"Enormous, central and luxurious, the Kempinski Hotel surprises with a warmer welcome than its glittering facade suggests."
The old world city of Budapest circles the Danube with its grand, 19th century architecture but although the capital of Hungary is famous for its illustrious past, it is quickly modernising with fashionable, designer boutique hotels, exclusive restaurants and smart bars. The traditional spas are excellent and incredibly cheap and some of the best ones are located in the city's grand old hotels - check our Budapest travel guide with its first-hand hotel reviews for details.
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"Enormous, central and luxurious, the Kempinski Hotel surprises with a warmer welcome than its glittering facade suggests."
From EUR 97
per room per night
"A fusion of glamourous clientele and supreme comfort make this French Empire styled luxe hotel a firm Budapest favourite."
From EUR 101
per room per night
"A clubby luxury hotel with spa on Budapest's Margaret Island, quiet and out-of-the-way."
From EUR 66
per room per night
"A grand old Austro-Hungarian luxury hotel, well-renovated, it's good value with good business facilities."
From EUR 125
per room per night
"An Art Deco Four Seasons beauty, in a prime Pest location with views over the Danube River and St Stephen's Cathedral."
From EUR 210
per room per night
The Baths of Budapest | Dea Birkett | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
Aaaaah. Mmmmm. I was in ecstasy. My body felt exquisite, my limbs as loose a rag doll's. My skin was as soft as a Persian carpet. I was indulging in the torrid heat of a thermal bath...
'Bruderscaft' Sneezing in Budapest | Vitali Vitaliev | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
"Ah-tishoo!" I was woken by my own sneeze and realised, with horror, that I had the 'flu. I looked out of the window. It was early morning. My train - 'Pannonia Express' - was stationary. A sign with a frightening word 'Szekesfehervar' was in front of me. A station name like that could exist only in one country - Hungary.
Budapest: The Shock of the Old | Neville Walker | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
I drove into the city as a rosy dusk was settling over it, my destination a hotel on the riverbank facing directly the city’s famously extravagant parliament building
Budapest: Know Before you Go | Graeme Harwood | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
More than any other European capital city, Budapest is horribly easy to get wrong
Budapest | Simon Busch | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
A visit to the statue park is memorable not only for the bitter-sweet atmosphere of failed utopianism emanated by these monuments, like the last surviving beasts of a redundant species corralled in a zoo
'Hallo' and Goodbye | Ben Mallalieu | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
Going to Hungary for their royal train service, Mallalieu finds a country speaking their own language, but only barely succeeding
The Many-Hued Danube | John Borthwick | Hungary, Budapest, Budapest
The dining options veer from veal paprikash to, well, Burger a la King. Meanwhile, the background music might be Franz Liszt or a busker doing goulash Johnny Cash. Oddly, nowhere do I hear the Blue Danube Waltz