Budapest
Our favourite new hotel in Budapest, the Aria is a music-themed affair built around an old townhouse, with Jazz, Opera, Classical and Pop Wings. Each of…
Must-see hotels in Budapest
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Four Seasons Gresham Palace Hotel
Budapest
This one-of-a-kind luxury hotel was created out of the long-derelict art nouveau Gresham Palace (1907) and no expense was spared to piece back together…
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Budapest
Budapest’s first hostel (then known as the Back-Pack Guesthouse), the Shantee has added two floors to its colourful suburban 'villa' in south Buda. It's…
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Castle District
This award-winning boutique hostelry facing the Danube has the wow factor. Each of the 45 rooms and three ‘panoramic’ suites is different, with…
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Budapest
Offering retro chic at its hippest, this one-time residence of the prime minister when parliament sat at No 8 (today's Italian Cultural Centre) has been…
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Budapest
Once the sumptuous 19th-century residence of the aristocrat Nándor Zichy and his family, the 'palace' has been transformed into a lovely hotel, with its…
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Budapest
Though some of the 60 rooms at this delightful small hotel are a little on the compact side, each one is decorated in its own individual style (the larger…
Budapest
Conceived by local designers, the 40 rooms at this whimsical design hotel fall into four categories, each named after a different rum and ranging from…
Castle District
There's a lot to love about this fantastic, 10-room boutique hotel that has opened on the site of Hungary's oldest hotel. Each room is individually…
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Mamaison Hotel Andrassy Budapest
Budapest
This sleek boutique hotel features contemporary, well-appointed rooms decked out in warm shades. Plasma-screen TVs and showers are de rigueur in standard…
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Budapest
Simply furnished and cleverly arranged apartments on the 1st floor of quiet old block right in the heart of Belváros. Additional twin beds pull out from…
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Óbuda & Buda Hills
This cosy hotel in Rózsadomb (Rose Hill) has a delightful back garden with a small swimming pool, and some of the 20 rooms have balconies. There are also…
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Budapest
This hostel may well succeed in its loft-y aspirations to be the hottest backpacker magnet in town. Travellers end up lingering longer than expected,…
Budapest
Buda’s grande dame is a 234-room four-star hotel with loads of character. Completed in 1918, the hotel contains examples of art nouveau, notably the…
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Budapest
This is a tough nut to crack. When is a hostel not a hostel? When it’s a string of apartments spread throughout Lipótváros, for which the good folk at…
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Budapest
Gerlóczy hits the mark with an excellent combination of good value, decor and atmosphere. Set over four floors of an 1890s building on an attractive…
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Budapest
With its enormous chandeliers, gold and white cloud mosaics and sofas in rust-coloured crushed velvet, this hotel is almost slipping into the kitsch…
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Budapest
With oversized portraits of Joplin and Hendrix in the colourful lobby and an upbeat party atmosphere, this is a hostel for the 21st century. There's a…
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Budapest
One of the most central cheaper hotels in Pest, the Medos (they've now dropped the final 'z') is just opposite the restaurants and bars of Liszt Ferenc…
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Budapest
This homey, extremely welcoming hostel with 20 beds in four rooms has recycled tables hanging upside down from the ceiling and old valises under the beds…
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Garibaldi Guesthouse & Apartments
Budapest
This welcoming guesthouse has four rooms with shared bathroom and two kitchens in a flat just around the corner from Parliament. In the same building,…
Castle District
Perched above the Danube on Castle Hill, the Hilton was carefully built in and around a 14th-century church and baroque college. Its grey-hued rooms were…
Castle District
Housed in a venerable 700-year old building right in the heart of the Castle District, this somewhat over-the-top boutique hotel is all period grandeur,…
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Castle District
This rather elegant hotel has 27 comfortable and spacious rooms with million-dollar views of Parliament and the Danube (eg room 31). Despite its small…
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Budapest
This minimalist delight in Lipótváros has 65 beautifully designed rooms. Bonuses are the nonallergenic white pine floors, the self-service bar off the…
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Budapest
The public areas and suites at this large, high-end hotel remain among the classiest in town, though the standard, corporate-dull rooms are unlikely to…
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Budapest
Just across the street from City Park and a five-minute walk from Heroes' Sq, this hostel is run by travellers, for travellers. The dorms and private…
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Castle District
The Art’otel Budapest is a minimalist establishment that would not look out of place in London or New York. But what makes this 165-room place unique is…
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Budapest
What were once two separate hotels have come together to form a very comfortable 91-room place on a quiet street in Ferencváros. The four-star Corvin wing…
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Budapest
A clean, well-run hostel with 19 rooms over three floors in a splendid old building, the Maverick has a kitchen on each floor, a comfortable common room,…
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Budapest
The location couldn't be grander – mere steps from Heroes' Sq and City Park – at this hotel boasting 37 well-kitted-out rooms over three floors, plus a…
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Óbuda & Buda Hills
Handy for exploring the old streets of Óbuda, this large spa hotel is big on relaxation facilities. Guests have access to two thermal pools, Finnish and…
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Budapest
The 36 rooms in this atmospheric old apartment block range over four storeys and have original wooden floors, enormously high ceilings (particularly room…
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Castle District
This boutique hotel at the northern end of the Castle District has 11 individually decorated rooms with vintage furniture and striking wallpaper. Nods to…
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Millennium Court Marriott Executive Apartments
Budapest
This upmarket, well-run establishment offers 108 traditionally furnished, well-equipped studios and one- and two-bed apartments, and has laundry…
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Castle District
The Mellow Mood Group’s flagship top-end hotel is housed in a 15th-century town house, but apart from a bit of vaulted brick ceiling in the lobby you’d…
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Budapest
There are 160 rooms spread out over this eight-floor hotel, and two or three rooms on each floor have a balcony. We especially like the hotel’s location…
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Castle District
The name says it all: we're talking about lodgings above a cellar bar. It's a colourful three-bedroom apartment with a compact double and two larger rooms…
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Budapest
Handy for the Keleti train station, this smart brick building hides equally smart rooms, livened up with crimson accents and pieces of contemporary art…
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Budapest
This small, very clean B&B consists of just five individually decorated rooms with high ceilings and great showers (though one has its bathroom down the…
