Best Western Plus Lakeside Hotel

On a renovated boating lake in the centre of Szekesfehervar, the Best Western Plus Lakeside Hotel, Szekesfehervar, Hungary, is a modern four-star hotel with quietly elegant rooms, many by the water, free Wi-Fi throughout, breakfast at tables beside the lake, a restaurant and bar, a Finnish sauna and quiet room, a running route around the lake, and indoor cardio machines. Right outside lies the lake shore for a walk or a run, with the Koronas leisure park next door and the old city centre close by. Budapest is about half an hour away by road. Szekesfehervar is one of Hungary's oldest cities, the old royal seat where Hungarian kings were crowned and buried for five hundred years. The ruins of the royal church recall that golden age in a garden of stone, the old town gathers pastel fronts and quiet squares, and lakes and parks soften the city with green. Warm, reed-fringed Lake Velence lies a short drive south, shallow and good for birdwatching and bathing.