- Source temperature
- 40°C
- Bathing temperature
- 36°C
- Bathing
- Indoor
- Established
- 1572
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
Rác Bath stands at the foot of Gellért Hill on springs used since Ottoman times. The octagonal Turkish pool under its dome survives inside a nineteenth-century building designed by Miklós Ybl, later wrapped in a modern extension.
Balnevia view
Why visit
Architecturally it is one of the most interesting baths in Budapest — an Ottoman core, an Ybl shell and a contemporary annexe in one structure.
Recommendations
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Rác springs (Gellért Hill)
- Mineralisation
- Calcium-magnesium-bicarbonate with sulphate
- Character
- Buda hillside springs used continuously since Ottoman times.
Practical information
The bath has been closed to general public bathing for years; check current status before travelling, as access has depended on the hotel development around it.
Location
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