Thermal Baths at the Hotel Gellert

by Ben Hymes
I think that my favorite part of Budapest was the thermal baths that were part of our hotel. We had to take an old style elevator down to the pools which was operated by an old woman. There were three different areas; mens, womens and co-ed. The mens area had two hot pools ,a steam room, a cold plunge and a massage area. The hot pools were amazing, they had mosaic tiles everywhere and statues on the edge of the pools shooting out hot water. The steam room was extremely hot. We would go into the steam room for as long as we could stand and then go in the cold plunge. They also had a great massage area. I got a twenty-minute massage for only twelve dollars and so did some other people. It felt great! The co-ed area had the main big pool which was spectacular. There were pillars all around it and dragon statues shooting out water similar to the hot pool. In the co-ed area there was also a hot pool so that couples could sit together, but it wasn’t as amazing as the segregated hot pool. So far my favorite part of the trip has been the thermal hot baths in Budapest.