== Mexico Cuba 2006 ==

=== Introduction ===

This is a holiday idea that I have been whinging on about for some time now after the thouroughly excellent times I had in Peru and Egypt . The thought behind Mexico & Cuba 2006 is to combine the latin flavours of central america through the tequilla & salsa music with the ancient wonder of the pyramids. At the time of writing (February 2006) this is still simply an idea so the purpose of this page is to do some perelimenary investigation into whather the whole idea is possible at all --Tom

==Possible Stumbling Blocks==
* VISAs and beurocracy in and out of cuba
* Moving around
* Hurricanes
* Picking a date
* Getting annual leave
* Who is coming anyway
* Costs

== Plan ==
A) Fly in to Mexico city, travel down to cancun (coach/rail) and over to Havana (Boat/Plane.)

B) Do the whole thing the other way round if the flights are a lot cheaper.

[[Image:bigmap.JPG]]

===Flights===
We've booked our flights now, woohoo -

'''Outbound Flights'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
! From!! To !! Date and Time !!Flight No!! Class !! Carrier
|-
|London - LHR || Paris - CDG || Fri 27th Oct 2006 13:05 - 15:15 || AF1571 || Class: Economy || Air France
|-
|Paris - CDG || Mexico City - MEX || Fri 27th Oct 2006 16:15 - 21:10 || AF434 || Class: Economy || Air France
|}

'''Return flights'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
! From!! To !! Date and Time !!Flight No!! Class !! Carrier
|-
|Havana - HAV || Paris - CDG || Tue 14th Nov 2006 21:15 - 11:05 next day || AF479 || Class: Economy ||Air France
|-
|Paris - CDG || London - LHR || Wed 15th Nov 2006 12:00 - 12:15 || AF1570 || Class: Economy || Air France
|}

===Cities===
*Mexico City
*???
*Cancun
*Havana

===Must see sights===
*Teotithuacan
*Mexico city
*General Aztec/Mayan stuff
*Tequilla plantations
*Gulf of mexico coast
*Havana

===Moving around===

'''Mexico'''
*Coach
*Rail?

I have found two companies offering flights between Cancun and Havana
[http://www.clickmx.com/ Click Mexicana] (Around £80 ish)
and
[http://www.cubana.co.cu Cubana] (Around £100 ish)

(Both sites are in Spanish)

There is an online currency converter [http://www.xe.com/ here]

'''Cuba'''

''Unknown'' - Possibly not that much moving around

== Detailed Plan ==
[[MexicoCity|MexicoCity to Palenque 27th Oct 9:15 pm - 2nd November 9:15pm]]

[[Yucutan|Palenque to Cancun (The Yucutan) 2nd November 9:15pm - 8th November 9:15pm]]

[[Cuba|Cancun to Havana (Cuba) 8th November 9:15pm - 14th November 9:15pm]]

== ToDo ==
=== Get jabs ===

* Hepatitis A
* Typhoid
* Polio
* Tetanus
* Yellow Fever (?)
* Malaria (?)

[[Image:tick.gif]] Tom - Had My jabs today, Owch! --Tom (21/09)

[[Image:tick.gif]] Matt'll be alright

[[Image:tick.gif]] Marc's ok too

=== Get insurance ===

=== Book Hotels ===

=== Cuba Visa ===
[[Image:blank.gif]] Matt

[[Image:blank.gif]] Marc

[[Image:tick.gif]] Tom

=== Who is coming===
* Tom
* Marc
* Matt

== Comments ==

Matt: According to Cyril & Nick at work, Cancun is "a hole", Americanised, touristy, Burger Kings... But a few miles south is a nice town...

==Recommended reading==

''The Labyrinth of Solitude'' by Octavio Paz - insight into the Mexican psyche and outlines a lot of information about Mexican history. Short essays.

''Innocent Erendira and other short stories'' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Short stories by the acclaimed Colombian writer. ''Innocent Erendira'' in particular is great for demonstrating Magical realism.

''Labyrinths'' by Jorge Luis Borges - short stories from an excellent Argentinian writer. Matt will love ''The Library of Babel'' I would have thought, the ''Garden of Forking Paths'' and ''Death and the Compass'' are excellent as well.

