97.78% FOUR SEASONS HOTEL GRESHAM PALACE

Budapest Hungary

Huge wrought-iron gates mark the entrance to this Art Nouveau palace on the River Danube.

ROOMS There are 179 rooms (including 14 suites), some with river views.

FOOD The ground-floor café is busy in the afternoons; locals love the contemporary-Italian restaurant Páva and there is a serious buzz about the bar with its velvet sofas under a curved glass roof.

SERVICE

FACILITIES A 12-metre lap pool, a Clarins spa and gym have been added on the top floor.

COST Doubles from 295 euros

Roosevelt Tér 56, Budapest, Hungary (00 36 1 268 6000; www.fourseasons.com/budapest)