Wonderful place with a few buts.

We arrived from the countryside by train to Budapest-Déli (south) terminal and from there we took a tram from across the street directly to the spa, which took about 15 minutes, so it’s super easy to get there by public transportation.

My husband loves the spas in Hungary and this place was amazing. We visited on a Sunday, when the Turkish bath is co-ed, but the entry ticket was much more expensive then during the week. This was not exactly surprising as we did some research on their website prior to our arrival. The lady in the ticketing office was not the friendliest but this wasn’t surprising either, we got used to people not really to smile in Hungary.

After we purchased our tickets and two aroma therapy massages, we tried to find out what kind of changing options we have, if we got a cabin or just a locker on our entry watches, as we were not offered any options at the time of the ticket purchase. When we approached the first gate, two men at the entry given us some guide, and advised we got lockers. The locker room was clean and tidy, and when we were on our way to the massages, I realised they have a few safe available. When I asked the lady how is it working, she said I was meant to purchase the access for a safe at the ticket office for 1000HUF upon arrival. Unfortunately, we have not been offered this option either.

Our day at the spa started with the massages. A few years ago we visited the most famous spa of Budapest, which is the Széchenyi spa and the massage was excellent there, however the aroma therapy massage at Rudas spa is mostly made out of nothing but applying oil on our bodies… we were really not satisfied with it, so we don’t recommend you to waste your money, no offence to the masseurs.

After the massage we tried the Turkish bath which was fantastic. The temperature was great, there was not many people and we really enjoyed the small baths in the corners, the saunas, salt rooms etc.

The small bath on the roof is wonderful, with great view but because of its size, it’s get filled up really quickly. The baths with very hot and very cold water is really great, but I advise you to follow the instructions the best as you can, because I didn’t, and I felt a bit unwell at the end 🤣

The other thing I found a bit negative is the lack of spin machine for our wet clothes and towels. I found one tiny at the end of our locker room that literally fit only a swimwear as it was the size of a kettle, so I had to take home our towels wet.

Other then these, the spa was clean and tidy, the food was ok, but I recommend you to have some cash on you as it took us 30 minutes to pay because the terminal was down.

Happy relaxing!