Best for a Family Day Out in the City Park
The Szechenyi Bath is one of the the grandest baths in Budapest.
Located at the edge of the city’s a largest park, the Városliget, you will find plenty to do in the area besides enjoying the healing waters of the spa.
Great choice for families with kids since besides having fun in the water, they can also do and see other exciting things in City Park:
- Visit the Zoo or
- Ice skating in winter or
- Rowing in summer on the lake,
- Going up in the red-and white hot air Balloon
Table of Contents
Location – Getting There – Opening Hours – Prices – Ticket Purchase – Map of the Bath – Outdoor Pools – Dress Code – Massages – Facilities, Services – Restaurants Nearby
Location:
- Állatkerti Körút 9-11., City Park, Bp 1146, district XIV. (View on Google Maps)
- Tel: (+36 1) 363 3210
Getting There:
- By trolley bus 72 or the M1 metro (Millennium Underground) Széchenyi Fürdő stop
Széchenyi Bath Opening Hours:
The bath is open all year round, even on public holidays like Christmas, New Year, or Easter.
- Monday – Friday: 07.00 – 20.00, Saturday – Sunday: 08.00 – 20.00
- Outdoor and indoor pools, saunas, steam rooms: Mon – Fri: 07.00 – 19.40, Sat-Sun: 08.00 – 19.40
- Medicinal Spa: Monday – Friday: 09.00 – 19.00
- Drinkinf fountain: every day: 09.00 – 17.00
Tickets:
- “Good Morning Budapest” – entry until 09.00 am: 8 000 HUF
- Day ticket with locker use: Mon – Thurs: 11 000 HUF, Fri – Sun: 12 500 HUF, Holidays: 13 500 HUF
- “Skip the Line” fast Entry Tickets (available online only): Mon – Thurs: 13 000 HUF, Fri – Sun: 14 500 HUF, Holidays: 15 500 HUF
- Budapest card holders get 20% off the entrance fee when buying tickets on the spot.
TIP: Buy your ticket online to avoid queuing! It costs only slightly more than tickets bought at the entrance but saves you time that you can spend splashing in the pools. It really worths those extra couple of euros especially in high season.
👉 Book a Szechenyi Spa Full Day with Optional Pálinka Tour:
Indulge in a full day of relaxation and rejuvenation at the world-renowned Széchenyi Spa.
With over
- 15 indoor and 3 outdoor thermal pools,
- Saunas, and
- Steam rooms, you’ll enjoy the ultimate in relaxation and wellness.
You’ll also get a tasting voucher and try Hungary’s famous fruit brandy, the pálinka.
If you don’t like strong spirits you can have wine too.
The place is located in the city centre near Gozsdu court.
Map of the Széchenyi Bath
1. Entrance
2. Tickets
3. Information terminals
4. Cabins
5. Lockers
6. Showers
7. Entrance to the men’s changing-room
8. Entrance to the women’s changing-room
9. Passage among the swimming pool and the thermal pools
10. Exit to the outdoor pools
11. Pools, 12. Aquafitness, 13. VIP massage, 14. Massage, 15. Steam chambers, 16. Sauna, 17. Buffet, 18. Restaurant, 19. Safety lockers, 20. Stairs, 21. Marble room (event hall)
Outdoor Pools – Enjoy In All Seasons!
Statues of dolphins and water gods surround the three open-air pools:
- the middle one is for swimming
- a thermal pool with jet massaging
- a thermal bath for just soaking
I never skip the neck and back massaging showers in the outdoor pool when I came to relax in Szechenyi.
The thermal pools operate throughout the year, so you can soak your body in the melting hot water in winter (if you’re not afraid of coming out to the chilly air).
Still peep in a cold day and you’ll see some local bathing fanatics sitting around a floating chess table in the steaming water playing and chatting.
The bath has a quite good restaurant/buffet (Szechenyi Kertvendéglő) should you get hungry during bathing.
Services in the Széchenyi Bath
A unique Cascade Sauna, a cross between traditional sauna and steambath was added to the services at the end of 2015.
You can try and experience the different temperatures at the various levels. Thermal water provides the steam and humidity of the cabin filling the air with the fragrance and minerals of the special thermal springs.
You can replace fluid lost through sweating from the drinking fountain located inside the sauna. the new unit combines the advantegous properties of various sauna types ensuring a gentler sauna process that puts less strain on the body.
Recommended use: 10-15 minutes, 2-3 times, cool down your body with cool showers between sessions.
- 15 indoor and 3 outdoor pools with thermal water (on weekdays 15, on weekends 18 of them are available)
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Outdoor amusement pool with jacuzzi and whirlpool
- Steam cabins
- Saunas
- Various Massages
- Pedicure
- Cellulite treatment
- SPA detoxification
- Aquafitness
Medical Services:
- Balneotherapy
- Private tub-bath
- Drink therapy
- Mud treatment (available only on medical prescription
- Weight bath (available only on medical prescription)
- Carbon-dioxide bath (available only on medical prescription)
- Medical massage (available only on medical prescription)
- Underwater jet massage (available only on medical prescription)
Other Services:
- Sundeck
- Safety lockers
- Bathing suit rental
- Towels and sheets rental
- Fat-burning gymnastics
- Body shaping gymnastics
- Fitness centre
- Restaurant and Buffet
Massages in the Széchenyi Bath
You can choose from various massage treatments and reserve online.