MexicoCity

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== Mexico Cuba 2006/7 ==

=== Introduction ===

This is a holiday idea that I have been whinging on about for some time now after the thouroughly excellent times I had in Peru and Egypt . The thought behind Mexico & Cuba 2006 is to combine the latin flavours of central america through the tequilla & salsa music with the ancient wonder of the pyramids. At the time of writing (February 2006) this is still simply an idea so the purpose of this page is to do some perelimenary investigation into whather the whole idea is possible at all --Tom

==Possible Stumbling Blocks==
* VISAs and beurocracy in and out of cuba
* Moving around
* Hurricanes
* Picking a date
* Getting annual leave
* Who is coming anyway
* Costs

== Plan ==
A) Fly in to Mexico city, travel down to cancun (coach/rail) and over to Havana (Boat/Plane.)

B) Do the whole thing the other way round if the flights are a lot cheaper.

[[Image:bigmap.JPG]]

===Flights===
I found these flights on [http://www.cheapestflights.co.uk cheapestflights.co.uk]

[[Image:Cheapestflights-co-uk2.GIF]]

Prices are highly variable from about £480 to £650 and then rediculous money. -This will probably have a big impact on when to go.

===Cities===
*Mexico City
*???
*Cancun
*Havana

===Must see sights===
*Teotithuacan
*Mexico city
*General Aztec/Mayan stuff
*Tequilla plantations
*Gulf of mexico coast
*Havana

===Moving around===

'''Mexico'''
*Coach
*Rail?

I have founnd two companies offering flights between Cancun and Havana
[http://www.clickmx.com/ Click Mexicana] (Around £80 ish)
and
[http://www.cubana.co.cu Cubana] (Around £100 ish)

(Both sites are in Spanish)

There is an online currency converter [http://www.xe.com/ here]

'''Cuba'''

''Unknown'' - Possibly not that much moving around

== ToDo ==
=== Who is coming===
* Tom
* Marc (interested, but no definites yet)

''Interested? Write something here...''

=== When we are going ===
* Hurricanes
* Weather

The weather in central america is pretty good all year round but hurricane season runs from August until October so something around November may be a good time as the weather here is getting pretty depressing by then. June/July is also do-able might be rather hot.

* High / Low Seasons
* Flights
* People's availability
* Bank balances
* Annual Leave

=== How long we are going for ===
Should become evident based on what to see and do - probably 2 weeks as per usual but maybe a touch more

===What to see /do ===
* Read through some organised tours in this area
* Consult wikipedia / virtualtourist.com
* Google Maps

Talk:Main Page

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Marc, when are you going to make a wiki for the nerd olympics? --[[User:Bpeel|Bpeel]] 12 December 2005 15:21 (UTC)

Hello..? Does anybody read this? --[[User:82.153.170.229|82.153.170.229]] 19 December 2005 19:43 (UTC)

Hello --[[User:Thumb|Thumb]] 31 January 2006

The logo needs changing as this isn't just about italy any more --[[User:Thumb|Thumb]] 31 January 2006

Prague

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Flight details are [[Prague Flights|here]].

Abi has done some research into [[Prague Hotels]]. Please show preferences so we can get the committee going in time to book it.

Thanks to Tom's Mum for the newspaper cut-out for what [[to do]] in Prague.

Czech [[Trivia|this]] out.

[[Itinerary]]

[[Things]] to bring.

==Weather==
<center>
As forecasted on the 18th Jan...

[[Image:weather_in_prague.png]]

As forecasted on the 19th Jan...

[[Image:bbcweather.JPG]]
</center>

==The Aftermath==

Tom's photos and Neil's photo are available to registered nerds [http://www.indiv.co.uk/gallery here].

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Things

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Things

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== Wiki Content ==
=== Packing lists ===

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Shall we make an area of the site where we write down what things we should take? and for shared items who is taking what?
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[[User:Thumb54|Thumb54]]

6 Aug 2005 15:30
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Yeah, good idea. Feel free to start it. We definitely need to get something like this sorted.

Isn't this fun.
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[[User:Cocodude|Cocodude]]

11 Aug 2005 17:04
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I am glad you decided to use a slightly darker colour for the background of your comment above.

