We offer entrance tickets for the two most elegant thermal baths of Budapest: Széchenyi bath and Gellert bath. You can book directly at the reception of your hotel, at your guide, at the Tourinform and ticket offices, and with our representatives on the most frequented spots in Budapest.
By booking your tickets in advance, you will avoid the often long-time waiting in the queue in front of the bath. Fast & easy entrance through our separate Welcome-desk!
The Széchenyi Bath is largest thermal spring bath complex not only in Budapest, in but Europe as well. 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. The Széchenyi Thermal Bath was built in 1913 in neo-baroque style on the basis of plans composed by Gyozo Czigler. At that time it had private baths, separate men and women steam-bath sections, and different men / women "public baths".
The complex was expanded in 1927, and it still have 3 outdoor, and 15 indoor pools. After its expansion, the thermal artesian well couldn't fullfill its purpose, so a new well was drilled. The second thermal spring was found in 1938. Its depth is 1256m (4 120 ft), and its temperature is 77 °C (170.6 °F) and it supplies 6.000.000 litres (1 585 032 US gallons) of hot water daily.
The complex was damaged during the second world war, and was reconstructed in many steps till 1952, when the daily hospital service opened for people who needed physico therapy treatment.
The reconstruction of the pools of the swimming section, their equipment with water filtering and circulation devices was completed in 1999. The so-called fancy bath includes a whirling corridor, underwater effervescence production, neck shower, water beam back massage installed in the sitting banks and many other services.
Its thermal spring is one of the deepest and warmest in the city. The bath is situated in the City park, opposite of the City Circus and it can be reached by subway line No. 1 (station of the same name: Széchenyi fürdő).
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You can combine your bath entry with other programs for discounted price! Visit here: with folklore or with cruise!
Links:
http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/10-hot-springs-worth-traveling-for.html
Give the gift of an unforgettable experience! We give you the opportunity to surprise your loved ones with a wonderful experience by purchasing a free date ticket for them to use whenever they like. It gets harder and harder to smile when we unwrap the umpteenth pair of socks or some other similarly unimaginative gift. Holidays, birthdays and anniversaries shouldn't be about hastily purchasing a predictable gift for our friends and family. In the past few decades studies have suggested that the joy one feels when receiving material presents, even if they are the long desired smart phone or a super expensive pair of designer shoes, doesn't last very long, especially when compared to experience gifts. We offer you the opportunity to give the gift of our program that the recipient may enjoy at a time of his or her choosing within in a year. We request that ticket holders let us know a short time beforehand when we can expect them!Free date Gift Voucher
Ticket prices
4.800 HUF
+Massage: +4.200 HUF
Coordinates: 47° 31.1581' N, 019° 4.9226' E
Reviews
"A must do in budapest plus some tips!"
Reviewed January 4, 2013
The Szechenyi baths are amazing and a must visit whilst in Budapest! Though they can be a little confusing! Just a couple of tips to make your visit as pleasurable as possible- purchase your tickets in advance so you don't need to line up (as the lines can get quite long!). We were able to buy some from our hotel reception. When you get in you can hire towels which are 4600 forints each- you receive 4000 back upon return of the towels. We didn't have enough cash with us so went without towels :( This one is pretty simple but we couldn't work it out the first time we came- To be allocated a cabin to change in you need to hold your wrist band against the electronic box (which are located in the change room areas) it will then flash up a number- go find your cabin and voila! Enjoy!
Visited January 2013
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So wird das Urlaubserlebnis sehr besonders. In Ruhe zuhause gebucht, vor Ort Zeit gespart.
Sehr zu empfehlen.
March 13th, 2012
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“Altes schönes Thermalbad- viel Liegefläche outdoor”
Wenig Liegeflächen indoor, aber Ambiente beeindruckend im Außenbereich- gute schöne Lage- neben vielen weiteren Sehenswürdigkeiten...auf jeden Fall einen Besuch wert!
February 11th, 2012
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Wer in einem von den Bädern in Budapest gehen möchte, der sollte ins Szechenyi-Bad gehen. Es ist ein wirklich schönes Bad mit vielen Wellnessbecken drinnen und draußen. Was sehr streng genommen wird ist die Badehaube fürs Schwimmerbecken. Das ist das einzige Becken was etwas kühler ist, aber ohne Badehaube darf man dort nicht seine Bahnen ziehen. Viel Spaß dort
July 19th, 2011
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"Soak Your Cares Away"
The procedure was unfamiliar but easy.
We bought a voucher from our hotel concierge (no markup) for two entries and one changing cabin (the cabin is about 30" square). From the subway (it's not the last stop, so look out for the Szechenyi Fordu stop), it's a short walk to the wrong entrance for people with vouchers, but a sign told us to go to the other entrance, across from the amusement park carousel. The lady at the voucher-holders' desk gave us our wristbands and told us what to do. One wristband was for entry plus cabin, the other was for entry.
First stop is the turnstile; wristbands open the turnstile.
Next stop is to find your cabin number. Place the cabin wristband on the wall display (hard to describe, but obvious once you see it), and your cabin number appears. One of the attendants helped us with this. Next stop is your cabin. Your cabin wristband unlocks the door. All this is pretty simple and secure. We got changed, left our stuff and our towels in the cabin, and went to the big open pool in the middle of the courtyard with the circular current so you can swim in a ring with other bathers. We got curious as we saw people go up steps and into a door, so we followed them. Inside, we found a succession of large tiled pools with different temperatures (34, 36, 38, 40 and more) and saunas (hot, hotter, aromatherapy, lights); the temperatures are posted on the wall. We spent about three hours on Tuesday afternoon while the rain came down outside, and we soaked away our tourist aches and all our worries. People wore bathing suits of all kinds, some wore singlets (I think I saw one man in a t-shirt), some wore sandals or flip-flops to get from one pool to another, they ranged in age from babies to seniors, some brought towels to leave on the benches (lots of benches to sit or rest on); some brought cameras--the interior is impressive--one young girl from England had her (waterproof) camera in the sauna. A couple of massage therapists offered their services, but we declined. I saw one woman wearing a neck wallet such as you might wear at the beach; I guess most people (like us) left all their stuff in their locker.You're supposed to shower with soap before you enter the baths, and there are lots of showers, but we didn't see the sign until we reached almost the last pool. For two people with a cabin, the cost was 7,200HUF, about $32.
Don't miss this if you're in Budapest. Bring your bathing suit and optional flip-flops, bring a towel from your hotel (you can rent this stuff at the baths, too), and plan to spend a few hours.
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If you book this program online, you can enter the spas with the printed confirmation email between 9-18 hours, and you can stay till closing time (20-22 hours).
If you booked massage with your ticket, our collegues will contact you via email about the time of the massage (in between 9-18hours)
