Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, is world-renowned for its historic thermal baths, with the Széchenyi Thermal Bath ...

Visitors enjoy a thermal bath in the open air pool at the Szechenyi Thermal Bath in Budapest, Hungary on Jan. 16, 2026.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Spa fans flocked to Budapest's world-famous thermal baths on Saturday as Hungary relaxed lockdown restrictions for people with government-issued vaccination cards. A queue formed ...

The buzz about Budapest has been steadily building since Hungary joined the European Union in 2004. Tourists and multinational companies alike have gravitated to the city's humming core. But the ...

Visitors enjoy a thermal bath with a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius in the open air pool of Szechenyi Thermal Bath in Budapest, Hungary on Jan. 15, 2020. The number of visitors to Budapest's spas ...

It's 10am on a chilly Friday in ­Budapest, and instead of a winter coat and scarf, I am ambling about under a flawless blue sky in nothing more than a swimming costume and towelling robe. The air is ...

In recent years Széchenyi Thermal Bath has won many awards and qualifications. This year - first among the baths in Budapest - it acquired the "EuropeSpa" international quality certificate in the ...

Every week our Holiday Hero Neil Simpson takes an in-depth look at a brilliant holiday topic, doing all the legwork so you don’t have to. This week: hot spas in Hungary. Mid-winter city breaks can be ...

It was cold outside in Budapest on the day I visited Széchenyi Bath (or fürdő in Hungarian), a Neo-baroque-style bathhouse built in 1913. Snow flurries were intermittent and wondrous, the chill broken ...

For me, splashing and relaxing in Budapest's thermal baths is the city's top attraction. Though it might sound daunting, bathing in Budapest is far more accessible than you'd think. Tourists are ...