Palatinus Strand
Palatinus Strand
4.5
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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Neighborhood: Margaret Island
For Budapest, this island between the banks of the Danube represents a green oasis, especially during summer when its emerald spaces are much enjoyed by both locals and tourists. The gardens here are very picturesque; the flowers in full bloom give the landscape a variety of hues; the fountains add an air of freshness, making walks peaceful, joyful and romantic. A leisurely stroll will uncover a variety of sites, even the ruins of a medieval Franciscan church and convent are still visible.
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Tigerram
34 contributions
Jun 2022 • Couples
Half the price of the higher profiles thermal spas in the city, has two Thermal pools, separate swimming lanes (for the energetic), a Wave pool, additional heated pools (all with in-pool seating) and a kids pool. Such a large facility that you do not feel crowded even alongside thousands of fellow bathers. Throw in many well priced food and drink options (very nice cocktails!), plus Free poolside lockers, and you have a great venue for hours of relaxation. (Note: is ‘not’ a natural spring spa if you particularly want that). Recommend a cabin for minor additional cost if you have larger personal items to store or want changing privacy.
Margaret island itself has many other attractions which make it a great part of any visit to Budapest. We went by boat and left on foot, easy to get to from most parts of the city.
Margaret island itself has many other attractions which make it a great part of any visit to Budapest. We went by boat and left on foot, easy to get to from most parts of the city.
Written June 26, 2022
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Ian G
Liverpool, UK113 contributions
Jun 2022 • Family
Just can't understand any poor review. The baths are very cheap if you're going for the day. Me, my wife and little girl who was free cost around £15. They have loads of outdoor pools, the kids areas are fantastic and shallow and safe enough. We couldn't get my daughter out. There's tonnes of snack bars selling street food, burgers, langos, beers, cocktails, ice cream, even accessories and many more at prices you'd pay on the streets.
The indoor area is also great, steam room, hot sauna, aroma sauna, cold and hot plunge, thermal pool and all very clean. Loads of free lockers, large changing rooms, lifts, everything! Even walking round the complex is nice.
The indoor area is also great, steam room, hot sauna, aroma sauna, cold and hot plunge, thermal pool and all very clean. Loads of free lockers, large changing rooms, lifts, everything! Even walking round the complex is nice.
Written June 4, 2022
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Georgia G
7 contributions
Aug 2022 • Family
Definitely the most fun and kid friendly of the thermal baths. Outside baths were great and clean. The slides were a lot of fun as was the wave pool. Good selection of food on site, could easily spend the whole day. Inside baths were limited - quite small and only one sauna was open but didn’t affect our visit
Written August 18, 2022
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Becky E
6 contributions
May 2022 • Couples
Was good for a hot day and it’s a huge place but the indoor pools smell really off and unclean. The guy making cocktails in the roof top bar was so so lovely and made unreal drinks for 3£ definitely recommend. It feels very very outdated though and half of the pools including the slides and waves pools were closed. One of the girls on the front desk was very nice and welcoming. Very relaxed vibe about this place staff turn a blind eye to bringing drinks in the pool, not wearing sliders etc. To be honest it wouldn’t be worth the full price tickets at the moment but if your a broke student on the last day of your holiday needing a wee pick me up I would recommend, wouldn’t go again though. Rudas baths are so so much better.
Written May 19, 2022
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Katy
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Jul 2022 • Friends
Myself and my friend visited here this week and we were grateful to have found somewhere like this as the sun exceed 40 degrees on most days, it was very cheap and we got to use our student cards for discount the grounds surrounding are beautiful. There are lots of food places to choose from and reasonably priced. There is probably about 7 pools doted around and a small water park, however they are very dirty and lots of stagnant water and thick black slime which you will find floating about so this was very off putting. Not sure what the cleaning regime of the pools are but as I say the grounds are lovely and people didn’t seem that bothered by the dirty water.
Written July 21, 2022
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243laidbacktraveller
Lancaster23 contributions
Jun 2022 • Friends
Spent the day with the family at Palatinus Strand baths on Margaret Island Budapest and had a fantastic day.
Margaret Island is a beautiful place to visit and the baths are the icing on the cake.
The baths offer changing facilities, lockers and a variety of indoor and outdoor pools including a wave pool, water slides, swimming pool, activity pool, children’s pool’ thermal pools and main relaxation pool.
Lots of sun loungers around the ‘beach’ area and all for the price of less than £7pp for the entire day - unbelievable!!!
