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Hours |
The thermal baths are open in summer daily 6am-7pm; in winter Mon-Fri 6am-7pm, Sat-Sun 6am-5pm, with the last entrance an hour before closing |
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Address |
XI. Kelenhegyi út 4 |
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Transportation |
Take tram 47 or 49 from Deák tér to Szent Gellért tér |
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Phone |
1/466-6166 |
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Prices |
Admission to the thermal bath costs 3,000 Ft ($15) for 4 hr. or more; a 15-min. massage is 2,300 Ft ($12). Lockers or cabins are included. Admission to all pools and baths, without a cabin and only communal dressing rooms, is 2,500 Ft ($13) adults and children, for 4 hr. or more. Prices and the lengthy list of services, including the complicated refund system, are posted in English |
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Frommer's Review
Budapest's most spectacular bathhouse, the Gellért Baths are located in Buda's Hotel Gellért, the oldest Hungarian spa hotel and an Art Nouveau jewel. Enter the baths through the side entrance. The exterior of the building is in need of restoration, but once inside the lobby, you'll be delighted by the details. The unisex indoor pool is without question one of Europe's finest, with marble columns, majolica tiles, and stone lion heads spouting water. The two single-sex Turkish-style thermal baths, off to either side of the pool through badly marked doors, are also glorious, though in need of restoration. In the summer months, the outdoor roof pool attracts a lot of attention for 10 minutes every hour on the hour, when the artificial wave machine is turned on. There are separate nude sunbathing decks for men and women, but you'll have to figure out where they are. In general, you need patience to navigate this place.
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