Mandarin Oriental Prague celebrated the end of the year with a major award – the readers of Condé Nast Traveler voted us in the annual Readers’ Choice Awards the Best Hotel in Northern Europe for 2011; additionally, in January 2012 we topped the CNT Gold List for the Czech Republic. To all of our past and future fans, a heartfelt thank you, and we hope to see you in Prague in 2012!

We continue making Mandarin Oriental, Prague an ever more pleasant place for a holiday or business trip. We have recently completed the installation of two saunas in our fitness centre; in the pipeline for Spring is a new Beauty Room in the Spa which will be dedicated to hand, foot, nail and facial treatments – for individual guests as well as pairs or couples. - To accommodate our growing share of travelling families, we are completing work on three sets of connecting rooms which will comfortably sleep two adults and up to four children.

Bohemian Carnevale and Crystal Ball

The Bohemian Carnevale (10-21 February 2012) is a revived tradition inspired by the colourful pageants once celebrated by local aristocracy. With dances, concerts, street parades, feasts and children’s soirées, the Carnevale culminates on 18 February with the Crystal Ball, a Baroque-style, lavishly produced, costumed & masked fête. Attending this event as a couple is a brilliant way to experience the romance of Prague like never before.

Valentine’s Day at Mandarin Oriental, Prague

Your Valentine will love our Dine or Spa with the Best package: Depending on her (or his) inclinations, our well-priced package lets you choose between a romantic meal at Essensia restaurant or a couple massage (for the price of a single massage) at our Spa. But don’t wait too long – this special package expires on 31 March.

Our Essensia restaurant will offer a spectacular Valentine’s menu in the style of avant-garde (or “molecular”) cuisine. Inspired by the spices of Asia, the 8-course tasting menu is both delicious and amusing, with imaginatively-named courses such as “Lost Marbles” and “Ginger & Mint Toothpaste”.

Easter

Easter 2012 falls on 8 April, but as usual, Prague will dedicate most of March to pre-Easter events such as Easter markets. At Mandarin Oriental, Prague we will be offering a series of family-oriented springtime brunches with children’s workshops; while the parents dine on seasonal delicacies, their offspring will be painting colourful painted Easter eggs, chicks and other festive items. And needless to say, there will be an Easter Sunday egg hunt...