Booked online on their own website which has an English version so booking was easy.
Food and drink was readily available, good choice and good price but you can also bring in your own food/snacks and drinks if that suits your family or your budget.
Card payment only but can load cash onto a payment card at reception which can be topped up throughout the day and any balance left will be refunded prior to leaving.
I have travelled to many places in Europe and further afield and never found anything that was better value for money and in such a beautiful setting in the park (which is free) where you can stay into the evening and have a drink, food and enjoy the entertainment on offer
Margaret Island is a beautiful place to visit and the baths are the icing on the cake.
The baths offer changing facilities, lockers and a variety of indoor and outdoor pools including a wave pool, water slides, swimming pool, activity pool, children’s pool’ thermal pools and main relaxation pool.
Lots of sun loungers around the ‘beach’ area and all for the price of less than £7pp for the entire day - unbelievable!!!
Booked online on their own website which has an English version so booking was easy.
Food and drink was readily available, good choice and good price but you can also bring in your own food/snacks and drinks if that suits your family or your budget.
Card payment only but can load cash onto a payment card at reception which can be topped up throughout the day and any balance left will be refunded prior to leaving.
I have travelled to many places in Europe and further afield and never found anything that was better value for money and in such a beautiful setting in the park (which is free) where you can stay into the evening and have a drink, food and enjoy the entertainment on offer
Written June 3, 2022
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Siddhesh K
Staines, UK241 contributions
Apr 2019
I visited Rudas and Gallerth baths but my son was disappointed and he was not allowed in both of them. We cam to know about Palatinus Strand on Margaret Island and decided to try it out.
And good thing that we did try it, first off rates are quite well priced, children are allowed, there is indoor and outdoor pool where they can accompany you, temperature of the pools was quite nice, didn't feel cold even though outside temperature was bit chilly, all in all a very good visit.
Only downside was one of the attendants was very much rude in his behaviour but that maybe entirely upto language (we didn't know Hungarian and he didn't know English)
Now this visit should take 3 hours max but Margaret Island is something you can spend whole day in, so I would highly recommend this over other baths if you have a family.
And good thing that we did try it, first off rates are quite well priced, children are allowed, there is indoor and outdoor pool where they can accompany you, temperature of the pools was quite nice, didn't feel cold even though outside temperature was bit chilly, all in all a very good visit.
Only downside was one of the attendants was very much rude in his behaviour but that maybe entirely upto language (we didn't know Hungarian and he didn't know English)
Now this visit should take 3 hours max but Margaret Island is something you can spend whole day in, so I would highly recommend this over other baths if you have a family.
Written January 6, 2020
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HerTenPence
London, UK40 contributions
May 2023 • Couples
Fantastic outdoor baths. Very clean, friendly staff and well priced. I much preferred it to Széchenyi Thermal which I found totally over priced and too touristy. Entrance here was cheap and we also managed to get sun loungers. Great vibes!
Written May 23, 2023
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umlaith
oman295 contributions
Aug 2022
We spent 4 hours here and it was very enjoyable. The kids enjoyed the water slides (my kids are teens and a tween so pretty self sufficient however if you have younger kids you need to keep an eye on them at the base pool of the slides as the "life guard" there seemed very easily distracted). The staff at the top of the slides seemed a little hap-hazard with the distance between two people entering the slide but then I guess I depends what kind of safety rules you are use to. The wave pool is announced over the PA 5 mins before it starts and it gets very crowded so watch your little ones but lots of fun. We only spent time in the outdoor pools and thermal baths so I can not comment on the others but all was good with these. you need a swimming cap if you are wanting to swim in the "lap pool". Goggles come in handy but not required. Make sure you bring flip-flops and a towel. It was very easy to get a small token card (you can attach it to the wristband and swim with it) that you can add money to and this is used at the food outlets then what ever is remaining on the cards is refunded to you when you return the token. (side note the lady working the cash counter on Fri 12th Aug was so very nice and helpful) Also when you buy your ticket you all get a wrist band that allows you to use a vacant locker and it will lock using the code in your wristband only so i felt very safe. Don't bother to rent a "cabin" it is basically a change room and there are plenty on the locker room floor for you to use (no communal changing here). If you want sun-loungers / chairs then you need to get there early, otherwise there was plenty of areas to thrown down your towel. Then near the pools there are more smaller lockers if you want to put in your valuables while swimming, again these seemed to go pretty quick. we got a txi to Margaret Island but be aware that they can only drop you at the entrance and from there is was about a 15 minute walk down to the entrance of the pools via a lovely park. Overall a really satisfying and pleasant experience.
