Budapest is famous for its wonderful thermal baths and spa institutions. It is hard to think of something more relaxing than a cople of hours in one of Budapest many classic baths like Szécsény or hotell Gellért. Budapest is called “city of spas” since 1930 when it won an international award for its many beautiful thermal baths. Since then the bath houses and spa hotels of Budapest has only increased as the spa weekend travels to Budapest and Hungary is getting more and more popular every year.
Danubius Health Spa Resort Margitsziget
This elegant spa hotel located in the center of the lovely Margitsziget on the Danube between Buda and Pest have a modern medical center with different treatment programs, beauty and massage services. The Hotel have 267 rooms. Health Spa Resort Margitsziget was the first of the luxury hotels built on Margret island in the beautiful surroundings. Book Health Spa Resort Margitsziget (with Booking.com)
Danubius Grand Hotel Margitsziget
Grand Hotel Margitsziget is also located in the beautiful surroundings of the Margitsziget park, right next to Health Spa Resort Margitsziget. The hotels are connected through a corridor from Grand Hotel Margitsziget to Spa Resort Margitsziget sharing the spa center. This is a hotel in classical style blending historical atmosphere with modern comfort. The hotel have 164 rooms. Book Grand Hotel Margitsziget (with Booking.com)
Danubius Health Spa Resort Helia Hotel
Health Spa Resort Helia Hotel is a 4-star hotel built in Scandinavian style, located on the Budaside of the city on the embankment of the river Danube, facing beautiful Margaret Island. Book Health Spa Resort Helia Hotel (with Booking.com)
Danubius Hotel Gellért
Gellért Hotel, holding the world-famous Gellért Spa, is almost a symbol for Budapest and the good life. The hotel and its spa, built in art nouveau style, opened in 1918. The hotel is located on the Budaside on the banks of the Danube facing the beautiful freedom (Szabadság) bridge and the city centre, a ten minute over the bridge. Danubius Hotel Gellért (with Booking.com)
Budapest is one of central Europe’s oldest and most well preserved cities. It is full of historical places, modern and ancient, beautiful monuments and old buildings from the end of 18th and beginning of the 19th century with amazing architecture. It is probably no coincidence that many of the these beautiful buildings of the city are the ones restaurated and rebuilt as luxury hotels of Budapest today. On this page we present five of the most beautiful old luxury hotels in Budapest:
Gellért hotel
Gellért is an 80-year-old 4-star hotel, opened in 1918, restored in 1962 and in 1973, built in art nouveau style, located at the foot of Gellért Hill and sharing the building with the world-famous Gellért Spa. The hotel is on the banks of the river Danube, a good 10-minute walk from the city centre, business areas and the nearest subway station
The 4-star Danubius Hotel Astoria in the heart of Budapest, built on the site of the medieval town walls, is one of the most charming old-style hotels of Hungary’s capital. As the slogan of the hotel goes, Astoria offers “Tradition and style…” with its last turn-of-the-century atmosphere. Danubius Hotel Astoria was opened in 1914.
Behind its distinguished façade, located in the heart of Budapest, the old Grand Hotel Royal has been transformed into the superb, modern Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal. This new hotel has become the finest in Budapest and has set a new standard in luxury five star city centre hotels.
The renaissance of an Art Nouveau landmark, exquisitely transformed with ultra-modern comforts, Four Seasons combines luxury and intuitive service with panoramic vistas of the Danube and the hills of Buda.
Roosvelt tér 5-6 | 1051 Budapest
Tel: 268-6000
Tram 2, Bus 16
New York Palace Budapest
At the center of the splendid city of Budapest is the a five-star Boscolo luxury hotel that offers everything you need to make your stay unforgettable. The hotel is the quintessence of neo-classical grandeur. Each of its 107 spacious rooms reflects a blend of 19th century opulence and 21st century technology. The New York Palace hotel’s exclusive wellness center is dedicated to beauty and wellbeing, where you can enjoy soothing saunas, Turkish bath and massages.
The Gellert bath is located inside the Gellert Hotel which was built in 1918. Gellért is one of Europe’s most beautiful baths with its Art Nouveau style including mosaics in different colours, statues, marble columns. It is, together with the Szécheny bath, the most popular of the Budapest baths. The elegant and sophisticated interior make it a perfect choice for the (romantic) couple to relax and enjoy each others company in nice surroundings.
Records from 15th century describe the healing qualities of the thermal water that you still can enjoy, now in eight elegant indoor baths. Gellért has also three outdoor pools with a nice park feeling to it.
The water temperature intervals for the thermal pools inside are: 79-100°F (26-38°C). Water mineral content: thermal water containing nitrates, calcium- magnesium- hydrogen- carbonates and sulphate-chlorides, as well as fluoride ions in significant quantities.
Gellert spa have also a range of services including:
Open hours: Weekdays 6.0 a.m. – 7.0 p.m. Weekends 6.0 a.m. – 5.0 p.m.
Entrance fees: 3100 (12 Euro) for cabin (400 back if you stay less than 2 hours)
Trams: 18, 19, 47, 49. Buses: 7, 7A, 86 from Ferenciek square.
Location: Kelenhegyi út 4. District XI |Phone: (36-1) 466-6166
Related: Bath and spa hotels in Budapest
Websites: www.gellertfurdö.hu | www.gellertbath.com
