The Bar/Lounge at Alchymist Grand Hotel And Spa

"Bedrooms are in a nee-baroque or Renaissance style and feature good-sized bathrooms"

"And for once, that fluffy bathrobe comes in handy outside of your room: The downstairs day spa offers Balinese massage, beauty treatments, a sunken swimming pool, and one of the city's best sushi bars"

"The hotel's lobby bar is suitably shiny, with a gilt counter and richly embroidered bar stools"

"Original paintings from the 16th to 19th centuries adorn the walls and some suites come with lounges and balconies"

"Gold now features heavily throughout the hotel, one of the elements that give the individually designed rooms and suites their high-baroque style—think painted ceilings, four-poster beds, and lots of striped damask"

"It combines four Renaissance and Baroque houses dating to the end of the sixteenth century, when alchemists here sought to turn base metals into gold"

"With parts of the stunning Baroque villa dating back to medieval Prague — the stone-walled underground passages that now form a transcendent spa space — the hotel could well be a museum but for its warmth, sunny terrace, posh dining room, cheerful chocolatier and youthful, international staff"

"Standard amenities include air-conditioning, plasma TVs, DVD and CD players, safes, minibars and big, beautiful baths"

"The hotel resides in a 16th-century Baroque house, with sumptuous Old World interiors"