Szechenyi Thermal Bath | Is this the best bath EXPERIENCE?

Szechenyi Thermal Bath | Is this the best bath EXPERIENCE? | Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺

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What is the Szechenyi Thermal bath like and is it a good experience? Let us show you this must visit place in Budapest!
We visited the Szechenyi Thermal Bath in Budapest. The city and the country has many famous thermal baths, but this one is definately the most famous of all of them. When I was young my grandmother used to bring me here as she was a big fan of the Thermal Bath experience. But that was a long time ago and I really dont remember much, even though I live in Budapest and technically can come anytime. Today you see a lot of posts on instagram and facebook of people visiting the Szechenyi Thermal Bath, but is it really worth it coming here? From the pictures it certainly is a gorgeous complex, but does the experience live up to the hype? Let's find out!
As per Wikipedia, The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath in Budapest is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. The water is supplied by two thermal springs, and their temperature is 74 °C (165 °F) and 77 °C (171 °F). Of course in the pools these waters are cooled down so us humans can also enjoy them :)
Components of the thermal water include sulfate, calcium, magnesium, bicarbonate and a significant amount of metaboric acid and fluoride. These are apparently healthy, not just pleasent for your body :)
The other famous thermal bath in Budapest is the Gellert Thermal Bath, we have a video about that too:
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For more information and more details about the history, check out the wikipedia article:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sz%C3%A...
It is a good idea to book tickets online before, this makes your entry much easier:
tickets.szechenyibath.hu/bath...
For more details check out the official site:
www.szechenyibath.hu/
Location on Google Maps:
goo.gl/maps/aL8UHRL1v9YuWxEUA
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Few personal tips:
- Indeed try to book tickets online before
- Come early morning and beat the crowds, but even afterwards it can be still okay especially if you like the hotter water.
- Only cards are accepted, so no need to have cash with you. You can keep these in your cabinets but make sure you lock them properly with your wristband! (However please note that the Bath complex will not take responsibility for things stored in the cabinets)
- Warm food is only available after 12:00, before that the kind of food available is limited. The rest that's available is less than stellar, but does the job if you are hungry
- During winter the outer pools are still operational and have warmer water vs summer, this gives a much different and more unique experience (will need to come back and check that) but the indoor pools are still plenty good!
In the end, is this the best Thermal Bath experience? I believe it is for everyone to decide for themselves, but it certainly is a great bath and it's reputation is great for a reason. Maybe the building could use a bit of renovation, but it is still undoubtedly one of the best experiences you may have when coming to Budapest.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:33 Location and Entering
01:23 The outer pool area
03:04 Checking the inside pools
03:36 Getting food
04:45 Closing thoughts and bloopers
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@StuffedCabbageAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

Ever been to one of the many Thermal Baths in Budapest or Hungary? Are there any favorite ones? Feel free to share your experiences :)

@roybussink8952 4 ай бұрын

Spent a few days in Mako just for the Spa last year and will probably go again this year

@fridaytax 6 ай бұрын

Love these baths, so very beautiful

@annamok6823 Жыл бұрын

decided to come visit because of your videos. thank you.

@rainmaker646 2 ай бұрын

these baths are just amazing!!!

@jodsouza3213 2 ай бұрын

I have liked all your videos but this one didn’t contain as much info as the others! When is the best time to go, do you need to bring towels, flip flops, which indoor pool was best? What about lockers outside? 🙂

@StuffedCabbageAdventures 2 ай бұрын

Hey there! Usually weekends and holidays are when the place gets packed, but if you go early in the morning it should be fine. We shot the video on a saturday and stayed from around 10:00 till 12:00, it started to become more crowded at the end. Towels and flipflops or slippers are needed yes, although you can buy some there but the prices are very high. In all honesty, all indoor pools are nice, but I liked the one where we shot the indoor footages because I liked the surrounding architecture of the decorated columns more, but it also depends on the temperature you prefer and the size of the pool :) If I remember correctly, the lockers outside are mainly for small items, but we just put the valuables into our lockers inside and made sure they are always locked before we left. I hope you'll enjoy it if you visit Szechenyi or any other thermal bath :)

@jodsouza3213 2 ай бұрын

@@StuffedCabbageAdventuresthank you!

@jimskedale 3 ай бұрын

Thanks

@StuffedCabbageAdventures 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Support! :)

@sergiogodinho9992 Жыл бұрын

Did the prices increase meanwhile ? Not even in the official website I can find those prices , and I've noticed the same in other videos that show the thermal baths

@StuffedCabbageAdventures Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately looks like inflation got here as well apparently. I checked on their website and now it's 7100 huf on weekdays and 7600 huf on weekends, so it increased quite a bit I'm afraid.

@sergiogodinho9992 Жыл бұрын

@@StuffedCabbageAdventures thanks so much for the reply ! Anyway , I'm going to go as it's part of the non negotiables when visiting Budapest

@fedezzefelbudapestet6493 2 жыл бұрын

Where can I buy this budapest t-shirt?

@StuffedCabbageAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! It's a design I made :) maybe if this channel grows to a level, I can make it become available for everyone :)

@TheKakyska 5 ай бұрын

Hello!! Now... in the winter.... it is worth it?

@StuffedCabbageAdventures 5 ай бұрын

In Winter the outside pools are operational, and there is something special about those especially if there is snowfall but you are sitting outside in the warm pools. The thing is that you cannot really stay outside if you are not in the pools, so no sunbathing or resting once you get out of a pool, but you can go into the building where there are some other warm pools as well. If you are not into this idea, Gellért or Rudas bath may be a good alternative, or the cheaper ones like Velibej and Lukács, which are much smaller and don't have such an architectural marvel like Széchenyi or Gellért.

@trishitanandi2500 3 ай бұрын

My son is 9 years old . Can he use the outdoorthermal bath ? Is there any restrictions from the authority?

@StuffedCabbageAdventures 3 ай бұрын

Hey there! Children under the age of 14 should not enter the Thermal bath pools, regular non-medicinal thermal baths could be used by them. Perhaps Palatinus may be a good alternative during summer because it has many non thermal outdoor pools and child centric baths but also has thermal baths too.

@lucandehaan4734 7 ай бұрын

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@newfietubes 8 ай бұрын

Do locals have to pay the same price as tourists? If you live in Bud are there year passes you can buy as a citizen or passport holder? What are the top baths the locals go to that would not be caught dead in a tourist place like this? Hehe. It is literally one of my favorite things to do on earth going there but would be curious where the locals go instead to just check out a local place off the beaten path.

@StuffedCabbageAdventures 8 ай бұрын

Yep... doesnt matter if you are a local or not, we pay the same prices everywhere. There are places that offer discounts to residents of the district, but not places that are interesting for visitors. There are yearly passes for public transport and even to the baths, but you don't need to be a resident of Hungary to buy those, it's the same for everyone. If you look for less touristy thermal baths, you can check out Lukács, Veli Bej or Dandár. :)

@stryderhiryu8 Ай бұрын

You're so charming

@JeffDietzphoto Ай бұрын

why does it keep saying bathing cap is mandatory but in all the videos and photos no one is wearing one? Is that just a trick to get you to buy one there?

@StuffedCabbageAdventures Ай бұрын

The swimming caps are only required in the swimming pool where you do the laps, in the thermal water pools where you just rest it is not required. I hope this clarifies 😊

@clipow 11 ай бұрын

Can you photograph there?

@StuffedCabbageAdventures 11 ай бұрын

Instagram is full of pictures 😊 I sometimes even see people rocking full on DSLRs. But just be mindful that people are in bathing suits so they may not tolerate a huge lens in their face 😊