We arrived in Prague and were picked up by a driver set up by Alena, our host. Since there was no concierge to hold our luggage, we decided to have the taxi driver drop us off at Hotel Leonardo (about 2 blocks away). We had a nice lunch at Platina, while the hotel held our bags. Alena met us mid-afternoon at the apt, once the apt had been cleaned from the previous renters. The deposit paperwork had to be filled out & paid, and she also showed us around the space.

The location was great, right along the river. We had a wonderful view of the Prague castle out our living room window. The apartment was clean, modern and laid out well. The bedroom was quite small, but the rest of the space seemed very spacious. One thing coffee lovers should know, there isn't a "machine" but rather an italian style mocha pot that you can make individual coffee's/espresso's with on the stove. I'd never used these before, but since my hubby doesn't drink coffee it worked fine for one person. Also, the listing states a washer & dryer, but we were told to air dry our clothes on the provided racks, as the dryer took 3 hours to dry a small load.

There was a small mini-mart around the corner of the building to pick up some essentials (milk, yogurt, fruit, eggs, cereal, etc). This was handy, as the big Tesco food store was about 8-10 minutes away.

Our only disappointment was the noise. The walls/windows have little insulation qualities so you hear EVERYTHING from outdoors. There is a bar/restaurant on the ground floor, but we were up till at least midnight, so that noise wasn't a problem. The worst issue was that the building was undergoing massive reconstruction in all the hallways. Workers started with the drills, hammers & vacuums at 8am each morning and it was impossible to sleep. The jackhammers may as well have been in the bedroom with us...crazy loud!! This occurred everyday we were in town, with the exception of one morning that Alena thankfully was able to get the workers to start 1 hour later at 9am. Sadly, it was our vacation, so we had evening plans for dinners & shows that often got us home late. This meant we had several nights of less than 5 hours of sleep...which bites!!

Also, conversations & furniture being moved around between 2-3am in other apts. was disturbing. Alena said the owners of the building did not inform the management company of these extensive repairs in advance, and since we pre-paid the whole apt 8 months earlier, we couldn't get a refund to find another apt or hotel that was quiet. I would have been happy had they restricted the repair work till after 10am, since most vacationers would be up and about by that time of day.

Had the sleep situation been decent, I would have loved the place!