Hungary

A junction between Western and Eastern Europe, Hungary is a nation rich in history and culture. Its first city, Budapest, is among the continent’s fastest-changing capitals.

Travel inspiration

David Ankli
Budapest, Hungary

I was born in eastern Hungary, but my family moved to Budapest when I was six, so I consider myself a native Budapester. My bu...

Peter Szucs
Budapest, Hungary

Foreigners made Budapest sexy. Or, at least, they helped a lot. After ‘Goulash Communism’, as the city’s creative energy emerged, the c...

A tale of two cities
Budapest, Hungary

OutThere’s Creative Director Martin Perry aims his lens at Budapest and shows two distinct sides to Hungary’s capital. Buda B...

Hubert Hlatky-Schlichter
Budapest, Hungary

With his five stylish and much-loved restaurants across Budapest, self-made entrepreneur Hubert Hlatky-Schlichter has helped usher in a...

Make do and transcend
Budapest, Hungary

Emerging after Communism from decades of cultural and economic privation, Budapest’s creative spirits spun a new aesthetic out of lack,...

The new tolerated?
Budapest, Hungary

Half palatial splendour, half crumbling ghetto, Budapest’s District VIII is home to a network of grassroots venues that provide social ...

Hotels & resorts

Aria Hotel Budapest by Library Hotel Collection
Pest, Budapest, Hungary

In the shadow of St Stephen’s Basilica, this whimsical concept hotel was once a Neoclassical bank building. Now totally reimagined as a...

The Ritz-Carlton
Pest, Budapest, Hungary

We always feel like we’re coming home when we check into a Ritz-Carlton and this one – right in the heart of the city’s central commerc...

Hotel Clark
Buda, Budapest, Hungary

Stylish and adults only, this property has upped the city’s chic hospitality game. It is nestled at one end of the iconic chain bridge, giv...

Brody House
Pest, Budapest, Hungary

Inhabiting an elegantly faded Neoclassical apartment house, this property has elevated the shabby-chic aesthetic pioneered by Bud...

Hilton Budapest
Buda, Budapest, Hungary

Up in the hills, on a quiet street in the Castle District, this is the closest property to Fisherman’s Bastion. It’s right next door, in fa...

Baltazár
Buda, Budapest, Hungary

This cosy, family-owned boutique design hotel is located in the heart of Buda’s historic Castle District and has a strong lean to gastronom...

Casati Budapest Hotel
Pest, Budapest, Hungary

We felt right at home at this boutique property smack bang in the hipster district, just a short stumble home from Budapest’s epic ‘ruin ba...

New York Palace, The Dedica Anthology
Pest, Budapest, Hungary

The name may throw you – no Gossip Girl here – but plenty to talk about. It’s flamboyant, opulent, Italianate and grand – and that’s just t...

Pest-Buda Bistro & Hotel
Buda, Budapest, Hungary

We loved our stay at the oldest hotel in Budapest – potentially even the oldest in this part of Europe – deep in the heart of the Castl...

Párisi Udvar Hotel
Pest, Budapest, Hungary

Jaw-droppingly stunning, this newly reimagined centre-of-the-city hotel had just opened at the time of our visit and set a new tone for...