Pros

  • Housed in tastefully renovated building with rich history
  • Main tourists attractions are within walking distance
  • Spacious, minimal rooms extend to large bathrooms
  • Excellent free buffet and cooked-to-order breakfast
  • Rear courtyard parking free of charge
  • Free Wi-Fi throughout
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Cons

  • Set on unattractive street
  • No health or fitness facilities
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Bottom Line

The Unitas Hotel is an upmarket, 22-room boutique with a rich and fascinating history located just on the edge of Prague's Old Town. Although not particularly attractive, the road it is set on is generally quiet and most sights are easily walkable. Breakfast is a real highlight -- including sparkling wine and cooked-to-order options -- while rooms are spacious and unfussy. Rates are on the high side (the more upscale Grand Hotel Bohemia charges around the same) though it's still a strong contender if for the excellent breakfast alone. 

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Unitas Hotel

Scene

Unassuming though chic hotel with monastic history and calming ambience

Besides a small, inconspicuous sign by the entrance, there's little that gives away that this former monastery and prison now operates as a hotel. Built by the Jesuits in the early 18th century, it became the headquarters of the notorious secret police in the Second World War, and later where the Czech dissident, writer, and president, Václav Havel was held. It was also run for many years as a modest guesthouse called Pension Unitas by the Grey Sister nuns until 2006, when it was closed and relaunched the next year as the Unitas Hotel. Stepping inside, the lobby is simple, bright, and modern, exuding a calm peaceful ambience aided by softly glowing lamps and a glass of sparkling wine on check-in. A minimal but homey design styling continues throughout the property, with spacious hallways lined with brocaded drapery and gilt-framed mirrors, adding a touch of period elegance. 

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Location

Situated in a quiet, though a touch unattractive, street close to Charles Bridge

The hotel is located on a quiet, semi-cobbled but not particularly attractive street in the Prague 1 quarter of the Czech capital on the edge of the Old Town. Most of Prague's tourist attractions are well within walking distance, with the city's Old Town Square and its famous Astronomical Clock around a 10-minute walk away, and the Charles Bridge, which stretches over the river to the famous castle, about the same distance. There are plenty of galleries, museums, and restaurants in the immediate surrounds, while the nearest metro stop is five minutes away on foot. Prague Airport is about 12 miles to the west of the city, and takes about half an hour by car. 

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Rooms

Spacious, peaceful rooms with unfussy decor and DVD players

Fresh, modern, and light interior design styling continues into the hotel's 22 rooms, which are certainly spacious by Prague standards. All rooms are air-conditioned and include free (though sometimes patchy) Wi-Fi, minibars, and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels and DVD players -- a DVD library is available at reception. Larger-than-average bathrooms are simple, clean, and contemporary with tubs or walk-in showers and wall-mounted hairdryers. Rooms either look over the street or cobbled courtyard car park though noise is minimal. 

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Features

Excellent breakfast with cooked-to-order options and sparkling wine

Although the hotel has no restaurant, there is a pleasantly decorated breakfast room which provides an excellent buffet and cooked-to-order options each morning (which includes Czech specialties and sparkling wine, all free of charge). There is a rear courtyard where guests can park (for a fee) and free Wi-Fi is available throughout (though the signal is strongest in the lobby). 

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Oyster Hotel Review

Unitas Hotel

Scene

Unassuming though chic hotel with monastic history and calming ambience

Besides a small, inconspicuous sign by the entrance, there's little that gives away that this former monastery and prison now operates as a hotel. Built by the Jesuits in the early 18th century, it became the headquarters of the notorious secret police in the Second World War, and later where the Czech dissident, writer, and president, Václav Havel was held. It was also run for many years as a modest guesthouse called Pension Unitas by the Grey Sister nuns until 2006, when it was closed and relaunched the next year as the Unitas Hotel. Stepping inside, the lobby is simple, bright, and modern, exuding a calm peaceful ambience aided by softly glowing lamps and a glass of sparkling wine on check-in. A minimal but homey design styling continues throughout the property, with spacious hallways lined with brocaded drapery and gilt-framed mirrors, adding a touch of period elegance. 

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Location

Situated in a quiet, though a touch unattractive, street close to Charles Bridge

The hotel is located on a quiet, semi-cobbled but not particularly attractive street in the Prague 1 quarter of the Czech capital on the edge of the Old Town. Most of Prague's tourist attractions are well within walking distance, with the city's Old Town Square and its famous Astronomical Clock around a 10-minute walk away, and the Charles Bridge, which stretches over the river to the famous castle, about the same distance. There are plenty of galleries, museums, and restaurants in the immediate surrounds, while the nearest metro stop is five minutes away on foot. Prague Airport is about 12 miles to the west of the city, and takes about half an hour by car. 

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Rooms

Spacious, peaceful rooms with unfussy decor and DVD players

Fresh, modern, and light interior design styling continues into the hotel's 22 rooms, which are certainly spacious by Prague standards. All rooms are air-conditioned and include free (though sometimes patchy) Wi-Fi, minibars, and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels and DVD players -- a DVD library is available at reception. Larger-than-average bathrooms are simple, clean, and contemporary with tubs or walk-in showers and wall-mounted hairdryers. Rooms either look over the street or cobbled courtyard car park though noise is minimal. 

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Features

Excellent breakfast with cooked-to-order options and sparkling wine

Although the hotel has no restaurant, there is a pleasantly decorated breakfast room which provides an excellent buffet and cooked-to-order options each morning (which includes Czech specialties and sparkling wine, all free of charge). There is a rear courtyard where guests can park (for a fee) and free Wi-Fi is available throughout (though the signal is strongest in the lobby). 

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Amenities

  • Air Conditioner

  • Airport Transportation

  • Cabanas

  • Cable

  • Dry Cleaning

  • Free Breakfast

  • Internet

  • Kids Allowed

  • Laundry

  • Mini Bar (with liquor)

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