Baths & history

Gellert Bath

We find records about the "miraculous" springs spurting up on the territory of the Bath from as early a date as the 15 th century. The Turks later favoured these springs as well, as they were larger and hotter than the Buda baths of the period. In the 17 th century, the site was named Sárosfürdo (Mud bath) because of the fine spring silt that was pushed up together with the spring water and settled at the bottom of the pools.

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How to get there:

• From our accommodations, you easily reach the Kalvin Square
• At the Kalvin Square, get on the #47-49 tram and go to "Gellert fürdő" tramstop

Széchenyi Bath

The Széchenyi Thermal Bath is one of the largest spa complexes in Europe. It's also the first thermal bath of Pest. It owes its existence to Vilmos Zsigmondy, a mining engineer. On his initiative, successful deep borings had been performed in the City Park, where later, in 1881 already an "Artesian bath" was in operation. However, this temporary type of bath was meeting the demands of the age less and less, so the Széchenyi Thermal Bath was built in 1913 on the basis of plans composed by Gyozo Czigler. The Bath was expanded in 1927 with a public bathing department for gentlemen and ladies and a beach site. In the middle of the 1960s, further transformations took place, including the creation of a group thermal section in bathing suits as well as a daytime outpatient hospital (complex physiotherapy department).

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How to get there:

• From our accommodations, you easily reach the 1st Metro line [ M1 ]
• Go to "Széchenyi fürdő" metrostop with the first metroline.

 

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