The price includes the entry fee to the Szechenyi Bath. Treatments are 20 – 70 minutes long
After reservation, you will receive a confirmation in e-mail.
You can enter the bath with the printed confirmation e-mail between 9.00 – 18.00 hours, and you can stay till closing time (20.00 – 22.00 hours).
If you reserved a massage with your ticket, our colleagues will contact you via e-mail about the time of the massage (in between 09.00 – 18.00 hours).
Aroma Relax Massage – 20′ and 45′ minutes
The whole body gets a revitalizing massage to help you regain correct body posture, ease the ache in tired muscles and joints.
Aromatic oils used in this treatment will stimulate blood circulation and the respiratory system. The massage is is especially good for the immune system but your skin will get more smoother and firmer as well.
Prices (includes bath entry)
- 20-minute aroma massage: 40 EUR/person
- 45-minute aroma massage: 58 EUR/person
The Szechenyi Bath is the one of the largest spa complexes in Europe.
The neo-baroque building was established in 1913, it recalls the atmosphere of the Habsburg Monarchy. The water supply comes from 1250 m depth.
The bath has a vast outdoor swimming area for both sexes, and separate steam baths for men and women. It offers various services and treatments like sludge, or carbonated bathing.
The bath is perfect for a family afternoon splashing because everybody can find something to do and enjoy here.
Thermal Massage (20′ and 45′ Minutes)
A Swedish-type treatment to ease the ache in muscles and joints.
The experienced and well-trained massage therapist assesses the condition of your locomotive system then creates a tailor-made treatment plan.
Recommended for those who prefer a more dynamic, energetic massage.
It’s ideal
- during a period of increased physical activity
- if you have non-inflammatory joint and muscle pains
- for regeneration and muscle relaxation
Prices:
- 20-min thermal massage: 41 EUR/prs (entry ticket + cabin use are incl.)
- 45-min thermal massage: 60 EUR/prs (entry ticket + cabin use are incl.)
Royal Thermal Massage – 20′ & 45′ Minutes
Can be booked for couples!
It’s the same as the thermal massage. The masseur thoroughly kneads and massges the body using firm, kneading movements after assessing the problematic areas and creating a tailor-made treatment.
At the end of the massage a the masseur will apply a medicinal cream of 56 herbs to the most painful and streesed body parts.
You will that the tension in your muscles have eased and you will feel renewed after the massage.
Prices:
- 20-minute Royal Thermal Massage: single: 47 EUR, couples: 86 EUR, (entry ticket + cabin use are incl.)
- 45-minute Royal Thermal Massage: single: 72 EUR, couples: 136 EUR, (entry ticket + cabin use are incl.)
TIP: since the Szechenyi Bath lies in the City Park do combine bathing with a visit to the Budapest Zoo, or just walking around the lake.
Visit also our main page about Budapest Baths.
See more services and prices at the official site of the city’s Thermal Baths.
Restaurants in the Vicinity
Our kids always get extremely hungry after splashing about in the water. We usuall get them a giant pretzel or lángos from one of the street vendors in City Park.
Try Pavilon Kert – a 2 minute walk from Széchenyi Bath – a gastronomy complex that offers a variety of street food – lángos, pizza, chimney cake, fried chicken, ice cream, coffee and other drinks.
If you want to have more substantial food we recommend one of the following restaurants.
Buja Disznók
This place is in Pavilon Kert and its main draw is the giant sized breaded pork chop (4 690 HUF).
It’s best with potato salad, but you can have fries too.
They also have fried breaded cheese and chicken thigh filet.
Széchenyi Kertvendéglő – within the bath complex
the most obvious choice
They have Hungarian soups (goulash and Uújházy chicken soup), various salads, meat dishes and desserts.
Prices are moderate compared to other resturants in Budapest.
Goulash in a bowl costs 2 490 HUF, Chicken paprikash is 4 900 HUF, burger with fries: 5 990 HUF, sweet cottage cheese dumplings: 2 900 HUf.
There’s a vegan dish: cauliflower steak with tofu (4 400 HUF) and you’ll also find children’s menu.
Gundel – Upscale Hungarian Restaurant
Address: Állatkerti körút 2., district XIV.
Tel: +36 1 321 3550
Robinson’s – A Nice Garden Restaurant
Address: Állatkerti körút, on a small island on the lake
Tel: +36 1 343 3776
See more eateries on our Hungarian Restaurants in Budapest or Best Restaurants in Budapest pages.
Related:
Gellért Spa – one of the most popular historic spa in the city within a 4-star hotel.
Turkish Baths in Budapest – history, fine architecture, bathing ritual, all in all a bit of mystic Oriental in Central Europe: find information on the Király Bath, the Rudas, and the Veli Bej Spa.
Outdoor Baths – the most popular seasonal open air pools and baths.
