Thermal bath saunas in Budapest, Hungary
Dandár Gyógyfürdő
Dandár is a thermal bath in Ferencváros (9th district) for over-14s only. Its thermal section has 35 and 38 °C medicinal pools with a Finnish sauna and a cold plunge, and a mini sauna world adds an eight-person Finnish sauna, an aroma steam cabin, another cold plunge and a lounge with deckchairs. The complex ticket covering the sauna world and outdoor pools costs 4,500 Ft on weekdays and 5,000 Ft at weekends. Open daily 9:00–19:00, Thursdays until 22:00.
Palatinus Gyógy-, Strand- és Hullámfürdő
Palatinus is the lido on Margaret Island, and its indoor wing stays open all year with a 90–100 °C Finnish sauna and a 50–60 °C aroma sauna scented with lime blossom, eucalyptus, birch, peppermint and lavender, each for 12 people, an eight-person steam cabin, a medicinal-water pool and cold (20–22 °C) and hot (40–42 °C) plunge pools. The outdoor pools close for the season in September. From 14 September entry costs 3,800 Ft on weekdays and 4,200 Ft at weekends; open daily 9:00–19:00.
Paskál Gyógy- és Strandfürdő
Paskál, a year-round thermal and lido bath in Zugló (14th district), has a 35-person panorama Finnish sauna at 90 °C built in 2017, a 12-person aroma steam cabin and a six-person Finnish sauna beside two plunge pools for contrast bathing. Its geothermal sauna has closed and is being rebuilt as a salt inhalation room. Entry costs 4,700 Ft on weekdays and 5,700 Ft at weekends; open 9:00–20:00 on weekdays, 8:00–20:00 on Saturday and 8:00–22:00 on Sunday.
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.
Rudas Gyógyfürdő és Uszoda
Rudas, a bath with 450 years of history on the Buda riverbank, has saunas in all three zones: the Turkish bath (six thermal pools of 16–42 °C, three heat rooms at 45, 55 and 72 °C and a steam room), a wellness area with two Finnish saunas, an aroma sauna, steam cabin, salt room, 11 °C plunge and a panorama pool, and a swimming hall with its own Finnish sauna. The Turkish bath is single-sex on weekdays; night bathing runs Friday and Saturday 22:00–3:00. Ages 14+.
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.
Ensana Thermal Margaret Island
This health spa hotel on Margaret Island fills a 37–38 °C thermal pool from its own spring, alongside indoor and outdoor swimming pools, gymnastics and recreational pools and a Kneipp pool. Its sauna world has two Finnish saunas (separate for men and women), a steam bath, an infrared sauna, an aroma cabin and a relaxation room. Non-hotel guests can buy daily tickets depending on occupancy, except from 19 December 2026 to 10 January 2027. Open daily 7:00–21:00.
Dandár Gyógyfürdő
Dandár is a thermal bath in Ferencváros (9th district) for over-14s only. Its thermal section has 35 and 38 °C medicinal pools with a Finnish sauna and a cold plunge, and a mini sauna world adds an eight-person Finnish sauna, an aroma steam cabin, another cold plunge and a lounge with deckchairs. The complex ticket covering the sauna world and outdoor pools costs 4,500 Ft on weekdays and 5,000 Ft at weekends. Open daily 9:00–19:00, Thursdays until 22:00.
Palatinus Gyógy-, Strand- és Hullámfürdő
Palatinus is the lido on Margaret Island, and its indoor wing stays open all year with a 90–100 °C Finnish sauna and a 50–60 °C aroma sauna scented with lime blossom, eucalyptus, birch, peppermint and lavender, each for 12 people, an eight-person steam cabin, a medicinal-water pool and cold (20–22 °C) and hot (40–42 °C) plunge pools. The outdoor pools close for the season in September. From 14 September entry costs 3,800 Ft on weekdays and 4,200 Ft at weekends; open daily 9:00–19:00.
Paskál Gyógy- és Strandfürdő
Paskál, a year-round thermal and lido bath in Zugló (14th district), has a 35-person panorama Finnish sauna at 90 °C built in 2017, a 12-person aroma steam cabin and a six-person Finnish sauna beside two plunge pools for contrast bathing. Its geothermal sauna has closed and is being rebuilt as a salt inhalation room. Entry costs 4,700 Ft on weekdays and 5,700 Ft at weekends; open 9:00–20:00 on weekdays, 8:00–20:00 on Saturday and 8:00–22:00 on Sunday.
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.
Rudas Gyógyfürdő és Uszoda
Rudas, a bath with 450 years of history on the Buda riverbank, has saunas in all three zones: the Turkish bath (six thermal pools of 16–42 °C, three heat rooms at 45, 55 and 72 °C and a steam room), a wellness area with two Finnish saunas, an aroma sauna, steam cabin, salt room, 11 °C plunge and a panorama pool, and a swimming hall with its own Finnish sauna. The Turkish bath is single-sex on weekdays; night bathing runs Friday and Saturday 22:00–3:00. Ages 14+.
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.
Ensana Thermal Margaret Island
This health spa hotel on Margaret Island fills a 37–38 °C thermal pool from its own spring, alongside indoor and outdoor swimming pools, gymnastics and recreational pools and a Kneipp pool. Its sauna world has two Finnish saunas (separate for men and women), a steam bath, an infrared sauna, an aroma cabin and a relaxation room. Non-hotel guests can buy daily tickets depending on occupancy, except from 19 December 2026 to 10 January 2027. Open daily 7:00–21:00.