Where To Stay In Budapest: Hotels & Hostels For All Budgets

WHERE TO STAY IN BUDAPEST | LUXURY

ANANTARA NEW YORK PALACE BUDAPEST HOTEL

The famous New York Café, on the ground floor of the Anantara New York Palace, has been the place to spot Budapest literati for over 100 years.

So it’s fitting that the 185-room hotel takes you back in time to a Belle Epoque dripping with marble and gold, where polished columns hold up cupolas detailed with frescoes adorning every little nook.

Anantara New York Palace is decadent. That’s obvious just from looking at the façade.

But it’s not dated; the luxury hotel manages to balance contemporary comfort with Budapest’s famous old-world charm.

THE DETAILS

Where | District VII, Budapest

Tips | Enjoy cake and coffee at the exquisite New York Cafe

BOOK | Anantara New York Palace

KOZMO LUXURY HOTEL SUITES & SPA

Kozmo is an idiosyncratic enigma – in the best way. “Monumental bourgeois” is how the website describes the hotel’s asymmetrical carved-stone-and-pink-brick architecture. Inside, Kozmo’s style blends Budapest charm with sleek interior design.

The 84 rooms and suites are airy and bright, with high ceilings, fashionable furniture and chic design touches befitting the best luxury hotels, Kozmo Luxury Hotel isn’t in the best area to stay in Budapest (the 8th district or VIII kerület), but the proximity to József korut and the 4/6 tram line make exploring the city easy.

THE DETAILS

Where | District VIII, Budapest

Tips | Eat at nearby ENSO ramen restaurant

BOOK | Kozmo Luxury Hotel

MYSTERY HOTEL BUDAPEST

One of Budapest’s newest luxury lodgings, the 82-room Mystery Hotel, opened in 2019 near Nyugati international train station in Budapest’s 6th district.

The real attractions here are the Secret Garden Spa, Great Hall Restaurant, and sky bar with sprawling city views. Mystery Hotel is heavily themed around the idea that the building’s 125-year history is shrouded in Freemason mystique.

Some of that mystique is lost in decorations that were just on the wrong side of ostentatious for our tastes, but you might uncover a mystery we missed.

THE DETAILS

Where | District VI, Budapest

Tips | Enjoy a drink at the rooftop bar overlooking Budapest

BOOK | Mystery Hotel

MATILD PALACE

With its iconic uplighting and UNESCO listed architecture, Matild Palace caught our eyes long before we knew it was a luxury hotel.

This 120-room neo-baroque beauty couldn’t be better positioned on the famous Váci utca at the Pest end of Erzsébet bridge. You’re in the heart of the city and a short stroll to Buda. Matild is richly adorned with nods to the city’s history in details like handcrafted parquet floors.

Plus, there’s a Michelin-listed restaurant, “hidden” rooftop bar, and cabaret-themed café.

THE DETAILS

Where | District V (Inner City), Budapest

BOOK | Matild Palace

FOUR SEASONS HOTEL GRESHAM PALACE

With views to the Danube, Chain Bridge and Buda Castle, the Four Seasons (housed in a literal palace) boasts some of the best views in Budapest.

The scenes inside are equally lavish. Even the basic rooms are elegant, and you can only imagine the luxury of the Budapest Royal Suite with a private balcony overlooking the sparkling river and castle beyond.

Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace is everything you want from one of Budapest’s best luxury stays.

THE DETAILS

Where | District V (Inner City), Budapest

Tips | Watch out for celebs - this is the hotel of choice for movie stars in town to film

BOOK | Four Seasons Gresham Palace

PARISI UDVAR HOTEL

Even if you don’t stay at Párisi Udvar Hotel, we can recommend taking a stroll through the art nouveau Párisi udvar (Paris passage) while you’re in town.

Párisi Udvar’s rooms land perfectly in the sweet spot between luxury and comfort. There are still hints of the city’s belle epoque heyday in gilded edges and wonderful parquet floors.

But the modern furnishings, curvy architecture and light-filled spaces are welcoming no matter where – or when – you’re travelling from.

THE DETAILS

Where | District V (Inner City), Budapest

Tips | Have a drink in the incredible Parisi Udvar foyer

BOOK | Párisi Udvar Hotel