I offer a cosy, modern apartment in Prague-Letna, one of the Czech capital's most sought-after residential areas. The apartment is situated in a modern house with an elevator, an underground garage, and central heating built in 2005. It is located on the second floor and has a floor area of 62 square meters, of which 5.5 square meters is a sunny balcony. Even though located in a lively neighborhood, the apartment is quiet. The tenants are a mix of Czech professionals and foreign-born businessmen and diplomats, which testifies to the attractiveness of the neighborhood.
My apartment is situated in the heart of the picturesque and trendy Letna district, on a beautiful tree-lined street that connects two of Prague's biggest and most beautiful parks: Letna and Stromovka. While the Letna Park offers breathtaking views of the city, the Vltava river, and its bridges, the huge Stromovka park, set up in the year 1268 as royal hunting grounds, is ideal for relaxation, feeding ducks, playing with children on its many playgrounds, jogging, cycling, inline-skating, or playing tennis (Martina Navratilova or Ivan Lendl used to play there).
Letna is the district of diplomatic missions and villas, yet only 15 minutes walk (or 3 tram stops) from the old historic center of Prague. The Old Town Square, the elegant Parizska Street, the Jewish Quarter, Wenceslas Square, the Charles Bridge, the Lesser Quarter, the Prague Castle (Hradcany), and the city's other landmarks are all within easy reach. The central Letna Square tram stop (tram numbers 1, 8, 12, 25, 26) is a mere 100 meters (one-minute walk) from my apartment. Two subway (metro) lines (A and C) are a couple of tram stops away and will take you wherever you need to go in Prague.
The apartment consists of:
One bedroom with a double bed, a chest of drawers, book shelves, and a desk with a laptop computer (connected to high-speed internet) and a printer/scanner.
A living room with a separate dining area, a sofa that can be easily converted into a double bed, and a TV/video corner. In addition to Czech and Slovak channels, my cable TV provider UPC provides some German-language channels (3 SAT, ZDF, ARD) and major international news channels (CNN, BBC World, Deutsche Welle, France24, Euronews, and Russia Today).
A fully equipped modern kitchen with dishwasher, stove with oven, refrigerator with freezer, microwave oven, boiling water cattle, toaster, Nespresso coffee maker, etc.
Bathroom with bathtub, separate shower, wash basin, toilet bowl, and washing machine.
Entrance hall with a large wardrobe, coat rack, and a chest of drawers
Separate walk-in wardrobe with shelves and space for hanging clothes.
Balcony with a table and two chairs.
Except for the kitchen, the bathroom, and the balcony, which have tile floors, there are wooden floors throughout. The apartment is being cleaned regularly by a very thorough cleaning lady. There is an ample supply of bed linen, towels, etc in the chest of drawers in the bedroom and in the walk-in wardrobe. I have prepared a “user’s manual” for the apartment, which I will forward to all home exchange partners, along with information about neighborhood amenities. My nephew and my sister, who both have keys from the apartment, live nearby and handing over the keys is thus easy.
