Budapest Beaches - Fun & Refreshing

Summer tends to be scorching hot in Budapest especially in the city centre where the house walls, roads and pavements preserve the heat and do not cool down during the night as much as green areas do.

The best way to while away a sultry afternoon is in one of the several Budapest beaches.

Some Beaches in Budapest open on 1st May the other open their gates during May depending on the weather. Beaches stay open throughout the summer until mid September.

The Budapest Spas & Hot Springs Inc. operates 15 baths with 102 pools out of which 5 are beaches.

Most beaches have been reconstructed recently and during the works equipment necessary for providing suitable water quality was built in.

Most Popular Beaches in Budapest
Beaches Out of the City Centre

Most Popular Budapest Beaches

Palatinus Beach - one of the largest beach complexes of Budapest

Address: Margaret Island, tram 4,6 Margaret Island stop

Open: every day from 9.00 till 20.00. (Open until 31st August)

Admission:

Adults (full-day tickets with locker use):

Workdays: 2 100 HUF, Holidays: 2 400 HUF, Afternoon ticket on workdays 3 hours before closure: 1 200 HUf

Discount Tickets

Adults with Budapest Card: workdays: 1 890 HUF, holidays: 2 160 HUF

Child and Senior All-day Tickets with Locker use:

Workdays: 1 600 HUF (1440 HUF with Budapest Card), Holidays: 1 800 HUF ( 1620 HUF with Budapest card)

Night bathing (Friday, Saturday: 22.00 -03.00): 2 400 HUF

Relax and bath within a beautiful, green surrounding on the Palatinus Beach on Margaret Island, Budapest's most popular recreation spot.

Natural springs of the island feed the numerous pools:

Csillaghegy Swimming Pool and Beach - the oldest beach in Budapest

Address: Pusztakúti út 3., III. district, bus 42, suburbian railway to Szentendre from Batthyány tér

Open: every day from 6.00 till 20.00

Admission:

Adults: Day-ticket with locker use: 1 600 HUF, afternoon ticket on workdays 3 hours before closing: 800 HUF, afternoon tickets on weekends: 1 200 HUF

Children-pensioners: 1 200 HUF, free for children under 6.

Csillaghegy Beach and Swimming Pool has been operateing since the second half of the 19th century. You can bath there even in winter under a canvas tent roof. The pools have been built into the side of the hill in a terraced form: on the first level are the swimming pool and the beach pool while on the upper level the children's pool welcome the young water lovers while their parents can get a nice tan on the sun terrace. Natural mineral water with calcium-magnesium-hydrogen-carbonate.

If you soaked enough in the pools of the Csillaghegy Beach explore its peaceful neighbourhood which has some interesting sights, like the Tomb of Gül Baba which is a an important muslim pilgrimage site today.

Dagály

Address: Népfürdő utca 36., XIII. district

Open: 2010 every day 6.00-20.00 (until 30th May-31st August 2010)

Admission:

Adults (all-day ticket with locker use): workdays: 2 000 HUF, weekends-holidays: 2 300 HUF, afternoon ticket on workdays 2 hours before closing: 1 650 HUF, afternoon ticket on weekends-holidays: 2 000 HUF

Children and Senior Citizens (with locker use): workdays: 1 700 HUF, weekends-holidays: 1 800 HUF, Entrance is free for children under 6.

The Dagály Beach on the Danube bank near Árpád Bridge, has 10 different pools including 2 thermal pools, 2 swimming pools, a splashing pool for the little ones, a pool for bigger kids, a swimming instruction pool, an adventure pool. The fancy pool heightens your bathing experience with several fun elements: a whirling corridor, an effervescent bed, a whirlpool, neck showers, and geysers. The surrounding park and the fresh air also help you relax.

Paskál Beach

Address: Egressy út 178/f, XIV. district, trolley buses 77, 82

Open: 30th May-31st August 2010, every day. from 9.00 till 20.00

Admission:

• Adults: all-day ticket with locker use: workdays: 1 400 HUF, Holidays-weekends: 1 600 HUF
  
  
• Afternoon ticket on workdays 3 hours prior to closing: 800 HUF
  
  
• Child and Senior Ticket (full-day with locker use): workdays: 900 HUF, Holidays-weekends: 1 100 HUF
  
  
• entrance is free for children under 6.

