History of the Bath
In the 12th century, knights of the order of Saint John engaging in curing the sick settled in the area of today's Lukács Bath, followed by the orders of Rhodos and Malta, who built their monasteries baths as well. The bath operated through the time of the Turks but the energy of the springs were used primarily to produce gunpowder and for grinding wheat. After the reoccupation of Buda, the bath became the property of the Treasury. In 1884, Fülöp Palotay purchased the bath from the Treasury, thus a series of transformations began. The spa hotel was built, an up-to-date hydrotherapy department was established and the swimming pool was transformed. People wishing to be healed came from all over the world. Following their successful healing cure, they placed marble tablets on the wall of the Bath's courtyard to express their gratitude.
The drinking cure hall of the Bath was built in 1937. The first department to ensure complex thermal bath facilities (daytime hospital) was established in 1979 in Budapest, in the Lukács Thermal Bath. In 1999, the open-air pools of the swimming pool section were modernised. In the course of this, the so-called mud-pond, hardly used before, was replaced by a fancy pool, equipped with a whirling corridor, underwater effervescence, neck shower, water beam back massage hidden in the seat banks, whirlpool, geysers, effervescent bed and many other facilities unfamiliar before this time. The two swimming pools of various temperature in the other courtyard of the Bath were also rebuilt with water-filtering and circulation devices.
Thermal water with calcium, magnesium, hydrogen-carbonate, chloride, sulphate, also containing alkalis and a substantial amount of fluoride.
Diagnoses required for drinking cure:
- chronic gastric catarrh, gastric ulcer, intestinal catarrh
- overproduction of gastric acid
- chronic inflammations of the renal pelvis and the urine paths
- certain forms of renal diseases
- chronic catarrh of the respiratory organs
- prevention and treatment of states of the bone system accompanied by a calcium deficiency
- enhancing discharge of the bile in case of certain diseases of the gall-bladder and the bile paths.
Recommended single portion: 300 - 500 ml. Before the drinking cure, please consult your doctor!
Bath units
Number of pools: 8
Area converted into a park: 1,230 m2
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Swimming pool
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Pool Nr. 1. Gentlemen's swimming pool
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water temperature
water surface area
water depth
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22 °C
368 m2
1,40-1,90 m
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Pool Nr. 2. Ladies' swimming pool
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water temperature
water surface area
water depth
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26 °C
310 m2
1,00-1,90 m
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Pool Nr. 3. Fancy pool
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water temperature
water surface area
water depth
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32-33 °C
220 m2
1,13 m
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Group thermal
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Pools Nr. 4-7.
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water temperature
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24-40 °C
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Mud and weight bath
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Pool Nr. 8. Weight bath pool
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water temperature
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36 °C
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Water composition
Hot spring water with calcium, magnesium, hydrogen-carbonate and sulphate, chloride, also containing sodium and with a substantial content of fluoride ions.
For Therapeutic Diagnoses of:
- degenerative illnesses of the joints
- chronic and semi-acute arthritis
- deformations of the vertebral spine
- dislocation of inter-vertebral discs
- neuralgia
- calcium-deficiency of the bone system
- cases of states following injuries
Services:
- Department ensuring complex thermal bath facilities (daytime hospital)
- Thermal pool bath - group-type, in bathing suits
- Weight bath for ladies and gentlemen
- Carbonic acid tub-bath
- Medical healing massage
- Refreshing massage
- Underwater massage with water beam
- Foot massage
- Dry and steam sauna chambers
- Finnish sauna
- Mud package
- Physicotherapeutics treatments
- Healing drinking cure
- Bathing suit rentals
- Custody of valuables and garments
- Catering units
- Roof sunbathing area
- Provision of the site for social events after opening hours, including, on demand, the use of the Bath
Opening hours
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Facilities
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Weekdays
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Saturday
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Sunday
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Thermal bath
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6.00 a.m.- 7.00 p.m.
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6.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
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6.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
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Swimming pool
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6.00 a.m.- 7.00 p.m.
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6.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
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6.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
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Thermal tub-bath
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6.30 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
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6.30 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
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Closed
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Underwater water-beam massage
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6.30 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
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6.30 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
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Closed
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Medical healing massage
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6.00 a.m.- 7.00 p.m.
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6.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
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6.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
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Mud and weight bath
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let up
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let up
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let up
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Detailed information (e.g. indication) is available on the premises.
They issue entry tickets until one hour before closing. Guests must leave pool areas 15 minutes before closing.
Accessibility
Lukács Gyógyfürdő
H-1023 Budapest, Frankel Leó u. 25-29.
Telephone: (36-1) 326-1695
Fax: (36-1) 326-1696
Manager: Mr. Attila Kádas
By public transportation: buses 6, 60 and 86, tramways 4, 6 and 17 and by suburban train HÉV on the line to Szentendre-Békásmegyer, up to the stop "Margit Bridge".
The thermal bath is located in the proximity of the Buda bridgehead of the Margit bridge.