Hotel Crowne Plaza di Budapest

I stay in a lot of Crowne Plaza's in the UK and they're often a bit hit and miss, but this was exceptional. Modern, clean, great location and a nice premium feel to it. We booked a 5 night stay 11 months in advance using IHG Rewards points and as we couldn't find a room available online, emailed the hotel directly. They replied, advising me to make the booking for 2 and that they would allocate us a room big enough for 3. The room they've given us is beyond our wildest dreams, and probably big enough to sleep 6. We're in room 110 which is essentially a huge living room with double sofa bed and an enormous bedroom with a massive sofa and a bed that is wider than it is long! It's all very impressive and has totally exceeded our expectations. On arrival, Sofia called housekeeping to find out how long our room would be, and in the meantime spent around 10 minutes with us, highlighting numerous sites and attractions on a map (which luckily mirrored the list we'd already made). Our favourites have been St. Stephen's Basilica (make sure you go all the way to the top), Fisherman's Bastion, New York Café, the funicular railway to Buda Castle, Children's Railway (with the chairlift back down) and Margaret Island (for renting bikes and the fountains), but we've literally not stopped for 5 days and having a lovely hotel room to go back to at the end of each day has made a big difference. It's definitely the nicest Crowne Plaza I've stayed in, and even though our room was next to the main road, we couldn't hear any traffic. Thanks for a brilliant stay and for really looking after us.