The owner and manager of the hostel is Michal Veselý. During his studies of finance and accounting at the VŠE college in Prague, he gathered some experience crowned with a one year of work for a leasing company within the German-American Daimler-Chrysler group. In the course of this job he came to understand that being a multinational company employee with a dawn-to-dusk working day is not his idea of dream life. Already in the last year of the college, he established ARPACAY hostel, where he could meet people with similar opinion and he also gained so the desired freedom to travel, which is his biggest passion. Unless he is planning, how to make your stay in Prague more enjoyable, he is much more likely to be met with a backpack somewhere in the mountains of Balkans, than at the computer at his office.

I started the ARPACAY hostel in December 2000. I studied the fifth year of a university and I didn't have much money. I rented a big two-generation flat knowing that the flat will have to earn money for the second rent itself. I bought 16 very cheap beds and 2 cheap PCs with second-hand screens. My parents gave me their 20-year-old washing machine, I hired two receptionist girls and things could get started. I have put emphasis on cleanliness and cosiness of rooms from the very first moment, just as high quality of service, and so already during the first spring it was evident, that the demand is much higher than the hostel's capacity (now it is the oldest ARPACAY hostel RED).



In the beginning of summer I promptly opened a second ARPACAY hostel with another 20 beds. Things were great, it was the peak of main season, but after several serious misunderstandings with the owner of the building, I was forced to close this hotel after mere 3 weeks of operation. It was a serious blow, because we had reservations for several months in advance and it was also you, our guests, who suffered from this. I take this opportunity to express my sincere apologies once again.



Then year 2002 came. A flood of your e-mails assured us again of your interest and support, but we were far from able to accommodate all of you. I put another four beds in my hostel and since to extend capacities in the original building took long, we reconstructed three new rooms across the street for you during May (now ARPACAY hostel GREEN), which were serviced from the original reception desk. Now we had 26 beds total.



On the 1st March 2003 we dare for a first big step forward. We open rooms in a reconstructed attic in Radlická 76. There are 6 more rooms, second room for serving breakfast, second PC for our clients and above all a second reception desk. We move our "headquarters" here and centralise here reservations for both buildings. I hire two more employees. Two months later I receive another rooms from the owner of the house, where we create a small apartment with an en-suite bathroom and a kitchenette. We establish official marking of buildings as ARPACAY hostel RED and ARPACAY hostel GREEN to make orientation for guests easier.



In 2004 only few organisational changes take place and some staff is changed. I make efforts mainly to improve quality of our service and I make investments in promotion and advertising. Satisfaction of guests rises steadily and our capacities are used to the maximum.



Year 2005 is a year of expansion and innovation. I have three objectives. To create new and modern dormitories, which exceed common standards with their equipment and character, to get rid of the impractical reception desk in the attic next to rooms and to modernise our image to comply with our typical customers. I rent commercial space in the basement of ARPACAY hostel GREEN and build a new modern reception there. I let a new computer net installed and the 1 original computer is replaced with 3 new PCs and a much faster internet. I am looking forward to a big safe, bigger left-luggage, bigger area for sale of bev

Types of rooms  double bed or twin room triple room 4 bed room 5 bed room 6 bed room 7 bed room 8 bed room apartement for 2 persons (1x double bed room, kitchenette, bathroom and toilet) apartement for 8 persons (1x triple room, 1 x twin room, kitchen + another 3 beds,bathroom and toilet)