Doesn't this look pretty
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[[User:Thumb54|Thumb54]]

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I think i will as well. Its one of the agenda items for our meeting on the 8th of September so i'll try to remember to print it off and bring it along.
|[[Image:Tomfunnyhat.jpg|thumb54|Tom's avatar]]
[[User:Thumb54|Thumb54]]
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I have made a quick go at a [[Packing|Packing List]]. Come on guys, book some accomodation!!!

|[[Image:Tomfunnyhat.jpg|thumb54|Tom's avatar]]
[[User:Thumb54|Thumb54]]

06 Sep 2005 19:15
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Marc, did you get the idea for this wiki from [http://www.the-gdf.org/wiki/index.php|The Gnutella Developers:Community Portal]?
|[[Image:Tomfunnyhat.jpg|thumb54|Tom's avatar]]
[[User:Thumb54|Thumb54]]

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No, not from there. I think it was inspired by [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] instead.

|[[Image:CocodudeAvatar.jpg|Cocodude|Cocodude's avatar]]
[[User:Cocodude|Cocodude]]

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That holiday was great, I can't wait for Prague!!

|[[Image:Tomfunnyhat.jpg|thumb54|Tom's avatar]]
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03 Jan 2005 16:07
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Prague Hotels

2005-12-08T10:33:48Z

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Here we have a few options, depending on how much we want to pay, whether we want breakfast in the morning and how convivial we all feel.

== Andel's Hotel - Posh Hotel ==

Firstly we have a 4* Hotel, Andel's Hotel http://www.andelshotel.com/content/en/1.php

This is the posh option.

Says it is near the historical centre of Prague, but seeing as the city seems to be the size of a bath towel I think we'll be okay.

Breakfast is included - dunno what that entails but sounds fun.

Has wireless internet access but I think you have to pay for it. But might be useful.

From http://www.laterooms.com/ - it is €220 per room for two nights, which is £75 each (working on the assumption that we want four rooms, doubles for Lee & Peter, Abi and Neil, and a twin and a single for whatever combination of Caroline, Marc and Matt.) The single room is charged at the same rate as a double in this hotel for some unknown reason.

== Jep-Apart Hotel - Not-so-posh Hotel ==

Another choice is a 3* Hotel, called Jep-Apart Hotel

Is quite cheap at only £40 each and you can get brekkie in the hotel for an extra £5. They don't seem to do twin or single rooms, so I am working on the assumption that Marc, Matt and Caroline would like a room of their own.

Another good thing about this place is that they give you Free Czech Lager on arrival as a welcome. How lovely,

== Jancek Palace - Apartment ==

Then we have the option of an Apartment that sleeps all of us in various hideous combinations. The ominously titled Jancek Palace has apartments that we can all squeeze into - for an apartment for 8 people, it is only €318, which is only £32 per person.

Has a fully-fitted kitchen and two bathrooms with bath and shower.

Has one double bed, a fold out sofa and 5 single beds so sounds good. Abi and Neil call the double bed!

== Hotel Vodickova - 2 or more Apartments ==

If we like the idea of an apartment, but don't want to be squashed in so much we could get any combination of 2,3,4,5,6 or 7 bedded apartments, meaning that we could have two apartments, or one apartment and one room - whatever we want. The Hotel Vodickova seems to offer the best choice in this, and their prices are comparable to the other hotels. Also there is the option for posher rooms, DVD players and Internet access. They also have an 8 bedded apartment, but it has weird bed-room allocation that might not be convenient so I plumped for the Jancek Palace instead, But by all means, have a sneaky peek for yourself if you like.

Also perhaps Tom and Tim and Sissy want to come to Prague so this way we can be flexible.

All of these places are on http://www.laterooms.com/

== easyJethotels.net selection ==

All easyJethotels.net hotels seem incredibly cheap, probably because we'll book in advance and January is a very quiet period. All of the prices below are based on four double/twin rooms (you don't seem to be able to specify which). From what I can tell, there is more to do in the Old Town so it might be best to get a place there if it's not too much more expensive. More details will be available shortly.

