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: Mon-Thurs: 9.00-19.00, Fri-Sun: 9.00-20.00

Admission:

Adults (full-day tickets with locker use):

Workdays: 2100 HUF, Holidays: 2400 HUF

Discount Tickets

Adults with Budapest Card: workdays: 1890 HUF, holidays: 2160 HUF

Child and Senior All-day Tickets with Locker use:

Workdays: 1600 HUF (1440 HUF with Budapest Card), Holidays: 1800 HUF (1620 HUF with Budapest card)

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:

• thermal pools,

• a pool with wave bath,

• pools with other fun elements,

• two pools for children.

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: Mon-Fri 7.00-19.00, Sat-Sun: 7.00-17.00

Admission:
Day-ticket with locker use 1200 HUF for adults, 1000 HUF for children and pensioners

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: 1st May-31st August 2009, every day 6.00-20.00

Admission:

Adults (all-day ticket with locker use): workdays: 2000 HUF, holidays: 2200 HUf, afternoon ticket on workdays 3 hours before closing: 1100 HUF

Children and Senior Citizens (add-day tickets with locker use): workdays: 1400 HUF, holidays: 1600 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 2009, Mon-Fri: 10.00-20.00, Sat-Sun: 9.00-20.00

Admission:

• Adults: all-day ticket with locker use: workdays: 1400 HUF, Holidays: 1600 HUF
  
  
• Afternoon ticket on workdays 3 hours prior to closing: 800 HUF
  
  
• Child and Senior Ticket (full-day with locker use): workdays: 900 HUF, Holiday: 1100 HUF

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: 16th May-31st August 2009: Mon-Wed: 10.00-20.00, Thurs-Sun: 9.00-20.00

Admissions:

• day-tickets with locker use: on workdays: 1700 for adults, Holidays: 1900 HUF for children and pensioners

• afternoon tickets on workdays after 3 hours before closing time: 950 HUF

Discounts for Budapest Card Holders

Tickets with locker use: workdays: 1620 HUF, holidays: 1800 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):

1080 HUF with locker use

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Pünkösdfürdő Beach

Open: 13th June-31st August 2009 weekdays: 9.00-20.00, weekends: 8.00-20.00

Admission:

Tickets for adults (locker use): workdays (for all day) 1400 HUF, holidays: 1600 HUF

Discount afternoon ticket ( 3 hours prior to closing time): 800 HUF

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

Workdays: 900 HUF, Holidays: 1100 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: 3200 HUF (you'll get 300 HUF refund if you leave within 2 hours)

All-day ticket with locker use: 2800 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: full-day ticket with cabin use: 3600 HUF with locker use: 3200 HUF, 8300 HUF refun if you leave within 2 hours)

Swimming pool ticket with cabin for max. 2-hour stay: 3300 HUF, with locker use: 3000 HUF

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: 16th May-31st August 2009

Admission:

• Adult tickets (all-day with locker use): workdays: 1700 HUF, Holidays: 1900 HUF
  
  
• afternoon ticket purchased on workdays 3 hours before closing: 950 HUF
  
  
• Children and Senior Citizens (all-day ticket with locker use: workdays: 1200 HUF, holidays: 1400 HUF

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

Pesterzsébeti Medicinal Bath and Beach - Closed

Address:Vizisport utca 2., at the Gubacsi Bridge over the small Danube, XX. district, Buses 23, 48 and 51,

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