Rudas Bath

It is a genuine Turkish bath. Built in the 16th century.

Lukács bath

•In the 12th century, knights of the order of Saint John engaging in curing the sick settled in the area of today's Lukács Bath, followed by the orders of Rhodos and Malta, who built their monasteries baths as well. The bath operated through the time of the Turks but the energy of the springs were used primarily to produce gunpowder and for grinding wheat. After the reoccupation of Buda,

• . In 1884 a series of transformations began. The spa hotel was built, an up-to-date hydrotherapy department was established and the swimming pool was transformed.

• In 1999, the open-air pools of the swimming pool section were modernised.

• Most coutries with hot springs have their spas in small towns or utter wilderness, but Budapest is a thermal metropolis.Among the classic hangouts: the buble bath in the Gellért Hotel.

• You don’t have to be aching or ailing to enjoy a dip.