Accommodation - The Rough Guide to Budapest - page 228

PRIVATE ROOMS AND APARTMENTS
The budget option is a privateroom , bookable through the agencies listed here or the likes
of airbnb, booking.com , etc. You'll also find people touting rooms outside the metro sta-
tion on Deák tér and the nearby Tourinform office, and less commonly at the train stations.
However, while getting a room this way may be cheaper, the chances are that you'll be loc-
ated further out from the centre; in any case, check first.
Depending on location and amenities, prices for a double room start at around 6000Ft a
night, 7500Ft with a bathroom, while a one-bedroom apartment costs upwards of 8000Ft,
two-bedrooms from 13,000Ft. For stays of less than four nights, there's usually a thirty-
percent surcharge, though this is sometimes only applicable on the first night. These days
most of the rooms and apartments are inside or near the Nagykörút - or in Buda close to
the Vár. Families might enjoy the Szent István Park area (the inner XIII district just beyond
the Nagykörút), which has plenty of playgrounds and green space.
Self-contained studio flats or apartments are available to rent through agencies such as
Ibusz, Vista or small To-Ma agency at V, Nádor utca 20 (Mon-Fri 9am-noon, Sat & Sun
9am-5pm; 1353 0819, tomatour.hu ) , and internet-based companies such as Budapest
Lets ( budapestlets.com ) , a UK-Hungarian venture managing about forty well-equipped
properties, from one-room studio flats on Ráday utca to three-bedroom luxury apartments
in the city centre.
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CAMPING
Budapest's campsites are generally well equipped and pleasant, with trees, grass and some-
times even a pool. They can get crowded between June and September, when smaller places
might run out of space. It is illegal to camp anywhere else, and the parks are patrolled to en-
force this. The campsites listed here are all in Buda, since the Pest ones are not very inviting.
Expect to pay around €20 per night for two people and a tent and around €25 for a basic two-
bed bungalow.
Csillebérci Camping XII, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 21 1 395 6527, csilleberciszaba-
dido.hu ; bus #21 from Széll Kálmán tér to the Csillebérc stop or bus #21A to Normafa, then
a short walk; map . Large, well-equipped site up in the Buda Hills, with space for over a thou-
sand campers and a range of bungalows. Open all year.
Római Camping III, Szentendrei út 189 1 388 7167, romaicamping.hu ; map . Huge
site beside the road to Szentendre in Rómaifürdő (25min by HÉV from Batthyány tér), with
space for 2500 campers. They also have wooden bungalows, and the price includes use of the
neighbouring Rómaifürdő lido. Open all year.