=== City Club (easyJethotels.net) ===

http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/017108/017108a_hb_a_001.jpg http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/017108/017108a_hb_w_004.jpg

3 star, £25 per room per night (£12.50 ppn). Near the New Town. Looks as though it might be on/very close to a main road though.

Built in 1894, this hotel comprises a total of 106 rooms spread over 6 floors of which 67 are double rooms, 21 are triple rooms and 1 are single rooms. The hotel features a modern foyer with a 24-hour reception desk, a safe, a currency exchange facility and medical assistance. Within the hotel is also a café and an air-conditioned à la carte restaurant with a non-smoking area. There is a car park for those arriving at the hotel by car.

This peaceful, historical mid-range hotel is ideally situated close to the city centre just 15 minutes walk from Prague's famous Wenceslas Square and about 5 minutes from Pavlova metro station. Ruzyne airport is some 18 km from the hotel and can be reached on public transport in approximately 25 minutes.

The welcoming rooms come with a bathroom with a shower, an electronic room access system, a direct dial telephone, satellite TV and a hire safe.

Services:
Bar-s Restaurant -s 24h. Reception Medical Service
Money Exchange Reception Area Lift-s Restaurant - non-smoking area
Café Car Park Safe

=== Residence Bologna (easyJethotels.net) ===

http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/055627/055627_hb_a_016.jpg
http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/055627/055627_hb_w_005.jpg

3 star, £49 per room per night (£24.50 ppn). In the Old Town.

The hotel was built in 1982 and completely renovated in 2003. It boasts a total of 45 guestrooms spread over 6 floors, of which 2 are singles, 2 doubles, 6 are suites and 20 are apartments. The hotel's amenities include hotel safes, lifts and a 24-hour reception. In addition, the hotel boasts a cosy bar, a pub and a delightful restaurant with a separate non-smoking area. Furthermore there are car parking facilities and room and laundry services available for guests.

This elegant mid-range hotel is located directly in the centre of Konviktska Old Town between Betlem Square and the Charles Bridge. Scores of shops and other cultural attractions are easily reached by foot or on public transport. Prague airport is just 15 km from the hotel.

The plush en suite rooms are fitted with satellite/cable TV, a kitchenette, central heating, a double bed, a fridge and a minibar. The rooms are cleaned by the hotel upon departure.

A breakfast buffet is available every morning.|The hotel accepts American Express, Eurocard, MasterCard and VISA.

Services:
Restaurant - non-smoking area Garage Bar-s Car Park
Restaurant -s Laundry Service Room Service

Room Facilities:
Kitchenette Bathroom Minibar Hairdryer
Fridge Central Heating

Meals:
Breakfast buffet

=== Tulip Inn (easyJethotels.net) ===

http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/050746/050746_hb_a_002.jpg
http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/050746/050746_hb_w_004.jpg
http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/009135/009135a_hb_ba_002.jpg

3 star, £56 per room per night (£33.00 ppn). In the Old Town very near the train station.

The hotel was built in 1884 and renovated in 2003. It has a total of 71 rooms on 6 floors, of which 63 are doubles, 2 are singles and 6 are suites (family rooms). The hotel's facilities include a lobby with a 24-hour reception, a hotel safe, a currency exchange desk and a lift. The mid-range hotel also contains an air-conditioned restaurant with a separate non-smoking area, a conference room and Internet access. There is also a laundry service available as well as parking facilities.

This charming city hotel is located in the heart of Prague, close to the main train station where guests will find a number of public transport connections. Various shopping facilities, restaurant, bars, nightclubs and pubs are also located in the hotel's vicinity. The airport is 18 km away.

The attractively furnished rooms boast an en suite bathroom with a bath, a hairdryer and cosmetic mirror, a direct dial telephone, satellite and pay TV, a radio and high speed Internet connection. In addition, there is a minibar, a double bed and a safe. Central heating, carpeting and air conditioning also come as standard. The rooms boast triple-glazed windows. In the suites, guests are additionally offered a Jacuzzi and a power shower.

A breakfast buffet is available to hotel guests every morning.|The hotel accepts American Express, Diners Club, Eurocard, MasterCard and VISA.

