Video: Why Budapest Is 'Capital Of Baths'
- 22 May 2019 8:01 AM
All across the city, visitors can experience a variety of thermal bath experiences, from calming therapeutic spas to lively and entertaining bath parties.
All across the city, visitors can experience a variety of thermal bath experiences, from calming therapeutic spas to lively and entertaining bath parties.
There’s a reason why Budapest is called the “City of Spas”. The city has over 80 geothermal springs and its numerous baths have become a tourist attraction in their own right.
Budapest is the spa capital of Europe, if not the world. The thermal baths here provide both relaxation and healthy benefits for locals, expats and tourists alike. Those going for health reasons can order various kinds of massage treatments, while dry and steam saunas are invariably integral to each spa complex covered in this insider's guide.
The Széchenyi Thermal Bath has been voted among the best in Europe by the British newspaper website Mirror.co.uk. That accolade transported David Holzer back to the first time he encountered the famous building, and Hungarian spa culture on New Year’s Eve, 2014.
Budapest’s city-owned public baths will raise their prices by 10-33% from January 1, because of rising natural gas costs, the spa operator company BGYH announced.
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