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Wilsonova 8 za Nadrazi | Prague 2, Prague, Czech Republic
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Vesta Railway Hostel
Ranked #194 of 269 Speciality lodging in Prague
3.5 of 5 stars 9 Reviews
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A TripAdvisor Member
London
1 review
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Cheap but not cheerfull”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 July 2005
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Hostel Vesta is situated in a very good spot for easy quick access to Wenceslas Square.
However, it is right on top of an area referred to by the locals as “Sherwood Forest” due to the amount of crime there.
The only real way to access the square safely is via an underpass that was filled with drunks and drug addicts every time we went through it.
The Hostel itself is clean and cheap (The cheapest in Prague I think) and the dorms were nice and roomy, but the staff although not rude, are totally uninterested in providing any kind of service.
We were forced to carry around all our cash and passports on the first night, as they were unable/unwilling to open the safe for us to store them.

I would not recommend this hostel to groups of women, large or small.

I would recommend it to groups of blokes/stag parties looking for a cheap place to sleep and nothing else.

Don’t leave anything vaguely valuable in the dorms.

  • Stayed June 2005
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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london
1 review
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Dont stay here”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 April 2005
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DONT STAY HERE! i was robbed here and apparently it happens FREQUENTLY! a homeless man off the street came in to our room and stole our bags and took a shower!! there were four people in the room and he still came in- there is ZERO security! the staff is terrible and the police were of NO help! you have to walk up 5 flights and go under a subway that reaks of urine to get to the town. there were people in the station shooting up. lets put it this way- spend a few more euros, dollars or pounds and stay somewhere safe and clean! enjoy your time in prague

Stayed April 2005
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Oxford, UK
1 review
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“Very bad hostel.”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 January 2005
5
people found this review helpful

This hostel is close to the rail station, but you have to walk up 10 flights of stairs before you even get to the hostel. Then the hostel did not have a kitchen or any kind of lounge. The rooms were decently clean, but the bathrooms were usually quite dirty by the time we would get around to taking showers. The lady that worked the front desk was not helpful at all. Among other questionable other things, she smoked in the room behind the front desk even though the hostel is non-smoking. We cut our stay short because this was such a dreary place to come back to at night. Prague was wonderful, but please choose a different place to stay.

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UK
1 review
9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
“The worst hostel in eastern europe”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 December 2004
9
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We decided to stay at the Vesta because it's situated above the main train station in Prague. Big mistake. The noise from the trains was enough to make me not want to stay there again, I only wish that had been the worst part about the hostel. The rooms are very, very basic, the sheets were holey, the toilets were blocked by 7am, the walls are really thin- you'll get no sleep- and the staff are not exactly friendly. Also, although men and women do have separate bathrooms, the showers in each are communal. That's right, two shower heads, one flimsy curtain, why bother...? Lastly, the entrance around the back of the train station is very creepy and the park opposite is a known dodgy area. We spent weeks in Eastern Europe and this was definitely the worst hostel we stayed in by far - the really slow lift up to the hostel even has warning messages written on its walls!

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bordeaux
2 reviews
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“horrible, voire dangereux”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 April 2010
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  • Stayed December 2008, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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