Hotel Petrus

A modern and well-equipped new hotel just 1,5 km from the heart of Cracow's Old Town, Hotel Petrus offers good access to all the main link roads into the city, making this an ideal place to stay if you have a group arriving by coach, or are just driving yourself. Located amongst the picturesque limestone rock formations of the Skalki Twardowski Landscape Park, Petrus makes a real change from the normal downtown hotel experience. With its conference room, monitored carpark and general facilities for organising business meetings, this looks like a good bet for larger gatherings. There's a sauna as well to help you relax after a hard day's business or sightseeing.

Hotel Petrus is a good 30 minute walk away from the Old Town and is situated in Debniki-however, the walk is pretty nice considering half of it is along the Wisla and you do get some cracking views of Wawel, plus the Manghha centre is not far away. This hotel was pretty much empty when we arrived, which was great for two nights as it was utterly silent, two great nights sleep ensued. Then....a coach-load of Italian students arrived. Which of course meant constant screaming, braying and kicking doors until midnight. The walls are very thin! Reception tried to sort them out after I complained but hey, teenagers will do what they want! Anyway, the room we stayed in was clean, very warm and dry, however don't expect any tea or coffee making facilities, a bathtub (it's showers all the way) or a proper guest directory in your room. The breakfast is buffet-style eggs/sausages/cheese/meats/cereal/cake and OK but you have to pay 20PLN for it if you have not paid for breakfast with your room, which is rather expensive! The staff at the hotel were attentive and knowledgeable and spoke extremely good English. For the money we paid I'd say it was pretty good value.

Unable to make any positive comments due to the fact that although we booked the hotel several months in advance, we were greeted with the comment ''We have moved you to another hotel because a large party wanted to stay here so we have moved you out''.
We were not the only one's either.
So my advice would be ''Don't book here because it might not be available when you get there''.

If you are visiting the city of Cracow and have a budget to keep to, its worth considering the Hotel Petrus. Very clean but quite basic. You get a continental breakfast in with the price and taxis to the city centre cost about £2.00. Try and get a room at the front though because otherwise the barking dogs in the neighbourhood will keep you awake from the early hours. One last note to consider is the bar. The Petrus advertises as having an "amply" stocked bar. Beer is on draught and not many spirits can be seen!

Dear Sirs,
I don't write you a review,but I like to ask you for information.We come on the 14th of july to Cracow and if possible we like to stay for 2 or 3 days .What we need is two dubble-rooms.Is it possible to stay in your hotel and what is the price for one night with breackfast? Please can you answer u as soon as possible,because we leave home on Saterdaymorning very early.Thank you for your help.

Nard willaerd