Class: Deluxe
Style: Cutting edge
Rooms: 20
Lesser Side
Prague is a city so steeped in history that even the brand-new high-design boutique hotels have stories that reach back centuries. This one is no different — it started its life as a monasterial brewery some time in the 14th century, lived through several reconstructions (in Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical styles), some expansions into neighboring buildings, a stint as the Wallenstein restaurant, and now, finally, begins a new life as the twenty-room Hotel at the Three Storks. Inside, now, it’s as new as tomorrow, re-designed with the help of the Czech-born and London-based architect Eva Jiřičná.
Rooms come with parquet floors, platform beds, curvy modern furnishings, and all the technological bells and whistles — LCD televisions with DVD players, wi-fi internet, even high-tech indirect lighting. Eighteen doubles of varying sizes are joined by two of that rare beast, the single room, perfect for the business traveler who’d rather not be reminded that he can’t fill a king bed on his own. Still there, albeit in a new incarnation, is the Wallenstein restaurant, serving a traditional Czech cuisine with a pronounced French influence — and just outside, as ever, is the old city, the ancient streets of the Lesser Town, in the shadow of Prague Castle.
Contemporary style in historic surroundings
by styletraveller, on 2009-12-07 23:26:29
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Spend a lovely two nights at this superb small hotel located in the Male Strane, Prague's "Lesser Town". Male Strane is full of palaces (many turned into embassies), churches and ofcourse the location of Prague's Castle. The U Tri Capu (At the Three Storks) is right opposite the Czech parliament and next to the baroque Wallen Palace with it's ornate Italian gardens. At the Three Storks is less baroque: to be correct it is sleek and on the minimal side although the building itself is Renaissance circa 1800. I had a gigantic room in the attic and from my window the Prague castle was towering above. Wooden floors and beams, but the furniture is strict 21st century. A room like this in an ordinary hotel would be at least a suite in another or three 'standard' rooms in any other! The modern bathroom is housed in a box-like structure in the room itself. I liked the platform bed with it's underneath lighting, as if the bed is floating in the air. Downstairs there is a reception/bar/lounge/atrium featuring two desks of illuminated cut stone. The Wallenstein restaurant, similar sleekly decorated is on the other side. Highly recommended hotel if you like contemporary style in a historic building.