Budapest hotel among the world’s best
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Condé Nast Traveller’s Gold list included a Hungarian hotel. The place was chosen by the magazine’s global editors, who are based in seven cities across three continents.
According to their website, the editors “share their favourite places to stay and cruises to take.” They wrote that Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace located near Budapest’s iconic Chain Bridge, has 179 rooms and it is the capital’s grandest hotel. It was built in 1906 in the style of Secessionism (Central Europe’s take on Art Nouveau).
An exceptional renovation took place in the hotel, including “chandeliers and stained glass repaired and cleaned, mosaic tiles scrubbed, white stucco repainted.”
The building was originally the Hungarian headquarters of Sir Thomas Gresham’s insurance company.
“As joint capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1873 to 1918, Budapest was one of the liveliest, most cultured, and most prosperous cities in Europe; that golden era saw the construction of grand boulevards and numerous splendid buildings. The meticulous renovation of Gresham Palace, which opened as a Four Seasons in 2006, set the bar high for the numerous other restoration jobs currently underway”, Condé Nast Traveller wrote.
In the 179 rooms of the hotel, we can expect parquet floors, a palette of pale greys, and an excellent bed. The view from most windows is marvellous. You look at the Chain Bridge, the Buda Castle, the castle funicular and the Danube.