Budapest
Basic dormitory accommodation (rickety metal bunk beds) in three clean, colourful and bright rooms by the river, with a small kitchen. An easy walk to the…
Must-see hotels in Hungary
Budapest
This colourful place has 100 beds, including dorm rooms with four to 12 beds (two are for women only) and twins and doubles. There’s a great kitchen and…
Budapest
In an old apartment block, this homely, hippyesque hostel has six rooms, with two doubles and seven-bed dorms, all sharing bathrooms. It has a relaxed,…
Szentendre
This very central panzió (pension or guesthouse) has a dozen rooms so clean they border on sterile, but of a good size. The decor is modern and minimalist…
Budapest
This lovely property close to Váci út and the West End City Centre mall has 97 tastefully furnished units of between 30 and 90 sq metres in three wings, a…
Great Plain
This guesthouse and campground is just over 2km east of the village off Rte 33. The 19 rooms are large, bright and spotlessly clean with wood-laminate…
Pécs
The Főnix appears to be a hotel too large for the land it’s built on and some of the 13 rooms and suites are not even big enough to swing, well, a phoenix…
Budapest
Owned by the Novum Hotel Group, the Thomas has 37 rooms that are a real bargain for such a central location. Some rooms have balconies looking onto an…
Budapest
Part of a small Belgian chain, this orderly corner hotel has art deco touches (including a pink facade) in the public areas, a small fitness centre and…
Pécs
With a grand entrance set back from the main street, this hotel promises more than it delivers. The location is undeniably terrific, and the original art…
Castle District
This small hotel with all the mod cons has 26 spacious rooms with floral bedspreads, comfortable beds and not much else. But, as they say, location is…
Budapest
Hidden away in the Tabán district, the Orion is a cosy place with a relaxed atmosphere within easy walking distance of the Castle Garden Bazaar and the…
Sopron
There’s still a taste of yesteryear grandeur in the antique-furnished rooms at Sopron’s plush century-old hotel, coupled with a grand staircase and a…
Danube Bend & Western Transdanubia
This flash four-star spa hotel opposite the Nagymaros ferry pier has 71 finely tuned rooms with all the trimmings as well as several pools (inside and out…
Budapest
This 23-room place has a jazz/speakeasy theme that gets a bit tired after a while (though the vintage telephones actually do work). Prices vary widely…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
This small hostel with four dorms (one four-bed, one six-bed and two eight-bed) and a private double room feels more like a shared apartment than a hostel…
Budapest
In a quiet little backstreet close to Kálvin tér, this small and welcoming hotel has a large, sweeping staircase leading to spacious, plainly decorated…
Keszthely
This quiet, centrally located guesthouse offers a cluster of cosy rooms that vary in size; stay in a spacious one on the ground floor, or roost in the…
Budapest
This upbeat place in the heart of Lipótváros has dorm rooms with seven or eight beds on one floor and doubles, triples and quads on another. There’s a…
Eger
With six sleek and stylish apartments under the very nose of the castle, this is where you'll want to stay if you're looking for a central location and…
Northern Hungary
Centrally located opposite the Romanesque church, this flower-bedecked guesthouse has four lovely rooms and is surrounded by a large, well-tended garden…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
A very central gay-friendly guesthouse above a leafy courtyard with nine en-suite bedrooms. It attracts guests of all ages and has super helpful owners…
Pécs
A cosy, standard pension with excellent service and 27 well-maintained, snug wood-panelled rooms with cable TV, just outside the walls of the Old Town…
Pécs
This very central guesthouse offers 20 spotless rooms and two spacious suites, with comfortable kick-off-your-shoes decor. It’s a great choice overlooking…
Budapest
An independent hotel on a quiet street, Bo18 has 50 simply yet stylishly decorated rooms, a small sauna and gym, super clean tiled bathrooms and a tiny…
Debrecen
Natural-wood furniture fills this guesthouse's 19 comfy rooms, and the staff make you welcome by inviting you to relax in the very long back garden, where…
Tihany
Large, whitewashed rooms; the more expensive come with balconies. The two-bedroom apartments are good for families and perks include a jacuzzi, sauna and…
Eger
This sister property to the Hotel Senator Ház counts three rooms and two huge apartments on a very quiet street.
Tihany
This family-run guesthouse offers simple but tastefully decorated rooms with polished wood floors in thatched houses a short hop from the main sights.
Szentendre
This big, leafy camping ground takes up most of Pap Island, some 2km north of Szentendre. Motel (6400Ft per double) and hostel (4800Ft per double) rooms…
Szeged
This enormous hotel on the doorstep of the Napfényfürdő Aquapolis water park (entry included in the room price) in New Szeged counts 196 large rooms,…
Tihany
This massive resort has over 300 hotel rooms in a 1970s brutalist building. Decor is dated, standard rooms have no air-con, and its 150 bungalows are…
Budapest
Sleeping on a former river ferry anchored in the Danube is an 'experience'. This ‘boatel’ has 42 single and double rooms (quite small) with shower and…
Pécs
Aranyhajó Fogadó claims to be Hungary's oldest hotel, and judging by the lovely, listed medieval building it's situated in, we're ready to believe it. The…
Lake Balaton & Southern Transdanubia
This small hotel – the summer home of the much-loved 19th-century actress-singer Lujza Blaha from 1893 to 1916 – has an excellent location seconds from…
Budapest
Check into the world’s first beer-themed hostel, set in a former glassworks, which also houses the Élesztő craft beer bar and gastro-garden, and right in…
Szeged
The cheery facade of this former mansion now calling itself a hotel stands in stark contrast to its 14 rooms’ dark-wood veneers and woven rugs. The…
Lake Balaton & Southern Transdanubia
Overlooking the lake, the Silverine may have changed its name, but it's yet to revamp its small, modern rooms bedecked in calming shades of brown. The…