Payment Methods:
Visa Diners Club Mastercard American Express

Services:
Restaurant - non-smoking area Laundry Service Conference Room Restaurant -s
Air-conditioned Money Exchange Reception Area Car Park
Café 24h. Reception Public internet Lift-s
Restaurant - Air-conditioned

Room Facilities:
Internet Access King Size Beds Bath Double Beds
Direct Dial telephone Carpeted Radio Individual Air-conditioned
Minibar Satellite / Cable TV Shower Bathroom
Hairdryer TV Central Heating Safe

=== Floor (easyJethotels.net) ===

http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/051634/051634a_hb_a_001.jpg
http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/051634/051634a_hb_w_002.jpg

4 star, £76 per room per night (£38.00 ppn). In the Old Town.

The hotel is in a historical building but has been completly renovated to a designer boutique hotel, bedrooms are decorated to the highest standard with italian tiled bathrooms. A first class restaurant with beautiful bar area is available.

The hotel is situated directly in the city centre.

Payment methods (for additional services during your stay):
EC-Card JCB Mastercard Visa
Diners Club American Express

Room Facilities:
Double Beds Lounge Direct Dial telephone Bath
Central Heating TV Individual Heating Carpeted
Safe Central Air-conditioned Minibar Individual Air-conditioned
Bathroom Internet Access Shower Hairdryer
King Size Beds Satellite / Cable TV

Meals:
Bed & Breakfast Breakfast buffet Breakfast

==Choose on the Wiki!! ==

There are loads of other places, but I think we have enough choice to begin with! There are also hostels which are worryingly cheap, but I haven't looked at those.

Could people update the wiki (in the doodah below) with their preferences, indicating

# What accommodation they like the sound of most (or anything else they have found themselves ont 'net)
# Whether they prefer a hotel or an apartment
# Whether they want breakfast in the price, available or whether they want to forage for it
# How sociable they feel - do they mind being in weird room combinations.
# How much they want to pay (although everything is soooo cheap, even the tightest nerd has call for cheer)

==Nerds' preferences==

Abi and Neil - Neil likes the idea of two or more apartment. Abi likes the idea of a posh hotel cos she is a classy bird, but otherwise is not fussed. Would like a double bed if possible. Would like some kind of breakfast available, whether it is provided or whether we cook it ourselves. (feeling of dread)

Marc - Likes the idea of the Tulip Inn or secondly the Residence Bologna. Good locations, cheap price and getting breakfast made for you is always a bonus!

Thumb - Likes the idea of breakfast at the Residence Bologna. Two 4 person apartments would be the best plan IMHO - Then we can invite each other round for dinner parties

==Brummie choice==

Lee and Pete - Lee would quite like to stay in an apartment because it sounds quite fun. She doesn't mind what beds we have as long as they are clean. Peter likes the price of the cheap £32 apartment because he is a poor student, and there are many cheap places to eat in Prague, and he knows Prague coz he went there before.

Prague Hotels

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Here we have a few options, depending on how much we want to pay, whether we want breakfast in the morning and how convivial we all feel.

== Andel's Hotel - Posh Hotel ==

Firstly we have a 4* Hotel, Andel's Hotel http://www.andelshotel.com/content/en/1.php

This is the posh option.

Says it is near the historical centre of Prague, but seeing as the city seems to be the size of a bath towel I think we'll be okay.

Breakfast is included - dunno what that entails but sounds fun.

Has wireless internet access but I think you have to pay for it. But might be useful.

From http://www.laterooms.com/ - it is €220 per room for two nights, which is £75 each (working on the assumption that we want four rooms, doubles for Lee & Peter, Abi and Neil, and a twin and a single for whatever combination of Caroline, Marc and Matt.) The single room is charged at the same rate as a double in this hotel for some unknown reason.

== Jep-Apart Hotel - Not-so-posh Hotel ==

Another choice is a 3* Hotel, called Jep-Apart Hotel

Is quite cheap at only £40 each and you can get brekkie in the hotel for an extra £5. They don't seem to do twin or single rooms, so I am working on the assumption that Marc, Matt and Caroline would like a room of their own.

Another good thing about this place is that they give you Free Czech Lager on arrival as a welcome. How lovely,

== Jancek Palace - Apartment ==

Then we have the option of an Apartment that sleeps all of us in various hideous combinations. The ominously titled Jancek Palace has apartments that we can all squeeze into - for an apartment for 8 people, it is only €318, which is only £32 per person.

