The Best City Center Hotels in Budapest
As a stranger to a new town its hard to know where to stay to get the most out of your visit. Finding the right city center hotel in Budapest will make your stay much easier. Budapest have the advantage of not being a gigantic city, you can just walk between many of the great bars, cafés, restaurants and Budapest attractions, but big eunogh to hold many interesting exeriences (the spas, the food, architecture, underground music bars etc) for travelers to discover.
To help you finding your Budapest hotel we have gathered most of the Budapest hotels in the city center with the help of Bookings.com hotels searchengine.
A Guide to the Guides – Top 5 Budapest Travel Guides
The web is crawling with Budapest travel guide guides. As Budapest Hungary is becoming more and more popular as a travel & tourist destination (especially the budapest weekend breaks) the amount of budapest city guides are also increasing. But not all Budapestguides are created equal! Budapesguide.net help you pick out the best tourist guides to Budapest.
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Choosing the “right” spot in Budapest – The “best” districts, hotels and accomodation
One difficulty as a visitor in a new town is choosing the right area and hotels to stay at during the visit. Of course “right” depends on who you are and what you want to do. To help you choose the “right” location (Budapest district) for your stay we will guide you through the most interesting districts in the heart of Budapest. By “right” and “best” we mean close to shopping, sights, nightlife, restaurants etc.
Budapest Castle Hill – three sights in one (Matyas Church, Fishermans Bastion, Royal Palace)
The Castle Hill on the Budaside with its breathtaking view over the Danube and Pest is one of the most spectacular sights of Budapest. Historically this site have always been the most important both strategically and culturally with all regents and kings residing here. Beside the amazing view the Castle Hill have many interesting experiences to offer. At the top of the hill with the Szentharomság statue in the center of the Castle hill you have a charming little old town with all the historically interesting and architecturally amazing buildings like:
- Mátyás Church – Officially named “Church of Our Lady”, popularly called Mátyás Church after the great Hungarian king Mátyás Corvinus who held his two weddings in the Church. Mátyás Church was originally built in 1015 and have since been partly destroyed and rebuilt many times during its 700 year old history. It is still an active church with many concerts and musical performances.
- Fishermans Bastion – The Halásbastya in Hungarian is a viewing terrace in neo- Gothic and Romanesque style with seven towers (the Magyars had seven tribes), many stairs and walkingpaths stretching alongside the Danube and surrounding the Mátyás Church.
- Buda Royal Palace (a World Heritage Site) – The first Royal Palace was build by King Béla IV between 1247-1265. The present day Palace however is not that old. The oldest parts are from the 14 the century, but it was Sigismund of Hungary who made the palace to one of the largest Gothic palaces in the world during the middle ages.
Take a look at the Buda Royal Palace:
If you plan to to vist the Castle Hill and are interested in Hungarian Wine the House of Hungarian Wines is the place to visit. There you can taste 70 of Hungarian wines from the different wine regions of Hungary. It is in a cellar located just beside the Mátyas Church. Castell Hill also have the oldest confectionery and café of Budapest (Hungary), the Ruszwurm Confectionery (Szentháromság street 7), started in 1827 have been in business since.
Enjoy Budapest!
