Don’t be put off by any first impressions; if I hadn’t already paid, on my first encounter of staff at this hotel, I would’ve left...so glad I stayed as things improved markedly after I had a little chat with some about just normal aspects of hospitality and service I’d receive in Australia in even the meanest of places... - however the town of Cesky Krumlov itself was a VERY interesting experience all round - especially the ‘Tourist Information Service’ in main square... Because it’s such a beautiful place and a tourist hotspot, 99% of ANY ‘service’ people don’t even try to help, show ANY cheerfulness or NORMAL aspects of concern for humanity and, in fact, are downright rude & even appear hostile to friendly tourists such as myself (a palliative care nurse!!). I’m so glad the place was beautiful, however, at my age and stage of life experience, I KNOW that, in ANY other part of the world, they would lose their jobs! - unless they’re related to the boss! I think the Mayor needs to do an accountability survey and change the fact that most English-Speaking tourists I spoke with - from China to India to Germany to USA to UK (& Australia & NZ) were just almost speechless with the roughshod way they were treated as people, let alone as tourists in a town where tourism is the lifeblood and MAJOR source of income for most people. As an objective parallel, instead of thinking you were at a Tourism Information Centre, you would think you were being registered for entry into prison!