Report - Budapest Marriott Hotel - April 2019

[The_Raw]

The Marriott Hotel in the centre of Budapest was built in 1969 according to a design by the famous Hungarian architect József Finta. It was called the Duna Intercontinental Hotel until it was taken over by the Marriott chain in 1993. The entire side of the hotel facing the riverbank is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its views.

This was a pure chance encounter with @elliot5200 and @tallginge. We were originally heading for a church spire with scaff that we'd spotted but this looked much higher so we decided to wander in and try our luck. We made a good choice as it turned out to be a pretty decent roof with views overlooking the river Danube taking in some of the most well known sights in Budapest. The roof is set on 4 different levels with inter-connecting ladders. I lost track of exactly how many floors we went up but I'd say it's around 20 storeys high at the top.

(photo stolen from google)

Buda Castle with the Fishermen’s Bastion in the distance

Buda Castle

The lights went off around midnight

Elisabeth Bridge

The Budapest Eye with St Stephen's Basilica in the background

The tower cranes give you an idea of how high we are in relation to the rest of the city

Cheers​

 

[Exploring with Andy]

Woa that looks like the kind of rooftop that will cook you! Nice views though

 

[Ojay]

Castle looks ace lit up

 

[HughieD]

That 4th pic. Epic.

 

[albino-jay]

Some cracking views there. Great pics dude. Deffo getting cooked up there though

 

[tallginge]

Great pics, a great night and a great few days mate Think we got lucky here in more ways than one

 

[elliot5200]

Your pics came out ace, particularly like pic 4. Wouldn't like to bump into that lot in a dark alley
Not sure about the getting cooked thing though, although was pretty warm o_O

 

[DirtyJigsaw]

Fantastic

 

[Lenston]

Lovely pics mate

 

[obscureserenity]

Nice report mate, looks like a pretty good view from up there.

 

[Pammyj]

Love these, roof shots are up in my 3 favourite to shoot!