Le Méridien

Former police station turned grand hotel, in the city’s social center.

Score 83.22
Stats 218 rooms; 2 restaurants; 1 bar.
Competitive Edge A central location near the Vaci Street pedestrian shopping lane.
Rooms to Book Upgrade to a Deluxe for 60 additional square feet ($41 extra).
Don't Miss Enjoying a slice of Royal Chocolate Cake under the Atrium Café’s stained-glass dome.
Cost Doubles from $565.
Contact 9-10 Erzsébet Tér
800/543-4300 or 36-1/429-5500

www.lemeridien.com

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“The Japanese-owned Le Méridien Budapest occupies a balustrade-topped 1918 building beside Erzsébet Square park. The white stone shaft, originally the offices of an Italian insurance firm, was meant to evoke an Adriatic coastal cliff. Under Communism, it was gutted and turned into a police station. Now the interior is splashed with gilt on metal-filigree spiral staircases and sphinx-legged furniture....” MORE»

—Eve Kahn
“The New Budapest” in Travel + Leisure, May 2003