Has a fully-fitted kitchen and two bathrooms with bath and shower.

Has one double bed, a fold out sofa and 5 single beds so sounds good. Abi and Neil call the double bed!

== Hotel Vodickova - 2 or more Apartments ==

If we like the idea of an apartment, but don't want to be squashed in so much we could get any combination of 2,3,4,5,6 or 7 bedded apartments, meaning that we could have two apartments, or one apartment and one room - whatever we want. The Hotel Vodickova seems to offer the best choice in this, and their prices are comparable to the other hotels. Also there is the option for posher rooms, DVD players and Internet access. They also have an 8 bedded apartment, but it has weird bed-room allocation that might not be convenient so I plumped for the Jancek Palace instead, But by all means, have a sneaky peek for yourself if you like.

Also perhaps Tom and Tim and Sissy want to come to Prague so this way we can be flexible.

All of these places are on http://www.laterooms.com/

== easyJethotels.net selection ==

All easyJethotels.net hotels seem incredibly cheap, probably because we'll book in advance and January is a very quiet period. All of the prices below are based on four double/twin rooms (you don't seem to be able to specify which). From what I can tell, there is more to do in the Old Town so it might be best to get a place there if it's not too much more expensive. More details will be available shortly.

=== City Club (easyJethotels.net) ===

http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/017108/017108a_hb_a_001.jpg http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/017108/017108a_hb_w_004.jpg

3 star, £25 per room per night (£12.50 ppn). Near the New Town. Looks as though it might be on/very close to a main road though.

Built in 1894, this hotel comprises a total of 106 rooms spread over 6 floors of which 67 are double rooms, 21 are triple rooms and 1 are single rooms. The hotel features a modern foyer with a 24-hour reception desk, a safe, a currency exchange facility and medical assistance. Within the hotel is also a café and an air-conditioned à la carte restaurant with a non-smoking area. There is a car park for those arriving at the hotel by car.

This peaceful, historical mid-range hotel is ideally situated close to the city centre just 15 minutes walk from Prague's famous Wenceslas Square and about 5 minutes from Pavlova metro station. Ruzyne airport is some 18 km from the hotel and can be reached on public transport in approximately 25 minutes.

The welcoming rooms come with a bathroom with a shower, an electronic room access system, a direct dial telephone, satellite TV and a hire safe.

Services:
Bar-s Restaurant -s 24h. Reception Medical Service
Money Exchange Reception Area Lift-s Restaurant - non-smoking area
Café Car Park Safe

=== Residence Bologna (easyJethotels.net) ===

http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/055627/055627_hb_a_016.jpg
http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/055627/055627_hb_w_005.jpg

3 star, £49 per room per night (£24.50 ppn). In the Old Town.

The hotel was built in 1982 and completely renovated in 2003. It boasts a total of 45 guestrooms spread over 6 floors, of which 2 are singles, 2 doubles, 6 are suites and 20 are apartments. The hotel's amenities include hotel safes, lifts and a 24-hour reception. In addition, the hotel boasts a cosy bar, a pub and a delightful restaurant with a separate non-smoking area. Furthermore there are car parking facilities and room and laundry services available for guests.

This elegant mid-range hotel is located directly in the centre of Konviktska Old Town between Betlem Square and the Charles Bridge. Scores of shops and other cultural attractions are easily reached by foot or on public transport. Prague airport is just 15 km from the hotel.

The plush en suite rooms are fitted with satellite/cable TV, a kitchenette, central heating, a double bed, a fridge and a minibar. The rooms are cleaned by the hotel upon departure.

A breakfast buffet is available every morning.|The hotel accepts American Express, Eurocard, MasterCard and VISA.

Services:
Restaurant - non-smoking area Garage Bar-s Car Park
Restaurant -s Laundry Service Room Service

Room Facilities:
Kitchenette Bathroom Minibar Hairdryer
Fridge Central Heating

Meals:
Breakfast buffet

=== Tulip Inn (easyJethotels.net) ===

http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/050746/050746_hb_a_002.jpg
http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/050746/050746_hb_w_004.jpg
http://www.hotelbeds.com/giata/009135/009135a_hb_ba_002.jpg

3 star, £56 per room per night (£33.00 ppn). In the Old Town very near the train station.

