Rudas Bath is probably the most popular medieval Turkish bath in Budapest, the City of Baths, famous for its bathing palaces like the Neo-Baroque Szechenyi Bath or the Art Nouveau Gellert Bath.
What makes Rudas Bath stand out is the modern rooftop panorama pool overlooking the river Danube and its many Budapest river cruise boats, the Hungarian Parliament, the historical bridges and more. Also, Rudas Bath boasts a 16th-century thermal bath in its core, called the Turkish Bath.
While Rudas Bath is not fully coed during certain hours from Mon to Fri morning, the weekends and holidays welcome mixed visitors (regardless of which gender).
In addition, Rudas Spa offers a special late night bathing opportunity, with its special overnight opening hours every Friday (the baths reopen from 10 pm to 3 am, both nights: Rudas Night Bathing is only available with tickets booked online). Finally, Rudas is the only thermal bath in Budapest, which has – at least in a smaller part of the thermal complex – men only and women only weekdays in certain hours, when aprons are worn by many guests instead of traditional swimwear.
You can book your Rudas Bath entries with a 3-course meal right in the Thermal Baths for a special extra. The Bistro in Rudas Bath is accessible from the bath so you can enjoy a proper seated lunch or dinner without having to get changed, in your bath robes.
Rudas Bath & Dining Experience Booking
Opening Hours – Rudas Bath
- Mondays: 6 am – 11 am (Men only), Coed: 11 am – 10 pm
- Tuesdays: 6 am – 8 pm (Women only)
- Wednesdays: 6 am – 8 pm (Men only)
- Thursdays: 6 am – 11 am (Men only), Coed: 11 am – 8 pm
- Fridays: 6 am – 11 am (Men only), Coed: 11 am – 8 pm; reopens at 10 pm, closing after midnight at 3am
- Saturdays: Coed: 6 am – 8 pm; reopens at 10 pm, closing after midnight at 3am
The bath is open on holidays, including national and any other holidays, e.g. Christmas, New Year, etc with a mixed set up (open to all genders). That means that the bath is open 365 days. Due to its popularity among locals, expats and tourists alike places are subject to availability at all times. Rudas Bath is a large bath complex, mostly co educated, but one of its several pools, the Turkish Bath has gender specific days, as seen below.
Did you know that you can book a rooftop small thermal pool privately in the evening hours – just the two of you in a romantic setting with views over the river Danube?
Turkish Baths Coed Days
- Mon: Mixed 11 am – 8pm
- Tue: not mixed
- Wed: not mixed
- Thur Mixed 11 am – 8pm
- Fri Mixed 11 am – 8pm
- Fri Night Mixed 10pm – Sat 3 am: Night Bathing with online tickets only – All Genders
- Sat: Mixed 6 am – 8 pm
- Sat Night Mixed 10pm – Sun 3 am: Night Bathing with online tickets only – All Genders
- Sunday: Mixed 6 am – 8 pm All Genders
- Holidays & Festive Season periods: Coed – Mixed all day (incl. Easter, Pentecost, Christmas etc.)
(hours and settings are subject to change, including the gender specific days in the Turkish Bath inside Rudas Bath. Kindly note that the majority of the bath complex, the saunas, plunge pool, large indoor thermal swimming pool etc. are coed, mixed seven days a week)
Rudas Bath is located at the foot of the scenic Gellert Hill on the Buda side.
Turkish Bath inside the Rudas Bath Complex
Turkish baths in Budapest are amazing oriental monuments with modern-day facilities. Many tourists who visited Turkey will expect to see the dry Turkish sauna as a Turkish bath, but the medieval Turkish baths of Budapest are not steam baths as in modern-day Turkey, but historical Turkish baths with a central octagonal-shaped pool extended with other baths.
That said, you can take a Turkish bath as a steam bath too, as Rudas Bath offers a complex bath and wellness experience, including a hammam (Turkish sauna) as well as an ilidza (Turkish “Ilica” for warm thermal spring). There are 6 thermal baths in Rudas Bath as well as a larger swimming pool.
The knights of St John in the 13th century built their healing center here, then after the Buda Castle siege, when the Ottoman Turkish armies successfully captured the Royal Palace of Hungarians, the Turks started to build a series of Turkish baths along the river Danube, using the deep underground hot spring waters for relaxing, bathing and healing. Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (Sokoli Mustafa), the Turkish pasha, who excelled in the siege of Vienna, and governed the town of Buda for 12 years during the Turkish occupation in Hungary, made sure that the baths are well built (with hard ceramic pipes, and tiles brought from Turkey).
Last updated on Jan, 2026
Hello, this looks wonderful, is it possible to buy a ticket for 2 people for 28th December 2025 or do we just turn up and pay at the cashier? Thank you.
Dear Leanne,
Thank you for your message. As 28th December is a busy period, we recommend booking tickets in advance to guarantee entry. Walk-ins are not guaranteed.
Enjoy your time at the Bath!
What is the cost for entry just to use the baths only ( without the dinner package)? Does one buy online in advance ( I didn’t see how to do that on this page) or in person? Our possible dates are Dec 21 or 22. Is it likely to be full and are there lines to get in at that time? Thank you.
Dear Miriam,
Thank you for reaching out regarding the Veli Bej Bath.
Tickets are available for purchase only at the cashier – online sales are not possible. Both cash and card payments are accepted on the spot.
We have sent further details via email.
Enjoy your winter holiday in Budapest!
Hi. My husband and I will be in Budapest December 30th – January 1st. Have tickets went on sell for those dates yet? If not, when do they go on sale?
Dear Julie,
Thank you for contacting us.
Booking calendars will open around 30 days before the date. We have sent you further details via email.
Enjoy your winter holiday in Budapest
Hi,
Do you offer access for men and women on Tuesdays? And can you book just access to the baths without dinner?
My partner and I want to visit on Tuesday November 4th from around 5:30pm-7:30pm.
Thank you.
Dear Emer,
The Turkish bath is women only, on Tuesdays 6am – 8pm, the rest is coed in Rudas Baths.
We have sent you further details via email.
Enjoy your time in the Bath!
Hi I arrive Budapest on 23 Oct and plan to visit Rudas Baths. May i know if it is open on this National Day?
I plan to come around 5 pm.
Dear Beng,
Thank you for your inquiry.
Yes, thermal baths in Budapest, including Szechenyi Baths, Rudas Baths, Lukacs Baths or Palatinus Baths, will be open on Hungarian public holidays as well (e.g. 20th Aug, 23rd Oct, 1st Nov), i.e. on any national holiday spa baths will operate with Sunday opening hours and Sunday pricing. Most baths are universally available with mixed gender days. Likewise, on public holidays Rudas, unlike on regular weekdays, runs to the weekend (mixed-gender) schedule.
If you’re planning to come around late afternoon, until 5 PM, that’s absolutely fine; just allow a little extra time for changing and for any short queues at peak times.
Hi,
thank you for the info. I would like to go Rudas Baths on 23 Oct. Can I pre-purchase entrance tickets online or I have to purchase at the casher on that day? I can’t seems to book here in this website.