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💡 The Short Version: The nearest hotel to the Hungarian Parliament of those below is the Áurea Ana Palace, about 380 m away in Lipótváros; across the river, the Novotel Budapest Danube is about 520 m away. The Pest-side hotels walk to the Parliament; the Buda-bank hotels face it across the Danube, and in some of them only one room category does. UK visitors pay 14,000 HUF for the tour, the non-EEA price, and advance tickets are sold online only, through jegymester.hu. Tram 2 runs along the Pest bank past the Parliament on a single ticket. Or book ahead: GetYourGuide’s Parliament entry ticket with an audio guidead is from £36.54 (4.5 stars from 6,134 reviews), about 13% above the operator’s price.
Why stay here
- The Parliament visit. UK passports pay the non-EEA price, 14,000 HUF (about £32), double the EEA price of 7,000 HUF; the operator’s list applies the EEA price to EEA citizens and residence-card holders. Advance tickets are only online at jegymester.hu, the one official seller, and a limited number of same-day tickets are sold at the Visitor Centre. The tour takes 45 minutes, with an audio guide or a guide in English among six languages. A late arrival may be refused entry with no refund, and visits can be cancelled up to the moment of admission for parliamentary or state events (Hungarian Parliament). Hungarian Parliament tickets has the rest.
- Tram 2 runs along the Pest bank from Jászai Mari tér to Közvágóhíd, past the Parliament, the Chain Bridge and the Gresham Palace, and BKV says it costs one single ticket (BKV).
- The river. The Parliament looks best from the water: Danube river cruises says which boats run when the water is low.
- St Stephen’s Basilica is 0.1 to 1 km from most of the Pest-side hotels in a straight line: see St Stephen’s Basilica tickets.
- From the airport, the 100E ends at Deák Ferenc tér, about 0.2 to 1.3 km from most of the Pest-side hotels in a straight line. See Budapest Airport to the city centre.
The east front of the Parliament on Kossuth Square, reflected in the pool beside it. Photo: Jules Verne Times Two, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Which side of the river
The Parliament stands on the Pest bank in Lipótváros. Hotels on the Pest side reach it on foot through the streets behind it. The Buda-bank hotels have the river and the Parliament across it, rather than the street. Distances below are straight lines from the middle of the building; the visitor entrance is on Kossuth Lajos tér, and a route over a bridge is longer. The links go to the hotel on Hotels.com. Prices are not quoted, because they move with the date.
The Parliament on the Pest bank, with Margaret Bridge beyond. Photo: Felix König, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.
The hotels
On the Pest side, within 1 km
Áurea Ana Palace by Eurostars
About 380 m · District V · 107 rooms · spa · Hotels.comad
The nearest hotel here. Hotels.com lists 107 rooms over five floors, a full-service spa and 24-hour room service, and puts Kossuth Lajos tér station 3 minutes away. It is in Lipótváros, on the Pest side, although Rough Guides places it in the Castle District.
Verno House Budapest, Vignette Collection by IHG
About 620 m · District V · 48 rooms · near the Basilica · Hotels.comad
Forty-eight rooms in a former tenement on the corner of Szabadság utca and Október 6. utca, about 320 m from St Stephen’s Basilica. There is a small spa and the Flava restaurant, and the hotel’s bicycles are free for guests. It holds one Michelin Key.
City Hotel Ring
About 740 m · District XIII · three stars · no lift · Hotels.comad
A three-star north of the Parliament that Hotels.com lists with no elevators and check-out at 10:00, 3 minutes from Nyugati station.
Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace
About 830 m · District V · the Gresham Palace of 1906 · Hotels.comad
The Gresham Palace stands opposite the Chain Bridge, so its Danube River-View Room looks to the Danube and Castle Hill, not to the Parliament. It holds two Michelin Keys, and Hotels.com lists 179 rooms.
T62 Hotel
About 880 m · District VI · 136 rooms · by Nyugati · Hotels.comad
A three-star superior beside Nyugati Square with 136 rooms. The hotel says its parking is in a garage 550 m away, for a fee.
DORMERO Hotel Budapest
About 950 m · District VI · three stars · no on-site parking · Hotels.comad
A three-star with a garden and air-conditioned rooms, according to Hotels.com, which lists a 24-hour front desk, no on-site parking and no pets.
Hilton Garden Inn Budapest City Centre
About 980 m · District VI · 214 rooms · rooftop terrace · Hotels.comad
Two hundred and fourteen rooms over eight floors and a rooftop terrace, according to Hotels.com. It is about 260 m from St Stephen’s Basilica in a straight line.
Across the river, in Buda
Novotel Budapest Danube
About 520 m · District II · waterfront · 175 rooms · Hotels.comad
The nearest Buda-bank hotel to the Parliament. Hotels.com lists 175 rooms over seven floors, a waterfront position and a sauna, with Batthyány tér station 2 minutes away.
Boutique Hotel Victoria Budapest
About 770 m · District I · Superior rooms face the Danube · Hotels.comad
The hotel’s 27 Superior rooms have floor-to-ceiling soundproof windows facing the Danube, and its cheaper category on the street side has no view of the river. Guests quoted on the hotel’s site name the Parliament and the Chain Bridge from the balcony.
Kimpton BEM Budapest
About 800 m · District II · opened 2024 · rooftop bar · Hotels.comad
A hotel in a restored 19th-century palace on the Buda bank, with Marcel Wanders interiors and the rooftop feNNen Skybar, according to Michelin. It holds one Michelin Key.