The hotel was built in 1884 and renovated in 2003. It has a total of 71 rooms on 6 floors, of which 63 are doubles, 2 are singles and 6 are suites (family rooms). The hotel's facilities include a lobby with a 24-hour reception, a hotel safe, a currency exchange desk and a lift. The mid-range hotel also contains an air-conditioned restaurant with a separate non-smoking area, a conference room and Internet access. There is also a laundry service available as well as parking facilities.

This charming city hotel is located in the heart of Prague, close to the main train station where guests will find a number of public transport connections. Various shopping facilities, restaurant, bars, nightclubs and pubs are also located in the hotel's vicinity. The airport is 18 km away.

The attractively furnished rooms boast an en suite bathroom with a bath, a hairdryer and cosmetic mirror, a direct dial telephone, satellite and pay TV, a radio and high speed Internet connection. In addition, there is a minibar, a double bed and a safe. Central heating, carpeting and air conditioning also come as standard. The rooms boast triple-glazed windows. In the suites, guests are additionally offered a Jacuzzi and a power shower.

A breakfast buffet is available to hotel guests every morning.|The hotel accepts American Express, Diners Club, Eurocard, MasterCard and VISA.

Payment Methods:
Visa Diners Club Mastercard American Express

Services:
Restaurant - non-smoking area Laundry Service Conference Room Restaurant -s
Air-conditioned Money Exchange Reception Area Car Park
Café 24h. Reception Public internet Lift-s
Restaurant - Air-conditioned

Room Facilities:
Internet Access King Size Beds Bath Double Beds
Direct Dial telephone Carpeted Radio Individual Air-conditioned
Minibar Satellite / Cable TV Shower Bathroom
Hairdryer TV Central Heating Safe

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4 star, £76 per room per night (£38.00 ppn). In the Old Town.

The hotel is in a historical building but has been completly renovated to a designer boutique hotel, bedrooms are decorated to the highest standard with italian tiled bathrooms. A first class restaurant with beautiful bar area is available.

The hotel is situated directly in the city centre.

Payment methods (for additional services during your stay):
EC-Card JCB Mastercard Visa
Diners Club American Express

Room Facilities:
Double Beds Lounge Direct Dial telephone Bath
Central Heating TV Individual Heating Carpeted
Safe Central Air-conditioned Minibar Individual Air-conditioned
Bathroom Internet Access Shower Hairdryer
King Size Beds Satellite / Cable TV

Meals:
Bed & Breakfast Breakfast buffet Breakfast

==Choose on the Wiki!! ==

There are loads of other places, but I think we have enough choice to begin with! There are also hostels which are worryingly cheap, but I haven't looked at those.

Could people update the wiki (in the doodah below) with their preferences, indicating

# What accommodation they like the sound of most (or anything else they have found themselves ont 'net)
# Whether they prefer a hotel or an apartment
# Whether they want breakfast in the price, available or whether they want to forage for it
# How sociable they feel - do they mind being in weird room combinations.
# How much they want to pay (although everything is soooo cheap, even the tightest nerd has call for cheer)

==Nerds' preferences==

Abi and Neil - Neil likes the idea of two or more apartment. Abi likes the idea of a posh hotel cos she is a classy bird, but otherwise is not fussed. Would like a double bed if possible. Would like some kind of breakfast available, whether it is provided or whether we cook it ourselves. (feeling of dread)

Marc - Likes the idea of the Tulip Inn or secondly the Residence Bologna. Good locations, cheap price and getting breakfast made for you is always a bonus!

Thumb - Likes the idea of breakfast at the Residence Bologna. 2 4 person apartments would be the best plan IMHO - Then we can invite each other round for dinner parties

==Brummie choice==

Lee and Pete - Lee would quite like to stay in an apartment because it sounds quite fun. She doesn't mind what beds we have as long as they are clean. Peter likes the price of the cheap £32 apartment because he is a poor student, and there are many cheap places to eat in Prague, and he knows Prague coz he went there before.

Prague Flights

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