Gellért Baths, Budapest

Carved columns and a glass roof surround the indoor swimming hall at the Gellért Baths, the Art Nouveau interior that has come to stand for Budapest's spa culture. The baths opened in 1918 at the foot of Gellért Hill. They closed on October 1, 2025, for a major renovation that is expected to keep them shut until about 2028, so this is a bath to plan around rather than book now.