Grand Tábor

This is a budget hotel that supplies basic accommodation… no frills. The doors are locked, so you need to buzz to get admitted the first time in order to check in; after that you can use the keypad to enter. The breakfast was basic but good. The hotel is very close to the historic part of town and within walking distance to train and bus station.

We had a paid reservation for end of April and arrived there at 12:45 in the afternoon. We had double parked in their rear parking lot and we needed to make sure it was okay to leave the car there pending the 2:00 check-in time. Unfortunately, climbing the stairs in the rear (the only access) and buzzing the reception, we found that there was nobody there! A man did finally answer the intercom, but we could not hear what he was saying and he would not buzz us in. Turns out the reason he couldn't is that he was not on site. We were in an awkward position. Left at the top of this industrial stair, facing an opaque steel door and having to decide what to do with our car below. We left to get a room at a different hotel. We had no choice. I did not want my car to get booted. In my threads with the owner since, he has declined to give any refund or even to apologize for leaving his business unmanned in the middle of the day. Their web page says that the reception is staffed throughout the day. If nothing else, just be aware that that is not true. The hotel looks like a decent place and I always try support family-owned business over chain. But as a matter of principle, I will not be giving them my business when I return to Tabor.