Parts of Rudas Baths are coed on weekends with a woman-only day during the week. Király Baths is one of the oldest thermal baths in Budapest. It was built away from its hot spring so that ...

A soak in a thermal bath is a quintessential Budapest experience. (It hasn't cultivated a reputation as the "City of Spas" for nothing.) These baths, or fürdok in Hungarian, are heated by natural ...

Photo by Karim Saldi, courtesy Giorgio Armani. Gellert Medicinal Baths in Budapest, Hungary. Photo by Getty Images. Rudas Thermal Bath in Budapest, Hungary. Photo by Getty Images. Szechenyi Bath ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Seven in the morning at Budapest’s Rudas thermal baths on the banks of the Danube, and ribbons of steam ...

Visit Szimpla Kert (szimpla.hu/en) for a taste of Budapest at its Bohemian best. DO: The Rudas Thermal Bath ($13), tucked away under the Buda side of the Elisabeth Bridge, is a jewel of Ottoman ...

Budapest’s plentiful thermal springs gush ... used at many of the city’s spas), relishes settling in at Rudas Thermal Bath. Its centerpiece octagonal pool lined with pillars sits adjacent ...

But 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.

Nestled beneath Gellért Hill on the banks of the Danube river, Rudas Baths is one of the more favored thermal spas in Budapest. Dating back to 1550, it has the look and feel of what one would ...

It’s one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, but Budapest can also make a claim to be one of the most relaxing, thanks to a secret buried beneath its 10 of the best spas and bathhouses in ...