Ceremonial saunas in Budapest, Hungary
Aquaworld Resort Budapest
Aquaworld in Újpest is an indoor aquapark with a hotel and a sauna world split in two: a swimsuit area (Finnish sauna, steam cabins, bio and infrared saunas, tepidarium, salt chamber and a 16–18 °C Kneipp pool) and an adults-only swimsuit-free area (Finnish and aroma saunas, steam cabins, ice chambers, salt chamber, tepidarium and a 16–18 °C plunge pool). Sauna masters run bookable SaunaSeance infusions. Sauna-only tickets start at 5,000 Ft for two hours including one session.
Csillaghegyi Árpád Forrásfürdő
Csillaghegy's spring bath in the 3rd district has a sauna world for over-14s: a panorama Finnish sauna (80–90 °C) lit by huge windows, the 18-seat Ördög ('devil') sauna at 80–100 °C, an aroma sauna, an infrared sauna and a steam cabin, with 26–29 and 40 °C plunge pools, a 35 °C sitting pool and an open-air terrace with a hot tub used in all seasons. Sauna masters run programmes on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and weekends. Sauna world entry is 4,300 Ft on weekdays.
Oxygen Wellness Naphegy
Oxygen Naphegy is a fitness and wellness club in Buda whose wellness floor is a sauna park of 14 cabins: a dry salt cabin, Finnish saunas, light-therapy and infrared cabins, herbal and aroma steam cabins, a tepidarium and a separate textile-free sauna section. Sauna masters hold 10–12 minute infusions in the panorama sauna every day, followed by a plunge pool and an ice chamber, and there is a 20 m pool and a panorama hot tub. A combined day ticket costs 16,500 Ft on weekdays.
Pesterzsébeti Jódos-Sós Gyógy- és Strandfürdő
The iodine-salt thermal bath in the 20th district has a separate sauna block with its own changing rooms: a 20-person indoor Finnish sauna, an outdoor Finnish sauna of the same size, a steam cabin and an infra-salt cabin, with a 17–19 °C cold plunge and a 40–42 °C hot plunge. Sauna programmes cost 1,200 Ft, and the swimwear-free Sauna Friday night event for over-18s, with four infusions, pauses over the summer months. Open daily 8:00–20:00, Saturdays to 22:00.
Szent Lukács Gyógyfürdő és Uszoda
Lukács, a thermal bath in Buda's 2nd district, includes four saunas with the base ticket (Finnish sauna, steam cabin, 60–90 °C dry steam room and herbal sauna) and a separate, swimwear-free sauna world for a 1,300 Ft supplement with a salt-crystal sauna, aroma steam cabin, infrared sauna, Finnish sauna, naturist sauna and tepidarium. Sauna masters run infusions on Tuesdays at 18:00, 19:00 and 20:00 and at weekends at 15:00, 16:00 and 17:00 for 1,000 Ft.
Széchenyi Gyógyfürdő és Uszoda
Széchenyi, the thermal bath in City Park, has five saunas (the 70–80 °C Vulkán, the 80–90 °C Dante and Főnix, and two 50–55 °C aroma saunas), plus salt-inhalation, aquarium and standard steam cabins and a salt room. Trained sauna masters run 12–15 minute rituals with Belgian Loylymasters oils, free on weekdays, during which the sauna is used without swimwear. Outdoor plunge pools sit at 18–20 °C. Open daily from 7:00 (8:00 at weekends); entry from 13,200 Ft.
Aquaworld Resort Budapest
Aquaworld in Újpest is an indoor aquapark with a hotel and a sauna world split in two: a swimsuit area (Finnish sauna, steam cabins, bio and infrared saunas, tepidarium, salt chamber and a 16–18 °C Kneipp pool) and an adults-only swimsuit-free area (Finnish and aroma saunas, steam cabins, ice chambers, salt chamber, tepidarium and a 16–18 °C plunge pool). Sauna masters run bookable SaunaSeance infusions. Sauna-only tickets start at 5,000 Ft for two hours including one session.
Csillaghegyi Árpád Forrásfürdő
Csillaghegy's spring bath in the 3rd district has a sauna world for over-14s: a panorama Finnish sauna (80–90 °C) lit by huge windows, the 18-seat Ördög ('devil') sauna at 80–100 °C, an aroma sauna, an infrared sauna and a steam cabin, with 26–29 and 40 °C plunge pools, a 35 °C sitting pool and an open-air terrace with a hot tub used in all seasons. Sauna masters run programmes on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and weekends. Sauna world entry is 4,300 Ft on weekdays.
Oxygen Wellness Naphegy
Oxygen Naphegy is a fitness and wellness club in Buda whose wellness floor is a sauna park of 14 cabins: a dry salt cabin, Finnish saunas, light-therapy and infrared cabins, herbal and aroma steam cabins, a tepidarium and a separate textile-free sauna section. Sauna masters hold 10–12 minute infusions in the panorama sauna every day, followed by a plunge pool and an ice chamber, and there is a 20 m pool and a panorama hot tub. A combined day ticket costs 16,500 Ft on weekdays.
Pesterzsébeti Jódos-Sós Gyógy- és Strandfürdő
The iodine-salt thermal bath in the 20th district has a separate sauna block with its own changing rooms: a 20-person indoor Finnish sauna, an outdoor Finnish sauna of the same size, a steam cabin and an infra-salt cabin, with a 17–19 °C cold plunge and a 40–42 °C hot plunge. Sauna programmes cost 1,200 Ft, and the swimwear-free Sauna Friday night event for over-18s, with four infusions, pauses over the summer months. Open daily 8:00–20:00, Saturdays to 22:00.
Szent Lukács Gyógyfürdő és Uszoda
Lukács, a thermal bath in Buda's 2nd district, includes four saunas with the base ticket (Finnish sauna, steam cabin, 60–90 °C dry steam room and herbal sauna) and a separate, swimwear-free sauna world for a 1,300 Ft supplement with a salt-crystal sauna, aroma steam cabin, infrared sauna, Finnish sauna, naturist sauna and tepidarium. Sauna masters run infusions on Tuesdays at 18:00, 19:00 and 20:00 and at weekends at 15:00, 16:00 and 17:00 for 1,000 Ft.
Széchenyi Gyógyfürdő és Uszoda
Széchenyi, the thermal bath in City Park, has five saunas (the 70–80 °C Vulkán, the 80–90 °C Dante and Főnix, and two 50–55 °C aroma saunas), plus salt-inhalation, aquarium and standard steam cabins and a salt room. Trained sauna masters run 12–15 minute rituals with Belgian Loylymasters oils, free on weekdays, during which the sauna is used without swimwear. Outdoor plunge pools sit at 18–20 °C. Open daily from 7:00 (8:00 at weekends); entry from 13,200 Ft.