Hotel Crowne Plaza

I’m all for historic buildings. but if I had known in advance this was a Stalinist-​era building with the same amenities as an old Poliburo office … I would have probably steered clear of this place.
Where to begin? This place is now known as the Hotel International now that new management has taken over the premises. This building dates back to the mid-​20^th century and was a gift from Stalin to the people of Czechoslovakia during the cold war era. In many ways this place has literally not changed since those days.
Yes the rooms had been modestly refurbished, but generally it has retained the old, dreary feel of a cold war/​communist era building. When you’re walking through the hallways it wouldn’t be surprising to see some KGB agent or Soviet general walk out of one of these rooms. The doors remind me of an old office building. The rooms themselves are spacious but poorly laid out. The beds here seriously suck. Our room also had an extra third bed for no real apparent reason and they would not move it (even though it ate up a ton of space in our room) because «it’s a triple room» (WTF).
Anyway, back to the room itself. I mentioned the beds are shit. They are because the sheets felt gross, the comforters were thin and the bed felt like one of those crappy spring beds you find in a cheap motel in the US. Unless you’re dead tired from a day of touring around Prague, don’t expect to sleep well here. The showers and everything else were not particularly memorable and the room felt dirty overall. The carpets were old and gross. The climate control was also non existent. The room felt stuffy and hot and I had to open the windows full blast (even though it was like 40–50 °F outside) just to get some air circulating inside.
The restaurant here also sucked ass. The quality of the breakfast was pretty shitty though at least the coffee machine was decent. Also the lobby was pretty nice and had a somewhat grand (if not old/​Soviet) feel to it.
Long story short, unless you want to relive history or have a keen interest in staying in an old cold war hotel, you’re way better off staying somewhere else.

The Crowne Plaza Prague is a large hotel 4 Star hotel which is fairly well located to the city centre. It is a very interesting building which dates back to communist days.
The staff were friendly and we received a warm welcome at check in. We had booked a Club Room and as Platinum IHG Rewards Club member we were upgraded to a 10^th Floor Tower Suite room with access to the Club Lounge-​the Sky Lounge on the 14^th Floor,
The Club Lounge offered a reasonable continental breakfast with some hot food items and a range alcoholic drinks were available during the evening however the food selection was very limited.
There is a 1980’s feel to the hotel with the communal areas really needing an upgrade. There is no pool and the restaurants were expensive.
The suite had everything you would expect from a 4 star hotel including 2 x TV’s, Mini Bar, Air Conditioning and internet but the CRT TV’s could do with replacing with flat screens.
Overall the Crowne Plaza Prague provides a good option for business and leisure travellers alike, particularly if you are looking for an IHG property with good Elite customer recognition.
We enjoyed the stay and would stay here on next visit to Prague depending on other options available.

Shhhhhh, they might hear us! Do you have the plans? Okay, we will meet at the café at the Charles Bridge to make the exchange. This is what I envisioned in my mind when our tour guide gave us the history of this hotel. Apparently, this building housed the USSR’s infamous KGB! We had a retired police officer in our tour group, so he did some snooping around in his room and found wires hidden in a hole in his closet! Wow, that’s crazy!
This hotel is old, it even smells old! Yes, It’s described as «art deco» on Crowne’s website, mmmm… still old and musty! I mean it’s not that bad, it is a decent hotel to stay in for a few nights. Rooms are typical European size, but it is a ways from the city center.

Staff and meeting space is great. The hotel rooms are Awful. Very old, outdated and musty. I had to switch rooms. There were little dead bugs near the windows. They quickly moved me to a room over the aerobics studio. A little loud but no bugs. It’s a 15 min cab ride to the center of town. Make sure to take AAA taxi. Otherwise, your taxi will be double the cost.

This hotel is OK but definitely not what I am use to from other Crown Plaza’s. The executive rooms themselves are very nice but the executive lounge is very disappointing. Very limited snacks, only wine and beer is served and the beer has been warm for the last two nights. A
way from downtown but that also means it is quiet and the local restaurants are very reasonable.