KK Opera Hotel Budapest

Advantages: Good city centre location, great froiendly staff
Disadvantages: small rooms, poor showers.

...The last of a Hungary trilogy - I promise!! The KK Opera Hotel wasn't my choice and I have mixed views about it. I'll be brief and to the point - no point in padding this one out Location: Well being by the river is great, but this is in the centre of the old city , and is within spitting distance of the magnificent Opera House and right by the Opera Metro station; you can walk comfortably to the river in under 15 mins. As a four star hotel costing £80-90 a night I would call this a 3 star 4 star hotel. It had some good feature and it had some bad features. Let's start with the bad features. 1.The room was by my own experience of 4star hotels, a bit on the small side. 2.The bathroom/toilet door was spring loaded. Metal to metal door latches at even a moderate speed makes a resounding and irritating crash. Not good...

webfoot 17.03.2008 (18.03.2008) · Read review
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Budapest Marriott

Advantages: Beautiful hotel with friendly staff
Disadvantages: none

...In February, I went to Budapest with my parents for a few days. My dad booked the break over the internet (flights and accommodation) so he chose the hotel that we stayed in. Having stayed in a Marriott hotel on a previous holiday, I was not disappointed when he told us that we would be staying in a Marriott in Budapest. What I didn't know until we got there was that we would be staying in a junior suite! (The room was discounted when we stayed so we got a better room for our money! :) The Budapest Marriott is located on the riverside of Pest and had a fantastic view of the river Danube. We were lucky enough to have a water facing room. The hotel was within walking distance of the main attractions in the city centre. The hotel was about 20 minutes form the airport and cost approximately 35 Euros (about £24) to get there. Upon...

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Review of Budapest Marriott Hotel, Budapest

Luxury in Budapest

Advantages: Clean, quiet, luxurious
Disadvantages: None

..."Member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the Year" As a surprise (good behaviour??), hubby booked a 3 night short break to Budapest, it being a place I had shown an interest in visiting. We arrived in Budapest in the evening and because it was snowing heavily and we had no idea where we were going, we jumped into a taxi and gave the address of the hotel. After a relatively short and very picturesque drive, we arrived at the hotel which is situated on a wide tree lined avenue, Andrassy Ut. We later found out that this is the principal thoroughfare in Budapest and is known as the Champs Elysees of Hungary, situated as it is in the Embassy district, and close to major attractions. **First Impressions** These are always important, and as the taxi pulled up into the front area which was rather like a modern cobbled courtyard, these...

danielalong 18.01.2006 · Read review
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Review of Hotel Andrassy, Budapest

4* this isn't but it is a lovely hotel!

Advantages: Location, views
Disadvantages: Not a 4*, unvaried breakfast

...Well, four star this isn\'t (going by other four star hotels) but it is a good hotel! The hotel is located on the Buda side of the city at the foot of castle hill and if all you want from a hotel is somewhere pleasant to crash after a busy day shopping and sightseeing then this is definately the hotel for you! It is a great location - far enough away from the hustle and bustle of the main town but close enough to walk to it or catch a tram and it just so happens that there is a tram stop right outside the hotel. This hotel does offer one fantastic thing. The view! It\'s a soaring tower of a hotel that is completely circular so from whatever room you are in you get a panoramic view of the beautiful city of budapest. The biggest thing that let the hotel down was the decor. Everything needs mordernising and just generally...

Bex727 28.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hotel Budapest, Budapest

  Beautiful Budapest

Advantages: Beatiful sights, lots to see
Disadvantages: Some of the shops were quite expensive, many of the shops were high street stores like what we have in the UK

...As many of you know, I have just returned from Budapest. It is one of my life's ambitions to visit all the capital cities of Europe so I was thrilled when my parents said we could go to Budapest. Budapest is the capital city of Hungary. Hungary is located in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Hungary developed closer ties with Western Europe, and joined the European Union on May 1, 2004. Budapest is the seventh largest city in the European Union. Buda and Pest became united as Budapest in 1873. Buda and Pest are located on opposite banks of the River Danube, with Buda on the west and Pest on the East. The hotel I was staying in was located on the riverside of Pest. ~ Airport ~ There is only one airport...

bluejules 04.03.2006 · Read review
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Review of Budapest (Hungary)

The Star Hotel - An absolute Gem!

