Address:Cecey u. 32., Eger, Hungary, 3300
Telephone: +36 (36) 413-573
Email: lacasa@t-online.hu

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How to get to

If you arrive by train or bus, the owner will offer to pick you up for free. It’s useless to argue that you want to walk there…it won’t work. I was glad to be offered this service though – that was until I had to make my way back to the train station (about 40 min but I knew this at the time of booking).

If you arrive by car, use a map or GPS (sat nav) system as the city is small and a bit hard to navigate. There are signs points to the guest house but only found them two streets from it.

The room (bathroom ensuite)

I learned not to expect large rooms and I thanked the providence the bathroom was actually ensuite. We had a double bed (quite large but squeaky – I think this is a requirement in accommodations!) , a table, two comfy chairs, a cupboard and a tiny TV (with Hungarian TV stations only…of course). There was also an AC (without a remote or any way to turn it on).

Wi-fi worked only on one side of the bed – the one pointing to the dining room where the router was.

The bathroom was tiny. And by that I mean very very small. The shower fitted in there (barely) and so did we. We are used to brushing our teeth at the same time at home but here we didn’t have room to fit in the bathroom together.

The guesthouse

I believe there were 6 or 7 rooms in the guesthouse but I am not certain. There was also a dining room / fully equipped kitchen and terrace. The coffee was “on the house” so you could just show up and brew a cup before you head out.

Our experience

I found the guesthouse on hostelbookers.com and , pumped by a discount one day, I decided to just book it. 57.08 euros / 2 adults / 2 nights for the double ensuite. And I am pretty sure the price was due to the bank holiday we traveled on because now it’s just 21 euros / night (in June).

True to the emails I exchanged a day before – while we were in Budapest – the owner picked us up at the train station and dropped us at the guesthouse. We were able to pay in a mix of Euros and Forint.

Keys in hand, that was the last I’ve seen / heard of him. Gladly I found the towels in the room (I am not a fan of packing towels, they are too bulky for my travel style). And one roll of toilet paper – which insured we use our own stash of tissues during our last day (sorry for the TMI but had to point it out!)

We ate three meals at the guest house. I was partial to the terrace. We bought food from the various small stores in the area and ate at the accommodation rather than having all the meals in the restaurants. I brewed coffee once and it was so bad…I decided to wait until we get to the train station to have my caffeine fix on our last day there. ooops.

Overall, a nice place to stay at but not without flaws and clearly not worth the money we paid. I’d say 20 euros per night is more realistic for it. It was, however, silent! The fellow travelers we shared the guest house with behaved nicely – and we barely saw three of them (and heard a family leaving very early on Monday morning). And the street is also very nice unless it’s a work day . It became agitated by Tuesday morning.

The good

1. fully equipped kitchen so you don’t have to eat all meals out (just make sure the stores are open)
2. bed linen and towels included
3. wi-fi working well in the dining room and on the terrace
4. the very zen terrace and garden; I loved it
5. free ride from the train station to the guesthouse

The bad

1. tiny bathroom
2. lack of attention to details (one roll of toilet paper? no remote for AC?)
3. rather far from the train station but close to the castle / center
4. squeaky stairs – there was no way to walk without the entire house hearing you go up/down the stairs

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Our rating