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We will be staying in Budapest for three nights in June . Can anyone recommend a hotel centrally located. Our budget is $75.00 to $100.00 (We will be arriving by train from Krakow )
Thanks

Hello Anita! I would recommend the Ibis Hotels, because they have a decent price despite the central location.
Here the sites in order to controll.
Ibis Budapest Heroes Square
http://www.hoteltelnet.hu/en/ibis-budapest-heroes-square-hotel-heroes-square/
Ibis Budapest Emke - Ibis Budapest
http://www.hoteltelnet.hu/en/hotelemke/
Ibis Budapest Centrum - Ibis Budapest
http://www.hoteltelnet.hu/en/hotelibiscentrum/
Greetings. Laszlo

I have stayed at Ibis Budapest Vaci út and can recommend it. You can walk from the hotel to Heroes' Square and City Park or you could take the subway to the city center. The station is Dozsa Gyorgi út and it's located basically in front of the parking lot and the reception.

Thanks to both of you . We have stayed in Ibis in other countries in Europe and were pleased with them . I'll check them out

Anita

Hi!
I stayed at this place.
The location was perfect and the room was lovely.
http://roomopera.webs.com/index.htm

The Ibis Hotels get a lot of positive posts so I looked them up. I wasn't impressed with any of the locations. But from the reviews they must be real nice. Be careful, there is a difference between Vaci utca (great location) and Vaci ut (not so great a location). If you only have three nights, and if you have gone through all the trouble and expense of getting to Budapest, I would suggest you find a hotel very close to evening points of interest so you can enjoy, if nothing else the streets, as late into the evening as you can. For that I would stay near Vaci utca or on Andrassy. The other post of the apartments behind the Opera House sounds like a good idea. When I am in town and on a budget I stay at the Hotel Pest (about 100 euros) so I can spend the evening on and around Andrassy. You would get the same from the cheaper apartments mentioned. And both locations are near the M1 subway that will take you down near Vaci utca, Chain Bridge, Parlament, etc. during the day.

I've stayed in Vaci út and it worked for me and my man, and we stayed 2 nights. We didn't spend more than 10-15 minutes going to where we wanted to go (be it subway or walking to the City Park/Heroes' Square). However, I do agree that looking for accommodations close to Vaci utca or Andrassy avenue might work better for you.

CORRECTION: None of the Ibis locations looked "Bad". I just suggest, even if you have to pay a little extra, maximize your location if you arent staying long. This is a city best "experienced" and not "visited".

I agree with you ossian :)

Thanks everyone . I took the advice of Konekoneko and was able to get a reservation at the roomsbehindthe opera. Great suggestions on the location
Anita

Now you have to get Opera tickets, or/and tickets to the Operett Theater. If "Mozart!" is still playing it is fantastic (has very little to do with classical music). When you get to town go to the subway entrance in front of the opera house and get a 3 day pass. Its good for all the city transportaton and cheap. Since you are so close you could go to Belcanto for dinner. Sure there are better places, but it's still an experience not to be missed. Then ..... oh yea and ..... well first..... youll love .... ahhhh never mind. Have fun.

We'd love to go to the opera. Will we need dressy clothes though...we're travelling pretty light....we're already sso excited!

A lot of the tourists show up at the opera not dressed too well. They usually have tickets in the cheap seats. The locals generally dress very well for the evening. Same is true at the operetta. My wife and I always drag along some nice clothes and get seats in one of the boxes (and we generally travel with two carry on bags). Its generally our one nice night out - that and dinner. There is a lot to do in Budapest, but if you miss the old world culture you have missed a big part of what makes Budapest special. It can be the opera, ballet, operetta, or symphony; but they are all experiences that help make Budapest a special place. Unlike places like Vienna, they are still authentic parts of life in Budpaest and not just tourist shows - so make the experinece complete.

June program of the Opera-house

1 - 4 June Tchaikovsky - Eugen Onegin
5. June Verdi - Don Carlos
6 - 8 June Tchaikovsky - Eugen Onegin
10 - 15 June The Taming of the Shrew/ ballet

Greetings L.

Hi L.

We will have to make sure we get there. It is something we will both look forward to...not sure what we'll wear though.
Thanks

For everything that is going on in town (almost) to to

http://www.jegymester.hu/index.jsp?place=3&lang=ENG

And I see Mozart! is playing a couple of nights early in June. It's an Incredible production (with English sub-titles)

That's great we've saved the web address.