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Outdoor thermal pools at Bükfürdő in western Hungary

Bük/Hungary

Bükfürdő Thermal & Spa

A western Hungarian thermal park whose 58°C alkaline water was found in 1957 during another failed search for oil.

Photo: Solymári, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Source temperature
58°C
Bathing temperature
38°C
Bathing
Indoor / Outdoor
Established
1962
Accommodation
Hotel on site

Bük was a farming village until a borehole struck hot mineral water at more than a kilometre depth in 1957. The bath opened to the public in 1962 and now spreads across a large park of indoor and outdoor pools, with the medicinal section kept separate from the family water world.

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Why visit

It is one of Hungary's most complete thermal resorts outside Budapest, and pairs easily with the baroque town of Sopron and the Austrian border country.

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The water

Thermal water

Source
Bük thermal well
Mineralisation
Alkaline hydrogen-carbonate water with calcium and magnesium
Character
Struck in 1957 at over 1,200 m; recognised as medicinal water.

Location

Bük, Hungary47.3861, 16.7461View on Balnevia map

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