Art Nouveau grandeur with a wave pool and a facade that stops traffic.
Built inside the Gellért Hotel in 1918, these baths represent the peak of Hungarian Art Nouveau — a soaring hall of Zsolnay tiles, Roman-style colonnades, and stained-glass skylights filtering light onto the thermal pools below. The outdoor wave pool, added in 1927, was one of the world's first artificial wave pools and still operates every summer.
- $$$
- Locker usage
Pools & saunas
Waters & pools
- Cold Plunge Pools
- Sitting Pool
- 18–36°C
Saunas & steam
- Finnish sauna
- Steam baths
- Hot air chambers
Gallery
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Worth knowing
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Art Nouveau interior with Zsolnay ceramic tiles throughout
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One of the world's first artificial wave pools (1927)
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Separate thermal sections for men and women in the original style
An insider's tip
The indoor main pool is the architectural highlight — arrive as it opens at 6am to photograph the empty hall before crowds arrive.
Don't leave without
Spend time in the ornate indoor thermal hall. The colonnaded pool room is one of the most beautiful interior spaces in Europe.
Good to know
- Hours
- 3 PM - 9 PM
- Address
- Budapest, Kelenhegyi út 4, 1118 Hungary
- Phone
- not specified
- Dress code
- Swimsuit required
- Architect
- unknown
- Style
- Art Nouveau
- Heritage
- not specified
- Timezone
- Europe/Budapest
Climate — Warmest around Jul (~28.6°C high), coolest around Dec (~5.2°C).
On the map
47.4837°N · 19.0510°E
