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Budapest Hotels and Other Accommodation Types
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We Help You to Choose The Best for Your Needs From the Wide Selection of Budapest Hotels
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During the communist era you could choose from a limited number of Budapest accommodations. Many new Budapest hotels have been built in the 90-ies and the old ones are gradually renovated. Nowadays new accommodations are still being built to provide lodgings for the increasing number of travelers visiting the Hungarian capital. As a result, now Budapest offers many accommodation types and categories for both tourists and business travelers. You have a wide selection to choose from. This page gives you an overview about Budapest accommodations and useful tips to consider about price categories and location.
Our list of Budapest hotels is not exhaustive, but we've tried to give you a cross-section of the kind of accommodation Budapest offers. If you can afford you can stay in one of the large five star hotels that are members of international hotel-chains like Hilton, Intercontinental, Marriott, Accor, Radisson, or the Four Seasons. If your budget is tight you can choose from a good variety of pensions, private apartments, youth hostels and campsites with very reliable services as well. Useful tips |
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Location: If you come only for a few days to Budapest location is crucial. You have to decide whether you want to stay in Buda or on the Pest side. Buda is hilly, quieter and residential, while Pest is flat and busier. Stay at an accommodation in Pest, and you will be in the heart of the city, within easy reach of most attractions, restaurants, shops and night life. In a pension in Buda you’ll be slightly far from the busy centre, but the quiet, green, hilly surroundings compensate you. Accommodations in the downtown are usually more expensive than the ones in the outer districts.
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Type of accommodation: Do you want to be pampered in a luxury hotel or you make do with standard services?
Budapest Hotels are rated by the international five-star system.
Rooms in 4 star and 5 star hotels have a bathroom, telephone, minibar, TV, radio, and are usually air-conditioned. 5 star hotels are usually members of big hotel chains and they provide high quality service that is required by the owners. The 4 star and 5 star hotels have their own restaurant and bar.
Rooms in 3* hotels have their own shower or bathroom, some have their own restaurant, some don't.
Most Budapest hotels have their own car park as well, for which they usually charge a daily tariff.
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Price: If you travel on low-budget the price of the accommodation is the deciding factor. Good discounts can be found when booking your Budapest accommodation online, however rates during peak season (May-y-September) are high (especially during the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix). All hotels charge 20 % VAT, that is mostly included in the rate, but some hotels add it on top of their price. When you book your room always ask whether the VAT is included in the quoted price!
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Always ask for confirmation in writing or email, that clearly states your dates, type of room and rate for the stay, what is incuded, e.g. taxes, breakfast.
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Price Categories of Budapest Hotels and other Accommodations:
- Cheap category: 30-60 €/room/night
- Budget category: 60-100 €/room/night: 2 star and 3 star hotels, hostels, pensions; see list of Budget Hotels in Budapest
- Comfort category: 100-150 €/room/night: 3 star hotels
- Standard category: 100-150 €/room/night: 4 star Budapest Hotels
- Luxury category, 5 star hotels: 150-200+ €:
On this page you'll find information about Luxury Hotels in Budapest
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Location of Budapest Hotels
The most expensive accommodations in Budapest are offered by the large hotel-chain members like: Intercontinental Budapest, Budapest Marriott, Budapest Hilton, Accor, Radisson SAS Béke Hotel, Sofitel, the Four Seasons Hotel at the Gresham Palac and the Boscolo Hotel in New York Palace.
These hotels all have very good locations in the downtown area, most of them with stunning vista of the Danube and the Castle Hill.
Another advantage of staying in a downtown Budapest hotel that you'll find almost every major attraction within walking distance.
Our page about Budapest Sightseeing includes the city's top attractions. Many public transport services run in the city centre, if you don't like walking.
If you want to save money and the location of your Budapest accommodation is not so important to you, choose a place to stay further from the downtown.
Don’t worry about transportation, Budapest has an excellent and extensive public transport system. Even if you stay in a hotel in the outer districts you’ll still have some kind of public transport vehicle within easy reach. When you book your Budapest accommodation check which district your hotel is situated in.
Budapest has 23 districts, and they are indicated in Roman numerals. Central districts have lower numbers (e.g. I., II., ), while the outer districts have higher numbers (e.g. XX., XXI.).
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Deals & Reviews
Since we’re Budapest residents we’ve never had the chance to stay at a hotel, so we can’t really tell you our first-hand experiences. On Tripadvisor millions of people share their travel experiences including hotel reviews.
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