Juhász Gyula - Szántó András: Hotels - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1999)

The Hotel Ibis Volga

once the Forum Hotel, the original Intercontinental has been operating under the name Marriott since 1994.

Hotel IBIS VOLGA

No. 65. Dózsa György út, district XIII Opened in 1971, the Hotel Volga is a remarkable architectural achievement, mainly on account of the structural design which was made possible by the high-quality utilization of prescribed prefabricated elements. The hotel was designed by József Finta. The eight-storey tower containing 308 rooms rests on a two-storey reception area made of crude, monolithic, reinforced-con- crete. The hotel was reconstructed in 1996.

The Budapest HILTON

No. 1-3 Hess András tér, district I The construction of the Hilton, opened in 1977, in the Castle District of Buda was preceded by more than ten years of archaeological exploration. A Dominican church and monastery named after St. Nicholas once stood on

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