Gellért Thermal Baths and Swimming Pool, also called Gellért fürdő or Gellért Baths

latitude:47.483683046089
longitude:19.052213430405

Budapest is unique for being the only large city in the world that abounds with fountains of healing water.
70 million liters of 21-78 Celsius warm thermal water spring forth daily from its 118 natural thermal springs.
No wonder, that as early as in 1934, Budapest was awarded the supreme title "Spa City".
Three years later, the first International Balneological Congress was organized,
and the seat of the International Balneological Association was established at the Gellért Thermal Bath in Budapest.

The Balneological Congress reasoned with the following words:

"...no city can put forward a stronger claim to this than Budapest.
Endowed by nature with a wonderful generosity of excellent thermal waters and unrivalled natural beauty;
additionally, its high medical professionalism, the excellent equipment of its healing institutions,
the high level of scientific research, makes Budapest the optimum choice for international affairs of balneology to be handled from here..."

Gellért Thermal Baths and Swimming Pool, also called Gellért fürdő or Gellért Baths,
are a bath complex in Budapest, Hungary, built between 1912 and 1918 in the (Secession) Art Nouveau style.
It was damaged during World War II, but then rebuilt.
References to healing waters in this location are found from as early as the 13th century.
A hospital was located on this site during the Middle Ages.
During the reign of the Ottoman Empire, baths were also built on this particular site.

The Gellért Baths complex includes thermal baths, which are small pools containing water from Gellért hill's mineral hot springs.
The water contains calcium, magnesium, hydrocarbonate, alkalis, chloride, sulfate and fluoride.
Medical indications of the water includes degenerative joint illnesses, spine problems,
chronic and sub-acute joint inflammations, vertebral disk problems, neuralgia,
vasoconstriction and circulatory disturbances;
inhalation problems for the treatment of asthma and chronic bronchitis problems.

There are two different thermal baths, according to the signs on the walls of the baths,
one is around 36 °C and the other around 38 °C. The thermal baths are decorated beautifully with mosaic tiles.

Gellért Spa is famous for its main hall with gallery and glass roof, built in Art-Nouveau style (shown here).
The current bath complex and hotel was opened in 1918 and was expanded in 1927 and 1934 with artificial wave pool and with bubble bath.