Hungary

Danube Guesthouse – The very heart of Budapest

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008


Phone Numbers: +36 1 788 2891, mobil +36 20 419 3986
Address: Dohany Ut 16-18, 1/2 1a 1074 Budapest Hungary
Email Address: danube.guesthouse@upcmail.hu
Website: http://www.danubeguesthouse.com

Our guest house in an 1890’s building is in the very heart of Budapest. The Astoria Metro stop is one block away. We are in easy walking distance to most gay venues and many tourist attractions. The hop-on hop-off City Tour bus can be boarded just 50 meters away in front of the Great Synagogue. There are a number of restaurants and coffee shops in our block as well. Our room rates include tax and breakfast and all rooms have private baths.

Languages spoken: English, Hungarian (fluent) and some Russian, Spanish

Our beds are comfortable and have fine quality cotton and lyocell sheets and pillow cases, down comforters and nice plump pillows.

When a chill is in the air, you will appreciate the towel warmers in the bathrooms. All year long you will enjoy our fluffy towels and central hot water system.

Help yourself anytime to tea or coffee made your way: Espresso or Long coffee from freshly ground beans 1 cup at a time.Decaf also available.

Breakfast 09:00 – 11:00 (earlier on request)

All rooms have free wireless internet if you bring your laptop. Or you can share ours with Skype and Windows Live Messenger so you can make free internet phone calls to other computers that are so enabled.

LCD flat screen TV in all rooms with cable channels in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Greek and Russian.

There is a full size refrigerator/freezer for guests shared use in the hallway.

We have maps and brochures and will give you all the directions and help you need.

Local Attractions:

Antique galleries
Kieselbach Gallery 15 minutes drive
Nagyházi Gallery and Auction House 10 minutes drive
Polgár Gallery and Auction House 10 minutes drive

Art galleries
Budapest Gallery Exhibition Hall 5 minutes walk
Kogart 10 minutes drive

Attractions
Castle District 10 minutes drive
Gellért Thermal Bath 10 minutes drive
Heroes’ Square 15 minutes drive
Margit Island (Margaret Island) 10 minutes drive
Matthias Church 10 minutes drive
Parliament 10 minutes walk
Royal Palace 10 minutes drive
Széchenyi Bath 10 minutes drive

City tours
Eurama City Tour 5 minutes walk
Ideal City Tour 5 minutes walk
Legenda Boat Tour Along the Danube 1 hour boat ride
Private City Tours 5 minutes walk

Museums
Budapest Historical Museum 10 minutes drive
House of Terror Museum 10 minutes drive
Hungarian National Museum 15 minutes drive
Jewish Museum and Great Synagogue 10 minutes drive
Kunsthalle 15 minutes drive
Museum of Fine Arts 15 minutes drive
National Gallery 10 minutes drive

Scenic day trips
Eger 2.5 hours drive
Esztergom 1.5 hours drive
Lake Balaton 3 hours drive
Szentendre and Visegrád 1 hour boat ride
Veszprém 2 hours drive

Shopping
Antique Shops 15 minutes walk
Váci utca 5 minutes walk

Sporting/Concert venues
Grand Prix 30 minutes drive

Theatre/Performing arts
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble 10 minutes drive
Hungarian State Opera House 10 minutes drive
Music Academy 10 minutes drive
Palace of Arts 20 minutes drive

Nearby Cities: Szeged, Visegrad, Eger, Gyor, Miskolc-Tapolca, Esztergom, Kecskemet, Szombathely, Harkany, Debrecen

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This post was submitted by Zoltan Patkos.

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