Friends Hostel Budapest - Ostello a Budapest, Ungheria

The newly renovated Friends Hostel offers all the services most Budapest hostels can provide: central location, friendly staff, clean private rooms, dormitories and apartment, free internet/wifi, guest kitchen and reception. Then WHY should you choose US?

Because we want to show something about Hungarian art and artists as well.

With our decoration, design and set up we would like to show you our painters, inventors, architects and our city. You can also see the art pieces of our contemporary artist friends.

So if you are a bit culture minded and would like to know a bit more about us, about our culture and the famous Hungarians, hopefully we can offer something for your taste.

If it was not enough, here are some more reasons:

We know, from our backpacking experience that:

* Comfort and relaxing sleep is especially important so we provide good quality mattresses, and bed linen

* Our Location is ideal for sightseeing, visiting spas, museums or clubs.

We are situated on the grand boulevard of Budapest city centre among cinemas, theatres,

plenty of restaurants, clubs, and cafes, near the Opera House, the Music Academy, Liszt Ferenc square (Budapest's most trendy square) and the Andrássy avenue.

There are 12 Restaurants, 14 cafes/pubs/clubs, 3 shops/supermarkets, 4 banks with ATM, 2 Money Exchange offices , a museum (House of Terror), a theater (Madách), a cinema (Örökmozgó), a metro stop (Oktogon, M1), 2 tram stops, 3 bus stops, a tourist office, a post office and a pharmacy within 300 meters from us.

* Our Staff members are all locals, living in Budapest Centre, so can give you the most accurate information about museums, sights, events or places to go out. We will be happy to plan your trips, or arrange activities for you inside our outside the hostel.

* Cleanliness is a crucial point and our newly renovated and refurbished hostel (in March 2010) will surely meet your expectations!

Finally our services:

GENERAL SERVICES:

Enough number (1 for max 4 persons) of shared showers with nonstop hot water and toilets

Well equipped Guest kitchen (Coffee machine, toaster, microwave oven, oven, refrigerator etc.)

LCD Television with Sat TV and DVD films in reception area

Wide variety of Games for your Fun (Board games, others)

Our Art Gallery with modern and contemporary art pieces, paintings

Gift shop (from 15.05.2010)

Dormitories, Private Rooms, Apartments (ensuite room = Apartment is in a separate building 2 minutes walk from main hostel) /total 8 rooms for 25 persons/

Nonstop reception

Tour & Travel Information

Well equipped rooms (dorm & private): not only a bed (like in many hostels), but table, chairs, bedside table, wardrobe, mirror

FREE SERVICES:

Free bed linen, towels

Free Internet

Free Wifi

Free tea and basic food materials

Television in room on request( possible in the private rooms only)

Locker for the dormitories

Free personalized programme planning

Free maps and brochures

Free liquid soap, shower gel

Free programmes once weekly (cooking together and/or pub crawl and/or walking tour)

Free Fans for all rooms

Free hairdryer rental

Free Bike parking in the courtyard of the house

(Free arrival transfer if you book a private room for min. 7 days)

Flexible Check in - out (Early Check-in & Late Check-out may be possible)

Free Laundry in case of min. 5 nights stay

No curfew - No lockout

No hidden costs, no additional taxes like tourist tax or VAT, you pay what is confirmed

PAYABLE services:

Transfers from airport/bus/train station to our hostel and/or back

Underground Car parking/Garage - 300 m from us (1990 huf cca 7.5 eur / 24 hours)

Breakfast (in the eateries nearby us; cca 500 huf )

Bike rental (from 01. May) - 2 000 huf / bike / day

Cheap Outgoing phone calls

Cheap Budapest City tours and other activities (from 2 500 huf / pers)

Laundry (1 500 huf / wash)

We hope we gave you enough reasons

Ps: No large groups please, maximum 5 persons are welcome!

We look forward to welcoming you at Friends!