Erzsebet Hotel Budapest

As with any capital city, Budapest has a vast array of hotels to choose from; the selection has improved dramatically over recent years, but a great deal of this development has been at the more profitable luxury end of the accommodation market (such as the hulking great Hilton that currently clutters up the otherwise pretty Castle Hill). However, as I was travelling on a Thomas Cook “Signature” trip, this reduced the overwhelming choice down to just the eight listed in their brochure. So why did I plump for the Hotel Erzsébet (Elizabeth Hotel)? Well, it was partly through a process of elimination (the Hilton is a wee bit out of my league…strangely enough, student ...