Travel bucket list idea:
Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary
Bucket List Experience
Known as the ‘City of Spas’, Budapest has more thermal and medicinal water springs than any other city – 118 in fact, providing over 70 million litres of thermal water a day. Although used by the Romans, spa bathing didn’t become an integral part of Budapest culture until the 16th-century Turkish occupation.
Today there are 15 public thermal baths (and many more private ones), notably the Szechenyi, a vast golden palace of steam pools and artesian water baths.
Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary
Bucket List Experience
Experience
A fabulous art nouveau bathhouse, a sprawling spa complex of baths and pools. From steam baths and artesian water baths inside, to steaming thermal pools outside. Budapest’s best natural spa and local institution.
Adult price: 14
Min age 14
Good for age: 14+
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Inspiration
‘Natural’ spa holidays can be traced back thousands of years – Cleopatra was a regular visitor to the rejuvenating waters of the Dead Sea. Here’s our round-up of some of the best places to find the authentic ‘natural spa’ experience.