I booked this on lastminute.com and thought I was getting a good deal or so I thought! This place is in a pretty bad neighbourhood and the taxi driver taking me from the airport was not even too sure of his location, but he eventually found it with typical Hungarian perseverance. There were women hanging around up the street which I think maybe be prostitutes as the hotel is located in shabby type of neighbourhood.

There is a blue sign (Like the EU flag) outside and the hotel is actually located up several flights of unlit stairs. The lift is actually signposted as "Hotel Fortuna" but I mistook it for a locked door as it is an older soviet style lift..

The bed sheets were replaced but filthy with hairs and bedbugs, the mattress dates from Soviet times and the entire hotel is infested with bedbugs. This hotel attracts backpackers and students mainly due to its budget price range. I would consider it more like a bad quality hostel than a hotel.

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