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Hostel Marabou Prague

Prague (Prague 3)

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Address	Konevova 55, Prague (Prague 3), Czech Republic Map
Price	290 dormitory, same prices all year around Check Current Prices by Date Here

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Their Description

Features

Free Breakfast
Kitchen
Lockers
Bar
Gameroom
Lounge / Common space
Pool Table
Washing Machine (laundry)
Travel information provided
Free City Tours
24 Hour Free Hot Showers
Phones (public or in room)
Currency Exchange

The Hostelz.com Review

Hostel Marabou Prague is great. It is a place for young backpackers -- there is a basement and a lounge upstairs for hanging out late at night. It is very easy to make friends here – in fact you will make one even if you don't try.

There are fourteen beds in most of the rooms, with one shower and a boy and girl toilet per hall which will be about eighteen people. On an average day there could be at least thirty backpackers in this hostel. There are three internet computers with no time limit and you may have to wait almost an hour to use one.

The breakfast is excellent and you get a free beer when you check in. The staff is very friendly. Laundry is about 250KC, which is about 8 euros. So bring your own detergent and handwash if you are on a budget.

This hostel is about twenty minutes away from downtown. You have to use two buses or a bus and train to get anywhere. The direction to this hostel is pretty accurate, but the hostel is not opposite the third bus stop. You have to walk two minutes back, because you will go past this hostel on the bus.

Overall if you want to have an awesome time, meet new people, and relax till 2 a.m., this is a great place. But if you are not into these things then you might not like this place.

— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
September 2006

Ratings & Comments

3.9

7 Ratings

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Comment by Alex, US

July 2009

Good times on the cheap
We reserved our beds for one night before we got to Prague, thinking we'd try it out and maybe hostel-hop, but ended up staying here the entire trip. It's great -- nothing else to it. It's funny that people complain about how many beds are in a room. Fourteen beds, one hundred beds. Either way you're sleeping with people at bed's length in any direction. And they also have smaller, more private rooms if you want to spend the money. So you really don't have a leg to stand on if you don't like sleeping in a barracks-style room but book one anyway. Anyway, the beds are clean, the kitchen is tight but cozy (if you get up early there's some good breakfast food, too!), the lounge is nice for sitting and looking at a map. There's also a kickin' downstairs lounge. There's a pay-pool table and computers with free (albeit spotty) internet. You can also smoke down there. The decor is funky and so is the odor (smells like a musty basement -- which it is) but you get used to it. The staff are also really nice and all speak English. In my opinion, the woman who works the majority of the weekdays is the best thing about Prague.

Comment by Monika, Slovenia

December 2007

I loved this hostel. It is very cheap (we paid about 12 €) and in addition we got a discount because we stayed there for eight days. There were fourteen of us and we booked a room for fourteen people but we got two extra people so there were two additional beds. One was supported with a paint bucket and it collapsed a few times. I'm glad I didn't have that bed. It's possible to get a security locker. It costs 5 € or 100 krons and you get the money back when you leave. Breakfast was good and they even have a cupcake or something like a biscuit for dessert. The hostel is not in the very center but the bus is not very expensive. A ticket for metro, bus and tram costs around 10 € for a week but it's not hard to get on the bus for free. They rarely check the tickets. There a lot of bars and restaurants nearby. All in all we loved our stay in Marabou and we'll return next year.

Comment by Jim, USA

September 2007

Not a pleasant stay
Trains run behind the hostel all night. Dorm rooms that say fourteen beds really mean seventeen. No locks on dorm rooms, anyone can come in and out, we had someone come in and rob anything that was out in the open when we were there. If you pay by credit card they cannot give you a refund if you decide you want to leave early like we did. Cheap and affordable, you do get a bed but beware of bedbugs. Basement smells of dank mold. In general my girlfriend and I found this to be the worst place to be while we were in Prague, it is a beautiful city, go visit but don't stay here.

Comment by Keeley, U.S.

May 2007

I had such an enjoyable experience at Hostel Marabou in Prague. It has such a great atmosphere, with a very eclectic group of people staying here. I have met some amazing people at the hostel, the staff included. They have been so helpful with providing information, advice and the place is sparkling clean. If you visit Prague, you should most definitely stay at this hostel. The public transportation system is great and very easy to figure out. We knew our way around the city center and the hostel area by the end of our first few hours in Prague.

Comment by kate, U.S.A.

April 2007

great stay. clean facilities, english speaking staff, free czech beer on arrival, comfortable beds, and big individual lockers. A bit out of the way from the center (twenty-five-minute walk) but there is a bus that picks you up right outside the hostel and it's only two or three stops to the main bus station of prague. definitely staying there again!

Comment by Cecilie from Norway

March 2007

Very good directions to the hostel. A bit out from the centre of the city (bus and tram or two buses) but the bus stops right outside the front door and they are very frequent so no problem. Stayed in a private room with en-suite. Room was good, bathroom was great. Clean and relatively spacious. Not much noise from outside, a bit from inside, but the partying mostly took place in the downstairs lounge, so not so much noise. Downstairs lounge ok. Free internet (one PC) but reeks of cigarette smoke and beer. Good breakfast and good kitchen facilities. Very nice staff, and overall a good hostel albeit a bit outside the center.

Comment by Connie and Michael

November 2006

In general it could be a very good hostel. Rooms and sanitories are clean and the staff is very friendly and helpful. However, it could be a better place if they not allow smoking in the common rooms, especially in the kitchen. When we've been at the hostel, there were a lot of people looking as if their only intention was to party.

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