BATH SPA

History of the Bath

The Open-Air Bath, located o­n the Margit island, in a nature conservation area, was opened as a beach o­n the bank of the Danube in 1919. With the construction of the large pool it was transformed in 1921 into an open-air bath.
Owing to its high popularity it had to be expanded, therefore an architectural  project tender was launched in 1937, as a result of which the plans composed by István Janáky were accepted. The current installation was completed o­n the basis of these plans. Its pools are supplied by the thermal springs of the Margit Island. In the second half of the 1980s, a five-path chute was built. The open-air bath, also equipped with a wave-bath pool, allocated in a park area, is visited by many foreign guests, in addition to the Hungarian o­nes. There are sports grounds and playgrounds for children, offering excellent distraction facilities for all age groups. In 2002 the pools of the Open-Air Bath were modernised, they were equipped with water filtering and revolving devices. The swimming pool was shaped into three sections: swimming pool, fancy pool and beach pool. Of these, the fancy pool is expecting visitors with neck shower, effervescence generator and whirling corridor.

 

Bath units, water composition  

Number of pools: 11

Area converted into a park: 75,298 m2

1 Wave-bath pool	water temperature water depth water surface	26-28 °C 0,2-2,8 m 890 m2
2-3 Thermal pools	water temperature water depth water surface	32-36 °C 0,90 m 1 510 m2
4 Marguerite pool	water temperature water depth water surface	30-32 °C 0,9 m 400 m2
5 Children's pool Nr. I.	water temperature water depth water surface	30-32 °C 0,1-0,9 m 248 m2
6 Children's pool Nr. II.	water temperature water depth water surface	30-32 °C 0,1-0,5 m 273 m2
7-8 Instruction pool / swimming pool	water temperature water depth water surface	22-24 °C 1,7-1,9 m 840 m2
9 Fancy pool	water temperature water depth water surface	30-32 °C 0-1,37 m 1 823 m2
10 Beach pool	water temperature water depth water surface	30 °C 0-1,4 m 1 758 m2
11 Chute pool	water temperature water depth water surface	26-28 °C 1 m 180 m2

 

Water composition

Thermal water with calcium, magnesium, hydrogen-carbonate also containing sodium, of a low concentration of salt.

Services:

• Lending
• Custody of valuables and garments
• Fancy pool
• Children's pool
• Beach pool
• Wave-bath pool
• Thermal pool
• Catering units
• Sunbather
• Water chute
• Sports grounds
• Playgrounds  

 

 

Opening hours  

Every day: 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

From 21st of August 2007 until the end of the high season 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Accessibility  

Palatinus Strandfürdő
H-1138 Budapest, Margitsziget
Telephone: (36-1) 340-4505
Manager: Mr. Endre Vékes

By public transportation: bus 26.

The open-air bath is located o­n Margaret Island.