Széchenyi Bath and Spa Budapest

Széchenyi Thermal Bath and Spa Budapest

Széchenyi Thermal Bath - History of the Bath

The Széchenyi Thermal Bath is one of the largest spa complexes in Europe.
It's also the first thermal bath of Pest. It owes its existence to Vilmos
Zsigmondy, a mining engineer. on his initiative, successful deep borings had
been performed in the City Park, where later, in 1881 already an "Artesian bath"
was in operation. However, this temporary type of bath was meeting the demands
of the age less and less, so the Széchenyi Thermal Bath was built in 1913 on
the basis of plans composed by Győző Czigler. The Bath was expanded in 1927 with
a public bathing department for gentlemen and ladies and a beach site. In the
middle of the 1960s, further transformations took place, including the creation
of a group thermal section in bathing suits as well as a daytime outpatient
hospital (complex physiotherapy department).
The reconstruction of the pools of the swimming section, their equipment with
water filtering and circulation devices was completed in 1999. The so-called
fancy bath includes a whirling corridor, underwater effervescence production,
neck shower, water beam back massage installed in the sitting banks and many
other services.

Szechenyi Bath units

Number of pools: 18

Swimming pools (5)
Swimming pools with water filtering and circulation device	water temperature water depth water surface area	27°C 0,80-1,70 m 910 m2
Fancy pool*	water temperature water depth water surface area	in the summer 30 °C in the winter 34 °C 0,80 m 600 m2
Thermal sitting pool	water temperature	38 °C
Thermal baths (13)
Group bath in bath suits with cabinets for garments or cabins (7) with fancy pool	water temperature	20-38 °C
Group steam bath in area (6)	water temperature	20-40 °C

* Water streaming, effervescent bath, massaging water beam.

Szechenyi Bath Budapest Map

Széchenyi Thermal Bath - Spa Budapest