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Gellért Thermal Bath
The Gellért Thermal Bath and Hotel, known world-wide and highly favoured by foreigners, built in a secession style, represents one of the symbols of Budapest. It opened its gates in 1918 and was expanded in 1927 by the wave-bath and in 1934 by the effervescent bath. The truly magnificent building is ornamented by both eastern and western elements. Its popularity is further enhanced by the fact that the guests of Hotel Gellert can use the facilities free of charge, even though the building belongs to the Budapest Bath Directory, and not to the management of the hotel.
The History
The Gellert thermal bath has the largest reserve of thermal water in the city and the source was mentioned first in 1433. Its water was known for its magical healing quality. Evlia Celebi, Turkish traveller has written the following: "one must stay in the water until the body becomes red, then go out quickly and keep the body warm." During the middle ages, a hospital functioned at the foot of the Gellert Hill, then a Turkish bath was built in its place, where a steam bath functioned in a large cave-like area. The bath had several names during the ages. The Turks called it Purgatorium, while the water was much warmer than that of contemporary baths on the Buda side. In the 17th century, it was named .mud-bath., while the fine mud coming out with the thermal water had settled to the bottom of the bath. During the renovations of the recent years, the sitting bath in the pool, the outdoor pool and the children's pool have been renovated. Nowadays, numerous healing services are available in the Gellert Bath.
Water supply to the Bath is ensured by the spring accesses established inside the Gellért hill. The water is a hot spring water with calcium, magnesium and hydrogen-carbonate as well as sulphate-chloride, also containing sodium and with a significant content of fluoride ions.
The "miraculous" springs spurting up on the territory of the Bath from as early a date as the 15th century. These springs were later favoured by the Turks as well, as they were larger and hotter than the Buda baths of the period. In the 17th century, the site was named Sárosfürdő (Mud bath) because of the fine spring silt that was pushed up together with the spring water and settled at the bottom of the pools.
For more information visit www.gellertbath.com/
source: www.ohb.hu and http://thermalbath-budapest.heliospanzio.hu/
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