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Our 5 star hotel is the quintessence of Prague's history, character and beauty. As part of the Luxury Collection, Augustine defines the destination with its deep history and energy inspired by the 13th century Augustine monastery, which is interconnected with our luxury hotel and still active with 4 monks living there.
- Letenská 12/33, Prague, 118 00
- 266 112 233
Sep 1, 2017 · The Augustine, a Luxury Collection Hotel, is a wondrous step into the deeply ingrained history of Prague, the cultural capital of central Europe and one of the continent’s long-shining stars.
After decades of communist rule, many of these historic buildings emerged in serious need of repair. Led by famed interiordesigner, Olga Polizzi, the 13th-century St. Thomas Church and monastery resurrected itself by transforming a portion of the property into Augustine, A Luxury Collection Hotel.
- Letenská 12/33 Prague, 118 00 CZ
- 420.3B
- Nights and Beers with The Monks
- A Spa with A Church from The “White Ladies”
- Secret Agents, as Men of Letters
- From The Grey Sisters to State Security and Back
- Into The Bunker For Secret Wire-Tapping
- Do You Hear Me, Figaro?
Augustine, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Pragueis part of the building complex of the Augustinian Monastery of St Thomas, founded by Czech King Wenceslas II. (1271 – 1305). Some of the rooms in the hotel are the result of architects having joined several monastic cells together. The walls here are imbued with monastic history, though only to some exte...
Spiritual and cultural history has left its mark on the Mandarin Oriental Prague, whose foundations stand on two former monastery buildings. The Gothic church of St Mary Magdalene was part of the Convent of the Magdalenites known for their white robes as the “White Ladies”. The original brickwork of the Church can be seen to this day, in the Spa lo...
Where today the guests atCarlo IV fathom out the pool, stroke by stroke, the Communist-era State security men (StB) used to open and read the private letters of anyone corresponding to or from abroad. That was before 1989, when the former Czechoslovakia was ruled by the Communist Party. The StB was the political police, breaking the secrecy of corr...
In 1949, one year after the Communist coup in Czechoslovakia, the Grey Sisters Convent of St Francis fell by the wayside. In place of the nuns caring for the poor and the sick, the building came to house State Security who used it (including the adjacent church of St Bartholomew) as offices, interrogation rooms, and for confinement. In its time, on...
Hotel Jalta from the 1950s rose up on Wenceslas Square on a plot made vacant by a World War II bombing raid. It was built at a time of the flourishing socialist ‘edification’ and construction boom, in the then Czechoslovakia. The President of the time, Antonín Zápotocký, who had trained as a stonemason, personally took part in choosing the stone. U...
To end our excursion into Prague’s hotel history on a more romantic note, let’s go to the splendid The Mozart Prague. It is situated in an 18th century Rococo palace, built to be the seat of Count Hubert Karel Pachta of Rájov. Now you can stay in a place once popular with famous composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner and Josef My...
Jan 30, 2018 · Dating all the way back to 1284, it is the essence of Prague’s historic character and beauty distilled into one property. If it was not a hotel, I am sure that The Augustine Hotel would be a tourist attraction in its own right, as it features almost as much history as the nearby museums and castles.
Mar 23, 2018 · Europe. A heavenly stay at Prague's historical Augustine Hotel. By Mike Dunphy. |. Mar 23, 2018. |. The courtyard at the Augustine. The hotel, which comprises seven buildings from a...
Mar 20, 2009 · March 20, 2009. The 101-room hotel is ideally located in Prague's fashionable Malá Strana neighborhood, just a stone's throw from the majestic Prague Castle and within easy reach of the city's many fascinating tourist attractions. Recognised as a UNESCO world cultural heritage site, Prague's historical city centre has something to suit all ...
