Hilton Budapest

Perched above the Danube on Castle Hill, the Hilton was carefully built in and around a 14th-century church and baroque college. Its grey-hued rooms were renovated in 2018; creature comforts include quality bedding, hypoallergenic pillows and rain showers. You can't beat the ambience in the Danube River–view rooms, and we particularly like the split-level Baroque suite with wrought-iron railings.