STREETSMART - Top 10 Budapest - page 113

Price Categories
For a standard
double room per
night (with breakfast
if included), taxes
and extra charges.

F under Ft7,500
FF Ft7,500-15,000
FFF Ft15,000-22,500
FFFF Ft22,500-30,000
FFFFF over Ft30,000

Relaxing at the popular Back Pack Guesthouse
Cheap Sleeps

! Marco Polo Hostel * Station

rooms in the hull which
market themselves as a
hostel. These are cheaper,
though more crowded,
than the hotel rooms.
d Map C1 • XIII, Szent Ist-
ván Park, Alsó rakpart • 288
81 00 • No air conditioning
• www.fortunahajo.hu • FF
% Back Pack

Excellent value back-
packer hostel in the heart
of the city, where dorms
are partitioned into two-
bed cubicles for privacy.
Besides the dorms, there
are doubles, triples and
quads, all of which have
en-suite facilities. There's
also a bar, an Internet café,
breakfast is included and
there's no curfew.
d Map D4 • VII, Nyár utca
6 • 413 25 55 • No air con-
ditioning • www.marcopolo
hostel.com • FFF
@ Red Bus Hostel

Guesthouse
A rather rowdy hostel, but
a great choice for those
who enjoy late nights. The
rooms are clean, bath-
rooms are exceptional,
and there's a 24-hour bar.
But if you're looking for
peace and quiet, forget
it. There's no curfew.
d Map P1 • XIV, Mexikói út
36/b • 221 88 64 • No air
conditioning • www.station
guesthouse.hu • F
( Charles

Guesthouse
Popular with young
backpackers, this guest-
house is always buzzing.
There's a courtyard, and
while the rooms are spar-
tan, they are impeccably
clean and have fresh linen
daily. d Map N2
• XI, Takács Menyhért utca
33 • 209 84 06 • No air
conditioning • www.
backpackbudapest.hu • F

If you can ensure
that you don't get one of
the noisy rooms facing
the street, the Charles
offers good rooms, which
are more like mini-apart-
ments with built-in
kitchens. Well located on
the Buda side of the
river, it is home to the
ine János restaurant (see
p73) . d Map A5 • I, Heg-
yalja út 23 • 212 91 69
• www.charleshotel.hu • FF
) Dominika

These are two well-
run hostels with ive-bed
dorms, and single, double
and triple rooms. There
is a laundry service, no
curfew and breakfast is
included. d Map L4; V,
Semmelweis utca 14; 266
01 36; F • Map E4; VI,
Szövetség utca 35; 321 71
00; no air conditioning;
www.redbusbudapest.hu;
FF

^ Citadella Hotel The citadel atop

Gellért Hill is home to
one of Budapest's cheap-
est and best hotels, with
a 14-room dormitory as
well as double rooms.
The only problem is the
hike up at night after an
evening out. d Map K6
• XI, Citadella sétány • 466
57 94 • No air conditioning
• No credit cards • www.
citadella.hu • F
& Fortuna Hostel

£ Best Hostel

Apartman Hotel
At the cheap end of the
apartment sector, these
superb apartments are
housed inside a delightful
guesthouse in a leafy
Budapest suburb. There's
a great terrace and swim-
ming pool at the back.
Located some distance
from the city centre, this
is where to come if you
want luxury at a bargain
price. d Map N2 • XII,
Lidérc utca 13 • 246 00 62
• Dis. access • No air
conditioning • www.
dominika.matav.hu • FF

This clean hostel is
as cheap as they come,
and you'll be sleeping on
bunk beds with up to
nine people in your room.
There's no curfew, but
drinking alcohol or smok-
ing is not permitted.
d Map D2 • VI, Podmanic-
zky utca 27 • 332 49 34
• No air conditioning • F
$ Boat Hostel

An ordinary hostel
not in the city's best area,
but close to a metro sta-
tion which can take you to
the city centre in minutes.
Rooms are clean and staff
are friendly. d Map P2
• IX, Gyáli út 3/b • 215 06
60 • No air conditioning
• www.fortunahostel.hu • F

Fortuna
Most of this boat is part
of a rather ine hotel (see
p115) , but there are dorm

Some hostels and guesthouses do not offer private bathrooms.

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