List: Hungary’s top 10 hotels

Some of these might surprise you. Here are Hungary’s top 10 hotels based on TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Awards 2018. If you are interested in the other parts of this series, here are the top 10 Hungarian fine dining restaurants or the top 10 Bed&Breakfasts and Inns.

10. Opera Garden Hotel & Apartments

Opera Garden Hotel & Apartments is located only a few blocks away from the Opera House and Andrássy Avenue. The apartment hotel is only 100 meters away from Nagymező Street which hosts several theatres, bars, restaurants and cafés. The most popular tourist sights are also very close to the hotel. The hotel’s 110-year-old building was restored in the spirit of state-of-the-art architecture, and according to its website: “it blends traditional elements with contemporary design and high technology. The hotel harmonises modern and classical, entertainment and harmony, recreation and discovery, elegance and cosiness. Stepping into the building, you will leave the noisy city life behind and enter a stunning new world, a small oasis.”

9. Barack Thermal Hotel & Spa, Tiszakécske

Barack Thermal Hotel & Spa is located in the Southern part of the country in the town of Tiszakécske. It opened in June 2014. River Tisza is only 100 meters away from the hotel. The hotel offers family rooms with separated sleeping places, suites and rooms accessible for our physically disabled guests as well. Free Wi-Fi is available in all areas of the air-conditioned hotel. There is a free outdoor parking place 100 meters from the entrance. There is also a health and medical department and a spa, where families can enjoy our adventure bath facilities. Furthermore, beauty services, wellness treatments and other are also available in the Thermal Spa.

8. Boutique Hotel Victoria

Hotel Victoria opened in 1990 on the riverside in Budapest with spectacular views from all of its hotel rooms. The boutique hotel has 27 panoramic rooms, each room is on the riverside, equipped with floor-to-ceiling panoramic windows. The view of the Danube encompasses Margaret Island, the Pest riverbank, the Parliament and the famous Danube Bridges. The owners aim to operate Hotel Victoria as the best Boutique hotel in Budapest. The hotel is less than a 10-minute walk from Buda Castle district where the Royal Palace, St Matthias Church and the Fisherman’s Bastion are located. The Chain Bridge is only 250 metres from the hotel. The 4-star hotel offers free Wi-Fi, A/C, a rich buffet breakfast, as well as a historic concert hall and tearoom.

7. Prestige Hotel Budapest

Prestige Hotel Budapest opened in April, 2015. The hotel was reconstructed in 2014 from a former 19th century townhouse built by Jozsef Hild (the most creative architect of the Hungarian neoclassicism and reform period). Their website states: “Magnificent architecture and divine cuisine – A marriage of these two has Budapest’s Michelin-starred restaurant joined forces with a glorious, brand new hotel, set in a restored town palace.”

6. Hotel Parlament

Hotel Parlament is located in Kalmár Imre street, near the Nyugati Railway station in Budapest. It is a newly constructed four-star Hotel that combines a historically styled facade with its chic and fashionable interior.

5. Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace

Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace is one of Budapest’s most iconic and stunning architectural masterpieces. It embodies historic grandeur and youthful exuberance. It has an Art Nouveau building designed by two Hungarian architects: Zsigmond Quittner and József Vágó. (check out the other stunning building of Budapest here). The restored palace brings together 2 million mosaic tiles, an ornate Preciosa chandelier and dramatic stairways. Recently, Travel and Leisure Magazine included the hotel in its list of the best 25 city hotels in Europe.