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The Papillon Hotel, which sits atop a hilltop square in Buda, is difficult for first-time visitors to find. That said, its off-the-beaten-path location brings with it quiet solitude. Accommodations are perfect for visitors in search of a leafy retreat from concrete-central Pest.
The solitude is really just the tip of the iceberg. When we visited the Papillon in May, 2007, the hotel had just finished remodeling: new breakfast room, 26 new bedrooms, new furnishings throughout. New, new, new.
We accepted the receptionist's invitation to have a cup of coffee from the new machine in the new café whilst sitting in a new stylish black pleather chair, snapping pictures of everything.
Both old and new rooms are spic and span, making it hard for the untrained eye to detect which rooms were recently upgraded. All rooms are en suite, with television, telephone, and refrigerator with mini-bar. The singles, doubles, triples and quads we saw included little sweet treats, candies and/or pocket-sized bags of salted snacks waiting for guests upon arrival either on pillow cases or desks.
The Papillon is located near Mechwart Park, a 10-minute walk west of Margit Bridge. It sits on the southwest side of the square made of Zivatar utca, Kút utca, Buday László utca and Rózsahegy utca. It's a ten-minute walk uphill from the 4 and 6 tram stops.
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