Budapest Guide
Józsefváros and Ferencváros
Accommodation
1 Anna VIII, Gyulai Pál utca 14
1/327-2000
www.annahotel.hu Located in a quiet road and with off-street parking, this hotel offers 42 small, fairly basic rooms – twin beds only – with TV and shower. Some rooms have a/c, and there are also apartments with double beds and baths. Price: €125
2 Mercure Museum VIII, Trefort utca 2
1/485-1080
www.mercure-museum.hu . Having established itself in an imaginatively transformed Pest apartment block on a quiet street behind the National Museum, the Mercure has now expanded into the next-door block and has 104 rooms. The new half is sleek and modern in design, but the older part has more appeal, set around a glass-roofed courtyard. Rooms are small but well-equipped, with en-suite bathrooms, hairdryer, satellite TV and minibar. Off-street parking available, and there's wi-fi throughout. Price: €140
3 Ráday IX, Ráday utca 43–45
06-20/443-2883
www.agapetours.hu . Under its new name City Hostel Pest, the hostel on this buzzing street has rooms of one to four beds with basic student hostel furniture. Open July & Aug only. Price: €24.