PHOTOS: Iconic Budapest downtown hotel opens Sky Champagne Bar with astonishing view of Saint Stephen’s Basilica
Aria Hotel Budapest, one of the most iconic places in the downtown of the Hungarian capital, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The hotel is one of the world’s most acknowledged music-themed luxury resorts. The hotel’s brand-new Sky Champagne Bar opened on 11 June following the spectacular designs of Zoltán Varró. The bar has a wonderful view of the capital’s symbolic Saint Stephen’s Basilica.
Iconic Budapest downtown hotel opens Sky Champagne Bar
Aria Hotel Budapest is in Budapest’s Hercegprímás Street, the heart of the city. The building is a member of the Library Hotel Collection, a New York-based luxury hotel chain. The hotel shaped Budapest’s premium resort offer in the last decade and contributed to strengthening Budapest’s cultural position while welcoming world-famous stars and receiving prestigious international awards.
According to turizmus.com, they acquired awards like Europe’s Best Wellness Spa (World Boutique Hotel Awards), one of the world’s best rooftop bars (Condé Nast Traveller) and one of the world’s best hotels (Tripadvisor’s global ranking).
From the rooftop bar and the new Sky Champagne Bar, you may see iconic places of Budapest like the Gellért Hill, the Budapest Eye on the Deák Square, the Buda Castle and the Matthias Church.
Guest experience and musical inspiration combined
The hotel is unique on the market, combining guest experience with musical inspiration. The hotel’s four wings—Opera, Classical, Jazz, and Contemporary—and its 49 rooms dedicated to musical legends not only signify thematic design but also embody a mindset and emotional connection within the boutique hotel genre that large hotel chains rarely achieve.
The new Sky Champagne Bar opened on the hotel’s 10th anniversary on the highest place of the rooftop bar, the High Note SkyBar. The designer is again Zoltán Varró. Read details HERE: Budapest’s iconic Aria Hotel celebrates its 10th anniversary in style
The hotel’s gastronomic offer will be centred around music this year. The team of the High Note SkyBar created the cocktail-macaron mixes with the help of Chez Dodo, in which each flavour composition evokes an iconic musical genre or artist. The 10 cocktails pay tribute to music legends like Elvis Presley, Maria Callas, Amy Winehouse, James Brown and Frank Sinatra.
World-famous guests
The hotel welcomed world-renowned artists, musicians and film stars like Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Will Smith, Hans Zimmer, Bobby McFerrin, Gregory Porter, Benny Golson, DJ Tiësto and Rita Ora. Among the giants of the opera, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Edita Gruberova, and Anna Netrebko spent some nights here. Jennifer Lawrence, David Duchovny and Chris North were also guests of the iconic hotel.
The walls of the Mirror Bar are decorated with the signatures of the world-famous guests.
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