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Old Feb 20, 2004, 5:51 pm
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The Budapest Hilton isn't just a hotel, it is an archeological dig! If you wander about the hotel, particularly in the darker reaches, you will see various artifacts that were uncovered during construction. The hotel is remarkable for being a modern building constructed at a historic site and harmonizing with that site ... and built by the Communist regime. Designed by a Japanese architect, which may explain its harmonic qualities. In some ways it is my favourite hotel in Europe. And the management tries very hard to please, almost everything is possible at this hotel. I have no experience with the West End (probably similar management, but the location is an order of magnitude less desirable in my book).
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