Monastery Boutique Hotel Budapest
About 800 m · District I · 47 rooms · a Capuchin abbey · Hotels.comad
Forty-seven rooms in a building the hotel calls a 300-year-old abbey, built by the Capuchin Order, a few minutes’ walk from the Danube. Hotels.com puts Batthyány tér station 8 minutes away.
Hilton Budapest
About 1.02 km · District I · Castle District · beside Fisherman’s Bastion · Hotels.comad
The hotel next door to Fisherman’s Bastion and Matthias Church, up on Castle Hill, with the preserved remains of a 13th-century Dominican church and a rooftop bar, White Raven, according to Hotels.com. The Parliament is across the river and below.
Hotel Clark Budapest
About 1.04 km · District I · by the Chain Bridge · room categories by view · Hotels.comad
The hotel lists Chain Bridge View, Castle View, Danube View and Courtyard View rooms, so the room name tells you what faces the river. The Buda Castle Funicular’s lower station is beside it, and the funicular is closed from 5 to 16 October 2026.
On the Pest side, 1 to 1.25 km
Hard Rock Hotel Budapest
About 1.00 km · District VI · 136 rooms · rooftop bar · Hotels.comad
A hotel opened in May 2020 on Nagymező utca, with a rooftop bar, Roxy, that looks over the Basilica and the Opera (We Love Budapest).
Aria Hotel Budapest by Library Hotel Collection
About 1.01 km · District V · 49 rooms · beside the Basilica · Hotels.comad
According to Hotels.com, 49 rooms over five floors, a rooftop terrace and a spa with a pool, sauna, steam room and hot tub. It is about 130 m from the Basilica.
Hotel Moments Budapest
About 1.05 km · District VI · Andrássy út · 99 rooms · Hotels.comad
A four-star on Andrássy út, a few steps from the Opera and the Basilica, with 99 rooms in three categories and free coffee, tea and water in the lounge bar round the clock.
InterContinental Budapest
About 1.11 km · District V · riverside · 402 rooms · Hotels.comad
On the riverside street, with 402 rooms, a spa and an indoor pool, according to Hotels.com, which describes views of the Chain Bridge and the Royal Castle.
W Budapest
About 1.17 km · District VI · opposite the Opera · spa · Hotels.comad
The Drechsler Palace on Andrássy út, directly opposite the Hungarian State Opera House, according to Michelin. Hotels.com lists a spa, an indoor pool, two restaurants and two bars. It holds one Michelin Key.
Dorothea Hotel, Budapest, Autograph Collection
About 1.19 km · District V · opened 2023 · 216 rooms · Hotels.comad
Three buildings from different periods joined into one hotel, designed by Piero Lissoni, with a colonnaded atrium. It holds one Michelin Key.
Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest
About 1.22 km · District V · Erzsébet tér · spa · Hotels.comad
The hotel says its spa covers over 525 sq m, with a pool and saunas, and its restaurants include Nobu. It is about 160 m from Deák Ferenc tér, where the 100E stops.
Before you book
- The Parliament tour needs its own ticket, and the hotel does not sell it. UK visitors pay 14,000 HUF, the non-EEA price, and a tour booked through a reseller must be the non-EEA option. GetYourGuide’s Grand City Tour with Parliament Visitad is from £55.24 (4.4 stars from 2,027 reviews, 4½ hours) and includes the interior visit; its listing offers EU and non-EU tickets and says a wrong choice costs a €30 surcharge on site, so pick the non-EU option.
- Which room faces what. The Pest-bank hotels look across to Buda Castle, not at the Parliament. Only a Buda-bank river-facing room has the Parliament in the view, and only some categories do: see the Danube-view hotels for the room names.
- From the airport, the 100E bus takes 40 minutes to Deák Ferenc tér and needs its own HUF 2,500 ticket; tram 2 and the metro go on from there. Budapest public transport has the fares.
- The tourist tax is extra: 4% of the room rate for each night started, collected by the hotel, with guests under 18 exempt (Terézváros).
- Elsewhere in Budapest: where to stay in Budapest compares the districts, from the Jewish Quarter to the Castle.
For what to book before you go, and how far ahead, see what to book before you go in Budapest. To fit the sights to your days, see 3 days in Budapest and Budapest in one day. For the evening, ruin bars covers District VII, and where to eat in Budapest lists the restaurants. The Budapest Card guide says what the card covers: not the Parliament. Across the river, Buda Castle and the National Gallery and Fisherman’s Bastion and Matthias Church have their own guides, and on the Pest side so do the Hungarian State Opera tours and the Dohány Street Synagogue.
Common questions
Which hotel is closest to the Hungarian Parliament?
Of the hotels listed here, the Áurea Ana Palace in Lipótváros, about 380 m from the Parliament in a straight line. Across the river, the Novotel Budapest Danube is about 520 m away. The Verno House is about 620 m, and the Four Seasons Gresham Palace about 830 m.
Do the hotels across the river in Buda have a view of the Parliament?
Only some rooms do. Boutique Hotel Victoria sells 27 Superior rooms facing the Danube, and says its budget category has no view of the river. Guests quoted on its own site name the Chain Bridge and the Parliament from the balcony. Book the river-facing category by name.
How much is a Hungarian Parliament tour for a UK visitor?
14,000 HUF, about £32, the price for visitors from outside the European Economic Area. The EEA price is 7,000 HUF. Advance tickets are sold online only, through jegymester.hu, and entry can be refused without a refund if you arrive late.
How do I get from the airport to a hotel near the Parliament?
Take the 100E airport bus to Deák Ferenc tér, 40 minutes on a HUF 2,500 airport ticket, then walk or take the metro. Most of the Pest-side hotels are 0.2 to 1.3 km from Deák Ferenc tér in a straight line.