Total capacity: 78 beds Sanitary facility: sanitary facility is always shared by 2-3 rooms. Only apartements have their own facility. Cooking: Guests of our hostel can use 3 fully equipped self service kitchens + these are also in each apartement. Services Main reception is open daily 7:00 - 24:00. CHECK-IN time is from 12:00 to 24:00. In case you are arriving after 24:00 let us know please otherwise the reception will be closed. No curfew. After arrival you will get your own key (against an advance of CZK 300 / EUR 10), so you have free access to the hostel in any time of day or night. CHECK-OUT time is at 10:00. FREE luggage room. You can store your luggage there if your arrival is earlier than check-in time or your departure is planned for later afternoon and you want to go to the city before you leave. The rooms are situated in two separate buildings facing each other across the street (APARCAY hostel RED and GREEN). Both buildings have their own reception and breakfasts are served in both of them. The breakfast (included in basic price) is served from 7 to 10 a.m. The breakfast includes ham, cheese, butter, bread and rolls, cornflakes with milk, coffee, tea or juice. All dormitories are equipped with FREE personal lockers and reading - lamps for every one. You can relax on our roof terrace with a marvelous view of Prague or in a stylish common-room, one in each building. FREE internet acces (4 PCs). New laundry right at the hostel. There is a guarded parking site "Na Knížecí" about 300 m from the hostel. Within 500 m from our hostel (at "Anděl") there is a big shopping mall "Nový Smíchov" with supermarket Carrefour, open 7 days a week until midnight, with 2 multi-cinemas, post office, swimming pool and several banks. Around the hostel there is a number of restaurants, pizzerias, cafes and pubs, among others also a stylish pub right inside the STAROPRAMEN brewery, where you can taste all types of beer produced here in the finest quality! At the reception you can get information or directly order many trips and sightseeing tours around Prague and its surroundings.

From the Ruzyně International Airport: take the fast express bus No. 100 to get to the terminus of subway line B, station "Zličín" and go to "Smíchovské nádraží". Get out of the subway through the middle stairwell and then go through the gate for the disabled. Go left along the bus area and after circa 50 m there will be a bridge for pedestrians on the left, leading across the railway. Cross the bridge and at the corner on the right of the Radlická Street there is our hotel. (200 m on foot in total). The whole journey takes about 35-40 minutes. From Prague Main Railway Station ('Hlavní nádraží'): take subway line C to get to "Florenc", one station away, and there change to line B and go to "Smíchovské nádraží"... Get out of the subway through the middle stairwell and then go through the gate for the disabled. Go left along the bus area and after circa 50 m there will be a bridge for pedestrians on the left, leading across the rails. Cross the bridge and at the corner on the right of the Radlická Street there is our hotel. (200 m on foot in total). The whole journey takes about 10-15 minutes.

From the 'Holešovice' railway station: take subway line C to get to "Florenc" and there change to line B and go to "Smíchovské nádraží"... Get out of the subway through the middle stairwell and then go through the gate for the disabled. Go left along the bus area and after circa 50 m there will be a bridge for pedestrians on the left, leading across the rails. Cross the bridge and at the corner on the right of the Radlická Street there is our hotel. (200 m on foot in total). The whole journey takes about 10-15 minutes. From the 'Florenc' bus station and from 'Černý most': take subway line B and go to "Smíchovské nádraží"... Get out of the subway through the middle stairwell and then go through the gate for the disabled. Go left along the bus area and after circa 50 m there will be a bridge for pedestrians on the left, leading across the rails. Cross the bridge and at the corner on the right of the Radlická Street there is our hotel. (200 m on foot in total). The whole journey takes about 20-25 minutes. From the city centre you can get to us by tram No. 6 Get off at the 'Křížová' bus stop. If you are driving: at the city circle road follow the signs showing the direction to PLZEŇ. When you come at the Barrandov Bridge over the Vltava River, keep in the left line and follow signs showing the direction to SMÍCHOV and after circa 200 m turn left to DEJVICE/KOŠÍŘE. Pass through a short tunnel under railway and after circa 500 m (before another tunnel) turn right in the direction to RADLICE. Climb the hill and on the first traffic lights turn left to the Radlická Street. The ARPACAY hostel is right at the corner on the right opposite the crossing. You can park free of charge in the street in front of the hostel or anywhere around or on a guarded parking lot 'Na Knížecí' or in an underground parking lot below the 'Nový Smíchov' (Carrefour) shopping centre at 'Anděl'.