Hot spring water containing calcium-, magnesium-hydrogen-carbonate and chloride, also sodium ions feeds the bath units of Paskál. Though it's a bit out of the city centre the large park around the Paskál bath is worth the trouble of getting there.

Római Beach

Address: Rozgonyi Piroska 2., III. district, buses 34, 106 and by by suburbian railway from Batthyány tér

The Romans had already gained their water supply from the area in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, but they surely didn't enjoy the neck shower, an effervescent facility and other amenities that you can today at the Római Beach. The 2000-year old ruins of their settlement named Aquincum can be seen in the nearby Aquincum Museum.

Open: every day: 9.00-20.00 (until 31st August)

Admissions:

Discounts for Budapest Card Holders

Tickets with locker use: workdays: 1 620 HUF, holidays: 1 800 HUF. TIP: buy your Budapest card in advance through a secure online system here. The price of the 48-hour card is 6300 HUF, the 72-hour card costs 7500 HUF.

Children and Senior Citizens (all-day tickets with locker use):

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Pünkösdfürdő Beach

Open: weekdays: 9.00-20.00, weekends: 8.00-20.00 (until 31st August)

Admission:

• Tickets for adults (locker use): workdays (for all day) 1 200 HUF, weekends-holidays: 1 400 HUF
  
  
• Discount afternoon ticket ( 3 hours prior to closing time): 600 HUF

Children and Senior Citizens (all-day tickets with locker use):

Workdays: 800 HUF, Holidays: 900 HUF

Address: Királyok útja 272., III. district, buses 34, 145 and 146 or by suburbian railway to Szentendre from Batthyány tér

The beach is at the Danube bank in Buda within a beautiful, landscaped environment where 3 pools welcome both young and old.

Széchenyi Bath

Address: Állatkerti Körút 11., City Park, XIV. district, trolley bus 72

Admission:

All-day ticket with cabin use: on workdays: 3 400 HUF, on weekends-holidays: 3 500 HUF (you'll get 300 HUF refund if you leave within 2 hours)

All-day ticket with locker use: on workdays: 3 000 HUF, on weekends-holidays: 3 100 HUF (300 HUF refund within 2 hours).

10 % discount for Budapest card holders.

The Széchenyi Spa complex has a large outdoor section which is open all year. After a refreshing bath go for a walk in the City Park where several attractions (the Budapest Zoo, Amusement Park) provide for enetertainmnet for all members of the family.

Gellért Bath

Address: Kelenhegyi út 4., XI. district, Buda, trams 47, 49, 18

Open: swimming pool: Mon-Fri: 6.00-19.00 every day, Sat: 6.00-10.00, Sun: 6.00-20.00
Thermal bath: Mon-Fri: 6.00-19.00, Sat-Sun: 6.00-18.00

Admission:

Adults:

full-day ticket with cabin use on weekdays: 3 800 HUF, on weekends: 3 900 HUF, with locker use on weekdays: 3 500 HUF, on weekends: 3 600 HUF (300 HUF refund if you leave within 2 hours)

Children:

all day pool ticket with cabin use on weekdays: 2 400 HUf, on weekends: 2 500 HUF

all day pool ticket with locker use: on weekdays: 2 200 HUF, on weekends: 2 300 HUF (200 HUF refund if you leave within 2 hours)

The grand Gellért Bath also has 3 outdoor pools including one for children.

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Budapest Beaches in the Outter Districts

Csepeli Beach

Address: Hollandi út 14., XXI. district, take the suburban railway from Boráros tér and get off at Szent Imre tér in Csepel, than take bus 71

Open: 9.00-20.00 every day (until 31st August)

Admission:

Some of the medicinal baths are undergoing lengthy remodeling project, see details on our Budapest baths page.

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