Budapest Rudas Baths
- Location
- Budapest I, Hungary
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 43 °C
- pH
- 7.5
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
Rudas Bath or Rudas fürdő is a thermal bath in Budapest, Hungary, part of a long thermal tradition. It was founded in 1571/1572 during the time of Ottoman rule. To date, it retains many of the key elements of a Hammam, exemplified by its Ottoman dome and octagonal pool. It is located at Döbrentei tér 9 on the Buda side of Erzsébet Bridge. The bath has six therapy pools and one swimming pool where the temperature is in between 10 and 42 °C. The components of slightly radioactive thermal water includes sulfate, calcium, magnesium, bicarbonate and a significant amount of fluoride ion. These mineral-rich waters have long been associated with relaxation and well-being within a centuries-old bathing tradition.