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Three historic buildings, one modern addition, and somehow it all coheres on the Vltava riverbank a short walk from Charles Bridge. This Forbes Five Star hotel holds a Michelin Key and earns both by doing exactly what a great luxury hotel should, just a degree better than expected. Pierre-Yves Rochon handled the interiors, Prague Castle fills the better room windows, and the Old Town is essentially at the front door.

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3. The 50 2025 · Most Admired Hotel Group Award

The gilded rotunda and stained-glass windows of the old Grand Hotel Europa are still standing, which gives the whole operation an air of respectability it then immediately undermines with DJ sets and cocktail bars in the basement. W Prague is a design hotel on Wenceslas Square where the Art Nouveau bones of a landmark building meet a bold modern wing. A Forbes Four Star, it holds 161 rooms and a rooftop bar, but the real pull is the labyrinthine bar scene below.

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A former Dominican monastery in Malá Strana, steps from Prague Castle, converted into a Forbes Four Star hotel where the old chapel is now the spa. Gothic arches and medieval stonework share space with Asian-inflected furnishings, and some rooms look out over the monastery courtyard, which is the kind of view that makes you feel like you accidentally booked somewhere better than you intended.

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A former post office with soaring ceilings and oversized windows, BoHo is a boutique hotel sitting right on the edge of Old Town, which means Gothic spires outside and sleek blonde hardwood inside. The lobby bar and library lean into understated minimalism, the spa adds a mosaic-tiled sauna, and the restaurant's beam-and-panel ceiling gives design-minded guests something to study between courses. Holds a Michelin Key.

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The giant golden Buddha presiding over the lobby signals exactly what you're in for: mod-Orientalism transplanted into a cobblestone Old Town alleyway, with dramatic red interiors and 39 rooms that lean hard into the fantasy. Rain showers, deep soaking tubs, and chocolate on the pillow at turndown give the boutique hotel some real substance beneath the scene. The crowd skews globe-trotting and late to bed, which the all-hours café is happy to accommodate.

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Alma Prague landed at number 25 on Europe's 50 Best Bars list, which feels about right for a place that refuses to be just one thing. It's a contemporary restaurant and bar in Nové Město with an open kitchen, a courtyard terrace, and a cocktail list serious enough to carry the evening long after dinner. A Michelin Bib Gourmand keeps the food honest, and the sourdough alone, sourced from a local Libeň bakery, sets the tone.

1. The 50 #25 · Europe's 50 Best Bars
2. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
3. Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Europe

A velvet curtain separates this cocktail bar from the historic Café Slavia next door, which says a lot about Forbína's sense of theatre. Sitting across from the National Theatre, it draws on ballet, opera, and drama as actual cocktail briefs, not mood boards. The hand-melted glass lighting and wood-inlaid stage-like room do most of the heavy lifting before the drinks arrive. It landed on Europe's 50 Best Bars list, so the conceit is clearly working.

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Casanova's ghost would feel right at home here, which either sells you or doesn't. This lavish Baroque hotel in Malá Strana tucks 26 rooms and 19 suites between Prague Castle and Petřín Hill, each dressed in gilded filigree, crystal chandeliers, antique furnishings, and hand-painted wallpaper that suggests an Italian princess briefly stepped out. The Gothic cellars beneath it all house an Indonesian-inspired spa, which is exactly the kind of left turn a hotel like this earns.

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The neo-Renaissance façade here was built as a mortgage bank in 1890, which explains why it looks like it could foreclose on the entire city block. This luxury hotel in Nové Město keeps the marble floors, heraldic crests, and chandelier-heavy Presidential Suite, while the spa and the 1890 Restaurant & Bar lean into clean, contemporary lines. The result is the kind of place that feels genuinely palatial without making you feel underdressed for breakfast.

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