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Budapest & Around 676 Budapest 666 Lake Balaton & Southern Transdanubia 268 Lake Balaton 191 Great Plain & Northeast 128 Western Transdanubia 97 Northern Uplands 82 Southern Transdanubia 69 Southern Plain 63 Hevíz 40

Hungary Budget Hotels and Hostels

Except during the peak summer season (ie July and most of August) in Budapest, most of Lake Balaton, the Danube Bend and the Mátra Hills, you should have no problem finding accommodation to fit your budget in Hungary. Campsites are plentiful, university and college dormitories open their doors to guests during summer and other holiday periods, the number of hostels and decent hotels is on the increase, and family-run pensions and inns are everywhere. Although they are decreasing in number, private rooms are another option in many towns, particularly near tourist centres.

In this book, the price breakdown is as follows:

  • Budget (camp sites, hostels, pensions and cheap hotels): less than 9000Ft per night (less than 15,000Ft in Budapest)

* Midrange (pensions and hotels): 9000Ft to 16,500Ft per night (15,000Ft to 33,500Ft in Budapest)

  • Top end (luxury hotels): more than 16,500Ft per night (more than 33,500Ft in Budapest)

Prices in this book are full price in high season (except for Budapest, where price ranges cover all seasons) and include private bathrooms, unless otherwise stated. High season tends to be June to August, while prices tend to be highest during the August Formula 1 season in Budapest and over the New Year period countrywide. Exceptions are noted in specific listings.

Tourist tax is often not quoted in the advertised price, so your bill may be higher than expected. Some top-end hotels in Budapest do not include the 27% Value Added Tax (VAT) in their rack rates; make sure you read the fine print. As a general rule, hotels and pensions include breakfast in their rates, but not always; if not included, it can cost between 800Ft and 2500Ft.

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Caterina Hostel & Guesthouse

A longtime key player on the Budapest budget accommodation scene, the Caterina Hostel has moved from Oktogon in the past year or so but continues to offer reliable and cheap accommodation just a short distance away in the heart of Pest...

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Backpack Guesthouse

We’ve always loved this laid-back hostel – Budapest’s first! – located in a colourfully painted suburban ‘villa’ in south Buda...

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Red Bus Hostel

One of the very first independent hostels for travellers in Pest, Red Bus is a central and well-managed place, with four large and airy rooms with four to five beds, as well as five private rooms for up to three people...

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Aventura Boutique Hostel

This has got to be the most chilled hostel in Budapest...

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Central Backpack King

This upbeat place in the heart of the Inner Town has rooms with between seven and nine dorm beds on one floor and doubles, triples and quads on another...

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Marco Polo Top Hostel

The Mellow Mood Group’s very central flagship hostel is a swish, powder-blue, 47-room place with TVs in all the rooms (except the dorms) and a lovely courtyard...

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Nap Hostel Pecs

A new and very welcome addition to Pécs’s budget accommodation scene, this place has three dorm rooms with between six and eight beds and a double with washbasin on the 1st floor of a 19th-century bank building. Enter from Szent Mór utca.

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Bacchus Hotel Keszthely

Bacchus wins the 'Best in Show' award with its warm and welcoming staff, immaculate rooms and more than handy location to the town centre. The cellar is given over to a wine museum and there's a good restaurant.

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Broadway Hostel

It may be shoehorned into a pretty tight space, but this hostel with three rooms of six, eight and 10 beds and a couple of doubles is among the most modern and upbeat in town...

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11th Hour Hostel And Cinema

This sister property to the Green Bridge Hostel is just as wonderful, with a half dozen dorms with six to 12 beds and two private rooms across three floors in its very own three-storey townhouse...

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Home Made Hostel

This homey, extremely welcoming hostel with 20 beds in four rooms is truly unique, with recycled tables hanging upside down from the ceiling and old valises under the beds serving as lockers...

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Summer City Hostel Schönherz

In an 18-storey block with 600 beds, this Mellow Mood property has rooms with one to four beds, all with their own shower; toilets are on the hall.

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Ginkgo Hostel

This very green (as in colour) hostel with between 20 and 30 beds (depending on the season) in seven big rooms is one of the best hostels in town and the font-of-all-knowledge managers keep it so clean you could eat off the floor...

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Unity Traveller Hostel

This hostel’s location in the heart of party town would be draw enough, but add to that a roof terrace with breathtaking views of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, ceiling fans to cool you down and a resident bearded collie to grab your attention and ...

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Oreg To Club Hotel And Youth Hostel

Near the big lake, it has 19 basic bungalows with shared facilities and a 24-room hotel.

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Central Hotel*** Nagykanizsa

Central, a hotel built in 1912, tries to corner the business market, making it overpriced for what is on offer. The rooms, however, are modern and quite comfortable.

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Hullam Hostel

About 9km east of Badacsony in the township of Révfülöp is Hullám, the only hostel with any character in all of provincial Hungary...

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Green Bridge Hostel And Apartments

Few hostels truly stand out in terms of comfort, location and reception, but Green Bridge has it all – and in spades. There are doubles, triples and dorms with a maximum four beds in the seven rooms, with bunks nowhere to be seen...

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Travellers' Hostel Banki

This central and relatively small (33 rooms, 104 beds) hostel run by the Mellow Mood Group in a 19th-century building is just minutes away from Nyugati train station. Rooms have fridges but all share a bathroom.

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Origo Hostel & Guesthouse

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Club Apartment Budapest

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Kisfaludy Street Rooms

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