Gellért Thermal Bath

Gellért Thermal Bath — History of the Bath

We find records about the "miraculous" springs spurting up o­n the territory of the Bath from as early a date as the 15th century. These springs were later favoured by the Turks as well, as they were larger and hotter than the Buda baths of the period. In the 17th 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.

The Gellért Thermal Bath and Hotel, known world-wide and highly favoured by foreigners, built in a secession style, opened its gates in 1918 and was expanded in 1927 by the wave-bath and in 1934 by the effervescent bath. In the course of the modernisation accomplished in our days, the sitting-pool in the swimming complex, the outdoor sitting pool and the children's pool were renovated; they were equipped with a state-of-the art water filtering and circulation device. At present, nearly all healing facilities may be used in the Gellért Thermal Bath. The Bath includes a department offering complex thermal bath acilities (daytime/outpatient hospital), it also has an inhalatorium.

Bath units

Number of pools: 13

Water composition

Water supply to the Bath is ensured by the spring accesses established inside the Gellért hill. The water is a hot spring water with calcium, magnesium and hydrogen-carbonate as well as sulphate-chloride, also containing sodium and with a significant content of fluoride ions.

For Therapeutic Diagnoses of:

• degenerative illnesses of joints
• illnesses of the vertebral spine
• chronic and semi-acute arthritis
• pains of the intervertebral disc
• neuralgia
• aortic stenosis
• blood circulation problems
• in the Inhalatorium: treatment of asthmatic, chronic bronchitic complaints

Services

• Department ensuring complex thermal bath facilities (daytime outpatient hospital)
• Gentlemen's and ladies' thermal bath pools
• Gentlemen's and ladies' weight baths
• Carbonic acid tub-bath
• Medical healing massage
• Refreshing massage
• Underwater water-beam massage
• Foot massage
• Dry and steam saunas
• Finnish sauna, with cold dive-pools
• Mud packing
• Physicotherapy
• Tooth-gum shower
• Inhalation
• Healing gymnastics
• Bathing suit rentals
• Custody of garments and valuables
• Exchange of foreign currerncy
• Hairdresser's shop
• Cosmetics
• Solarium
• Manicure
• Foot care
• Buffets
• Dental surgery
• Ladies' and group naturists' sunbath premises
• Provision of sites for social events after opening hours, on demand with use of bath as well

Effervescent bath section (2)
Effervescent bath pool	water temperature	26 °C
	water surface area	246 m2
	water depth	0.8-2 m
Sitting pool	water temperature	30 °C
	water surface area	60 m2
	water depth	1.05 m
Outdoor pools (3)
Wave bath pool	water temperature	26 °C
	water surface area	500 m2
	water depth	0.40-2.75 m
Sitting pool with fancy facilities	water temperature	30 °C
	water surface area	94 m2
	water depth	1.0 m
Children's pool	water temperature	30 °C
	water surface area	56.4 m2
	water depth	ave. 0.4 m
Thermal bath departments (8)
Thermal pools	water temperature	26-38 °C

Facilities	Week days	Saturday	Sunday
Thermal bath pool, weight bath and healing massage	6.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.	6.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.	6.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Mud package	6.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.	6.30 a.m.- 1.00 p.m.	Closed
Carbonic acid tub-bath	6.30 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.	6.30 a.m.- 1.00 p.m.	Closed
Thermal tub-bath	6.30 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.	6.30 a.m.- 1.00 p.m.	Closed
Underwater water-beam massage	6.30 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.	6.30 a.m.- 1.00 p.m.	Closed
Medical healing massage	6.30 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.	6.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.	6.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Opening hours

Services	from 1 May to 30 May	from 31 May to 20 August	from 21 August
Swimming pool	6.00 a.m.- 7.00 p.m.	6.00 a.m.- 8.00 p.m.	6.00 a.m.- 7.00 p.m.

We issue entry tickets until one hour before closing. Guests must leave pool areas 15 minutes before closing.