Hotel Atlas

I'll freely admit that being in Ceske Budejovice for the weekend was the tour manager's idea, so he could pop off home and spend time with his family (lucky for some.) It's not exactly a must-go destination despite its attractive old town square and time-travel Communist-era atmosphere on its estates and suburbs. And the Atlas itself is quirky to say the least. The rooms seem to have been decorated by someone in the grip of a bad acid experience: garish greens and oranges abound. They don't service the rooms unless you ask ("we leave the guests to themselves".) The showers are attached to the bathroom sinks (another Iron Curtain relic, apparently.) But they were lovely obliging people (always ready to make you a mug of tea, for instance - which didn't appear on my bill), it was surprisingly comfortable, they have table tennis in the back garden, it was cheap, and THE WI-FI INTERNET WORKED REALLY WELL. For which they get an extra star in my new campaign against wi-fi ripoffs. There's a good pub on the corner nearby that does decent food. Which reminds me, the Atlas breakfasts are very much the average side of average, but if you ask they will do boiled eggs and proper bread.