platform.