The 4 star danubius hotel astoria city center in the heart of budapest built on the site of the medieval town walls is one of the most charming old style hotels of hungarys capital as the slogan of the hotel goes astoria offers quottradition and stylequot with its last turn of the century atmosphere danubius hotel astoria was opened in 1914 its name given by the owners and mihly gellr the first general manager of the hotel who formerly worked for the world famous waldorf astoria