Looking for Prague hotel recommendations for Dec 2019

We stayed at the Green Garland B&B and were really pleased with it. It is very close to the Old Town Square and Charles Bridge but on an amazingly quiet side street.

We stayed at Residence Agnes in 2015. It was excellent and about a 10-minute walk to old town.

We really liked Hotel Hastal very close to old town. We were there in January, so we appreciated how close it was to everything, too. We from Minnesota, and when we were there, we thought the weather was quite nice! I recall sunny skies and mid 40s. The hotel has a good, filling breakfast included. We actually arrived from Prague at about 8 in the morning and miraculously, they gave us a room immediately! https://www.hotelhastalprague.com/en/
We spent a day at Prague castle and a lot of time walking around Mala Strana. If you have the time, the monastery close to the castle is very nice.

We also enjoyed the Green Garland. Reception staff was very helpful. Continental breakfast is included and very substanatial with baked products. We had a very large room on the first floor (above street level). https://www.uzv.cz/about-us/

Note that 1-22 December is "middle season" rates, then closed 23 Dec 11am through 26 Dec 2pm, the reopens with holiday rates through New Years Day. https://www.uzv.cz/room-rates-services/

I have stayed at the Hotel Metamorphis twice. Once on a RS tour and once on our own. It's about a 2 minute walk to the old town square and therefore close to many restaurants and sights. If you are interested in WWII history, I would highly recommend a tour to Terezin concentration camp outside of Prague. The company we used picked us up and returned us to our hotel and the guide was incredible both in his knowledge and presentation. Plan on it being an entire day trip.

We stayed at the Dominican Hotel in 2016. Beautiful building right in old Town. We walked everywhere and the room was so comfortable for relaxing after a long day. Highly recommend!

we just booked out this morning ( 4 nights- 3 full days was enough for us) of the Iron gate hotel/suites. ( 4 adults in their 50's) it was perfect for us. great location , with the main square only 'metres' away. the breakfasts ( included) were very good great selection cooked right there ( also gluten free bread and soy milk, when requested) the staff were so helpful.
suggest you watch the series of youtube videos by the 'honest guide' of prague. we found his videos very helpful.
hope this helps.
ps: we just caught the train to vienna this morning, nice 4 hour trip. ( we booked our train tickets early and got business class tickets, better than 1st class)
prague was very crowded with tourists and the markets seemed to be geared toward tourist ( eg: food scams etc) whereas vienna tonight we just walked around the town market ( far less people and they look more like office workers etc, rather than tourists) the items for sale seemed more authentic, rather than mass produced, if you know what I mean

Thank you very much for your replies, the information has been very helpful.

glennlorrainer can you tell me who/where you booked your train tickets through and how far in advance you were able to do so?

Another vote for the Green Garland Inn, where I stayed way back in 2011.

we booked our train tickets, via Trainline.eu, approx 2 months before ( the train time tables changed around now, so we had to wait on some occasions, for our trip, to make sure the times were correct) you 'may' be able to book earlier? we selected 1st class but were assigned business class . there was only 6 very large seats in business, with heaps of room ( much better than 1st class ( not sure how that works?) the tickets cost approx 40 euro each ( including seat reservation), which we were happy to pay, for a bit of 'luxury'. other people mention 2nd class is OK, and it is, but hey, why not?, for the longer trips.
hope this helps.
be prepared to battle the tourists in Prague, particularly in the afternoon and night. the streets are a wash with people.also double check the price of food in the main square Xmas market. it is very tempting to buy it, but some of it is approx 100krn per 100gram for memory, which works out to roughly $44US per kilo, for 'average' street food. depends on if you want the Xmas feeling of standing around eating? some of the Xmas markets had the same food for half the price!

Residence Agnes! The best of the best! And if you ask for the guide-they have several, ask for Marketa, she is amazing!

My vote is for Hotel Kings Court in Prague. Location, amenities, food and srvc were all 1st class! Also, the location is superb. Stayed there last August and was great.

https://www.hotelkingscourt.cz/en/home.html

Hotel Residence Agnes is a true gem! Amazing staff who can not do enough for their guests. As for private guides, we took a private tour Prague's Jewish Quarter with Anna, who is part of Pavel Batel's staff and she was terrific. We also visited Terezin as a day trip with Pavel himself. Highly recommend both of them. http://terezin-private-tours.com/?page_type=article&page=1
While you are in Prague, Vienna and Salzburg look for the Stolperstein blocks throughout the cities.

All great choices above. Your RS 2012 book will still be pretty accurate with the exception of a couple of upgrades (Hastal went from a 3 star to a 4 star) and some rebranding (Metamorphis has been replaced by the Josephine but they seem to be trading under both names). Alcron lost it's Michelin Star. Field is now one of the top restaurants in the city. Charles Bridge hasn't changed much.......... Also note in the same area as Agnes and Hastal are the Casa Marcelo and the Maximilian. Kings Court puts you on Republic Square which has my favourite Christmas Market and you're only a 5 minute walk from the Old Town Square.

Interesting, Jason, about Hotel Metamorphis changing to Josephine Hotel. We are taking the RS Eastern Europe trip in September 2019, and our initial letter said that we are staying at Hotel Metamorphis, so I hope that either RS will send us an update, or the name won't be changed on the outside of the hotel. That could lead to some confusion!

Another thumbs up for Hotel Residence Agnes. We stayed there in August 2015. The staff were amazing. They picked us up at the main train station upon arrival in Prague and, when we reached the hotel, offered me a beer and a phone for me to contact Verizon Customer Service to get my cell phone activated when it didn't connect to cell service upon arrival in Prague. They also offered to drive us anywhere we wanted to go in Prague, and we took them up on that generous offer a few times. The hotel was clean and comfortable, in a great location (easy walk to the Old Town), and the breakfast buffet was excellent. Would definitely stay there again during a future visit to Prague.

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I'm sure it will be the same location i.e. the Tyn Courtyard but if you check the various photogalleries of the Metamorphis, Metamorphis Excellent and Josephine you'll find a lot of overlapping pictures. As I'm walking around these places all the time I see when they start playing these little marketing games. All nice places, no complaints and you get a deal on the beer spa because you're a guest......if you like that sort of thing.......and your 2012 guide will have an out of date picture of the Astronomical Clock as we now have it nicely renovated. Enjoy your trip

I stayed in many hotels in Prague. The most impressive was Hotel U prince. Cannot be located more central. It's right on Old Town Square. http://www.hoteluprince.com
Hotel u Zlate Studne = Golden Well Hotel. It looks really gorgeous. I haven't stayed there yet. It's on my list next visit. http://www.goldenwell.cz