Directly across from St. Stephen's Basilica, where Hercegprímás Street cuts through Budapest's inner fifth district, a late nineteenth-century neoclassical palace — its cream stucco facade articulated by pilasters, rusticated base, and ornate ironwork balconies — was converted into the Aria Hotel Budapest, which opened in 2015 under the Library Hotel Collection. The music-themed concept organises the hotel's 49 rooms and suites across four wings, each devoted to a different genre: classical, opera, jazz, and contemporary. The interiors, designed by New York-based Adam D. Tihany, treat that conceit with enough wit to avoid novelty fatigue — exposed brick vaulting crowns the jazz suites alongside acid-green velvet headboards and pop-art canvases of guitar-playing figures, while the classical-wing rooms deploy deep-buttoned blue velvet headboards, coffered plaster ceilings, and marble chimneypieces retained from the original structure. The rooftop is where the building's position becomes undeniable: a terrace garden furnished in amber wicker and saffron-cushioned lounge chairs sits at near eye-level with the Basilica's twin bell towers and the copper-green dome that Josef Kauser completed in 1905, the view framed by clipped topiary and planters of cypress. Below, the enclosed bar space carries a different register — red carpet, tufted linen armchairs in taupe, and fringed floor lamps beside a glazed conservatory wall, the atmosphere hovering somewhere between a Budapest salon and a late-night jazz club. The building's own bones — brick arches, stone cornices, original fireplaces — do most of the architectural work throughout.

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Thank you to all our guests who helped us be recognized by the TripAdvisor Travelers Choice Awards as the #1 Hotel in the World 2017, and one of the top 25 in the world in 2018, as well as Conde Nast Traveler and Travel & Leisure as one of the best hotels in Europe. The luxurious Aria Hotel Budapest by Library Hotel Collection brings a unique musically inspired travel experience to the historic city center. Aria combines incredible style with the generous amenities and guest-focused, unpretentious service the Library Hotel Collection is known for. Aria offers guests the richest package of complimentary amenities available in Budapest, including free breakfast, complimentary afternoon wine and cheese reception, free WiFi and use of in-room Ipad, Nespresso Coffee Machine with free coffee capsule assortments, free bottled spring water, turn-down service with handcrafted fine chocolates, access to our Music Library and Harmony Spa.