Sophie's Hostel

Top choice in Prague


A pleasant change from the usual characterless, beer-stained backpacker dives, this hostel is for a gentler sort of budget traveller. There’s a touch of contemporary style, with oak-veneer floors and stark, minimalist decor, along with neutral colours, chunky timber and quirky metal-framed beds – the place is known for its ‘designer’ showers, with autographed glass screens and huge rainfall shower heads.

Sophie's Bar, in the basement, serves an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet for 150Kč, and the 24-hour reception is staffed by a young, multilingual crew who are always eager to help.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Prague attractions

1. Dvořák Museum

0.1 MILES

The most striking building in the drab neighbourhood south of Ječná is the energetically baroque Vila Amerika, a 1720s, French-style summer house designed…

2. U Kalicha

0.1 MILES

This is where the eponymous antihero was arrested at the beginning of Jaroslav Hašek’s comic novel of WWI, The Good Soldier Švejk (which Hašek cranked out…

3. Rotunda of St Longinus

0.15 MILES

This rotunda is one of the few surviving examples of circular Romanesque churches in the city. It dates from the 12th century and was originally the…

4. Church of St Ignatius

0.28 MILES

Presiding over Chalres Square is this 1660s baroque tour de force, designed for the Jesuits by Carlo Lurago.

5. National Museum

0.31 MILES

Looming above Wenceslas Square is the neo-Renaissance bulk of the National Museum, designed in the 1880s by Josef Schulz as an architectural symbol of the…

6. Charles Square

0.33 MILES

With an area of more than seven hectares, Charles Square is Prague’s biggest – it’s more like a small park, really, and was originally the city's cattle…

7. Leica Gallery

0.33 MILES

The Leica Gallery stages exhibitions of 20th-century and contemporary photography by both Czech and international photographers. Past exhibitions have…

8. Jan Palach Memorial

0.34 MILES

In January 1969 university student Jan Palach set fire to himself in front of the National Museum to protest against the Soviet-led invasion of…