Advantages: Food - Staff - Location - Everything
Disadvantages: NOTHING !

...Just back from a wonderful stay at The Star hotel in Kingussie. We stayed for a 5 night break in Sept. and cannot find fault. We were welcomed by the owner, and shown to our room. Good size, with large double bed, nice dressing table & warbrobe with plenty of space for all our walking gear. Tea & Coffe making facilities aswell as an iron & hairdryer. You can have the option of having a bath or shower, we chose bath, which was huge! Ample car parking behind the hotel which also doubles as a little beer garden. Breakfast & dinner included in price...and to be honest we have never eaten so much in our lives!!! Absolutely amazing especially for the price! A full range of choices for breakfast, fruits, cereals & of course porridge! Orange juice on tap! Once you've devoured that, a full breakfast menu to choose from...from the full...

catandkevin 06.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Star Hotel, Kingussie

The Star Hotel, Kingussie

Advantages: Great Value for Money
Disadvantages: Nothing

...My Husband and I have just returned from The Star Hotel, the hotel while being old fashioned it is extremelly clean and the staff very helpful and pleasant, the food is excellant I defy anyone to find better value for the money, the day before I arrived I injured my back and the girl on reception called Tanya kept heating my back pad in the microwave oven for me, she is a little treasure, on our second day we booked to return in March 2009 and we are looking forward to it, yes the hotel has no lifts but that is no problem, the portions of the food given are exceptional I'm sure I've put a stone on in the four days we were there. It is in a great location for seeing all other local sites, I can really recommend going to see the Reindeers just outside Aviemore a truly great experience...

falky54 07.11.2008 · Read review
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BUDAPEST 2008

Advantages: Great for adults, cheap, cultural
Disadvantages: Not much for Kids, the language.

...be perfectly frank I had had no desire to look around Budapest. I had decided to stay in my hotel in the city centre for the Friday afternoon and evening and leave as scheduled for the airport first thing Saturday morning. However, I soon became restless and after lunch, decided to take a stroll through the city. Well you can read all the factual details in any Internet article, with far more precision. However I am going to say how it FEELS and let me thus say without any hesitation - BUDAPEST IS AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT CITY. Its architecture is out of this world with a mix of London and Paris all in one and it has a far mightier waterfront. The Danube is simply one big river. The opera house inside with its painted vaulted ceilings is to die for; it has an active regularly changing repertoire. There are the bronze statues, the parks...

webfoot 16.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Budapest (Hungary)

A Place to Rest your Weary Head in Budapest

Advantages: Clean, modern, good breakfast, mainly helpful staff and reasonable location
Disadvantages: One member of staff rude.

...Hotel: Mercure Budapest Metropol Address: 58 Rakoczi, Budapest,1074, Hungary Telephone: 00 36 (0) 1 462 8100 Travelling with a group at a popular time such as New Year can often make finding hotels difficult. This year I was single so needed a single room, and this was proving to be difficult as many places did not offer single rooms and if they did they were more of the two star variety (and not good 2 stars according to some reviews) so had to bite the bullet and get a room that was only a fraction less than the price of my friends' doubles. Apart from that the only criteria was that the hotel be centrally located and clean. The hotel Budapest Metropol certainly fitted the above criteria and we booked the rooms through www.superbreak.com as they were offering four nights for the price of three on a bed & breakfast basis...

Essexgirl2006 13.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Mercure Budapest Metropol, Budapest

Budapest - I'll Be Back

Advantages: Easy to get around. Plenty to see. Luckily, most people in tourism speak English
Disadvantages: Unfathomable language

..., the return time being dependent on how many times you have to circle Epping Forest before CAA reckon that you're dizzy enough and lets you land! STAYING THERE There really is no shortage of hotel choice here. In amongst the 'silly money' prices like ?480/night at Le Méridien, or The Four Seasons Gresham, you'll find little gems like the Hotel Victoria on the river bank in leafy Buda. This was set at a more likely price of ?118 per night per double room, including as large a breakfast (hot or cold) that you could handle. It only has 27 rooms spread over 9 floors, giving the building, albeit modern, a rather Amsterdam-like skinniness. All rooms had massive picture windows overlooking the Danube, with the Parliament building in one direction, and that icon of Budapest itself, the famous Danube Chain Bridge in the other. One thing I would say...

BNibbles 15.03.2007 · Read review
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