Gellért Thermal Bath

Gellért Thermal Bath in Budapest, housed within the magnificent Art Nouveau Gellért Hotel on the banks of the Danube at the foot of Gellért Hill, is Hungary's most architecturally celebrated thermal bath — a palatial 1918 complex of marble columns, stained glass, ceramic tiles, and ornate thermal pools that has been described as the world's most beautiful bathhouse. The calcium-rich thermal waters emerge from the Buda limestone aquifer and feed indoor thermal pools, a wave pool, and outdoor seasonal pools within one of the finest examples of Hungarian Secessionist architecture ever built. Gellért's combination of extraordinary architectural grandeur, naturally warm mineral waters, and central Budapest location on the UNESCO World Heritage Danube riverscape has made it the defining symbol of Hungarian bath culture for over a century.