travel42 Hotel Review: Al Habtoor Palace

Al Habtoor Palace travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

This centrally-located hotel is across the street from the busiest metro stop in Budapest and next door to the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus.

Built at the beginning of the 20th century as the headquarters for an Italian insurance company, the classical building was considered one of Budapest's finest, and it was nearly destroyed during World War II.

The building it occupies, even with its wrought-iron balconies, still has the austere look of the national ...