Written August 14, 2022
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SJ
Cheltenham, UK54 contributions
Aug 2022 • Family
This is an amazing facility! It is very clean and the water temperatures are perfect.
Our children would have stayed here until closing.
To ride on the chutes, children must have a shoulder height of 1.2m.
Tips:
Plan how to get to Margaret Island
Catch the free shuttle bus from Margaret Bridge end of island
Arrive early before it gets too crowded
Our children would have stayed here until closing.
To ride on the chutes, children must have a shoulder height of 1.2m.
Tips:
Plan how to get to Margaret Island
Catch the free shuttle bus from Margaret Bridge end of island
Arrive early before it gets too crowded
Written August 18, 2022
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Sheila Valle
89 contributions
Buenas tardes, me gustaría saber si merece la pena ir? Voy con mi pareja . Y si alquilan toallas o te tienes que llevar tú la tuya?? Sabéis cuál es el precio de entrada? Muchas gracias
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Lorenzo A.
Parma, Italy525 contributions
Sì certamente, ci sono molti armadietti a disposizione gratuitamente.
parraboy
Sydney, Australia667 contributions
Hi , we are looking at visiting on 17th October, 2019. What is actually open ? Will the slides be open or will parts of the pools also be closed ? One opportunity to do a spa/thermal pool thing whilst in Budapest and have settled on this one..... any deals for familys of 4 ?
ZVeigh
East Grinstead, UK111 contributions
Hi, it’s open all year round and the thermal pool is inside so you can use that, however the slides and whirl pool and two other outside pools will be closed. I was there end of April 2019 and was told that other than two outside pools all the other ones only open during the summer.
Palatinus is great during the summer (from 1st May) when everything is open but otherwise it’s not worth going as the thermal pool is quite small. The entry fee is reduced during the winter because of the limited availability of pools.
Colder months are better in the Szechenyi Or Gellert Bath.
Hope this helps :)
Stefania D
Monterosi, Italy51 contributions
Sapete se è possibile affittare /comprare, cuffie, teli ecc?
Ps: l'uso della cuffia è obbligatorio?
Armando P
Rome, Lazio, Italy165 contributions
Si è possibile prendere teli e cuffie (ma non sono obbligatorie) a prezzi bassi
Ciao, vorrei sapere se i lettini e gli ombrelloni sono compresi nel biglietto o se si pagano a parte. Oppure se ci sono zone ombreggiate in cui sistemarsi... grazie.
korsa86
Niort, France176 contributions
Sorry, I have no idea, I didn't take them... But you have places in the shadow, of course! :-)
Does every person need their own towel or can you share towels between people
As carrying around 4 towels isn't practical and renting 4 towels is expensive
Credoc
Budapest, Hungary147 contributions
No regulations about the towels, share yours as you wish.
Hayleyrobinson29
7 contributions
Hi can you buy food here?
Palatinus Spabudapest
Budapest, Hungary1 contribution
Dear Hayleyrobinson29!
Thank you for your interest about our bath. In the area of the bath there are more snack bars, buffets, coctail bars, fast food, ice cream.
We are looking forward to seeing you!
Palatinus Strand (Budapest) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go
Frequently Asked Questions about Palatinus Strand
- Palatinus Strand is open:
- Sun - Sat 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
- Palatinus Strand can be crowded, so we recommend booking e-tickets ahead of time to secure your spot. If you book with Tripadvisor, you can cancel at least 24 hours before the start date of your tour for a full refund. See all 2 Palatinus Strand tickets and tours on Tripadvisor
- Hotels near Palatinus Strand:
- (0.52 mi) Island Hostel Budapest
- (0.39 mi) Ensana Grand Margaret Island
- (0.43 mi) Danubius Hotel Helia
- (0.52 mi) Ensana Thermal Margaret Island
- (0.73 mi) Adina Apartment Hotel Budapest
- Restaurants near Palatinus Strand:
- (0.44 mi) Stelázsi Café, Restaurant and Wine Bar
- (0.50 mi) Vogue Boat Cafe & Restaurant
- (0.46 mi) Sushi Sei Restaurant
- (1.23 mi) Zincenco Kitchen
- (0.72 mi) Kehli
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