CIVIS GRAND HOTEL ARANYBIKA

The Grand Hotel Aranybika (Golden Bull), of two hundred and five rooms, is the oldest and most beautiful hotel in the city. A first hostel was opened at the end of the th century. The name representing a golden bull evokes the memory of the owner, Bálint Bika. The first hotel was built in 1882 and the current Aranybika dates back to 1915. With its pastel panelling, colonnades and statues made of stucco, it has preserved the patina and style of the beginning of the century. The large hall witnessed many balls, and Béla Bartók himself gave three concerts. In the Great neo-Gothic hall of the Glass Hall, which houses a Glass Dome, the rays of sunshine, which filter through the stained glass windows, shine tables made with fine Hungarian porcelain. Shame on the addition of modern architectural elements that are a bit too fake that harm the majesty of the place. A try anyway: hajdúság soup through pork and choux stuffed with La.