Dandár Thermal Baths

We enjoyed our morning here and definitely recommend it if you are looking to relax. Here is some information to help you plan your trip here. Things to bring: swimsuit, towel, credit card if you want to buy something from the little cafe there, flipflops, a little bag to carry things in and your phone with the QR codes on if you bought your tickets online. Some people bring a hat, reading material, sunscreen (for sun lounging after going in the pools, sunglasses, water bottle. We bought our tickets online at the site linked on this page as the official website. The price was 2900HUF per person. On the website it indicated that the inside pools (excluding the cold pool) were closed for renovation. This did not deter us. The tickets are emailed to you. Note that there is a message that says not to use Microsoft email addresses. Upon arrival we went up the stairs and found the ticket counter. She smiled and scanned the QR codes we received. We were then given a "watch" each. See photos. No deposit was asked for. To enter the changing area you need to go up the stairs. Here you use your "watch" to scan an electric turnstile. You enter. Also there is a friendly woman worker here who will assist you if you don't understand the technology (like me!)😅 You turn right and enter an area with lockers. Interestingly it is for everyone regardless of your sex. I found a room titled a "cabin". I used this room to change into my swimsuit. I then went and found a locker. You use your "watch" to lock your locker. There are pictures and some English here to help you along but we did have to intuit a bit too. And it worked like magic. There are washrooms here, a shower area. You leave the changing area the same way you came. You go back down the stairs. The sauna was inside and it was open for use. We used the two outside pools. One was 36C and the other was 38C. There is an outdoor shower there as well. The atmosphere was very relaxing. There are sunbeds inside and outside. In view of both pools you will find an area to hang your bag and/or towel if you choose to bring anything with you. We left everything locked in the locker. The outdoor pools, the changing room upstairs, and the washrooms were very clean and in very good shape. You can use the spinner to help remove excess water from your bathing suit. There are small bags for you to place your wet suit in. After you leave the changing area you place your watch in a slot by the turnstile. This allows you to leave. Please don't worry if you don't remember all this. Everyone was friendly and helpful. There are a lot of signs that were in English as well as Hungarian.

It's not an extravagant bath house. But! Very affordable. The MOST affordable (as far as I know) in Budapest. Multiple pools of multiple temperatures, both indoors and outdoors. Saunas as well. The staff is very sweet and friendly and helpful. Do bring towels and flip-flops for your own convenience. PS: If you think you'll mostly find old people because it's a bit old and secluded, you'd be wrong! Plenty of young folk visit.

This not a fancy place for leisure but a rather simple practical place for people with heath problems. Still the thermal baths are wonderful.

Have a good soak although the temperatures was a bit low for me (38degC) even in the warmest pool. I opt for both the indoor and out door pools, which cost me ft 3400 in total. Also filled up my bottle with the thermal drinking water on my way out. Recommended!

I only give this place 3 stars because it's the cheapest of the five baths I've been to (Rudas, Lukacs, Szechenyi and Gellert) the other four. It's Ok, but to be honest I would rather pay a bit more for better facilities. The Wellness Centre is poor in comparison to Rudas and there is no swimming pool. The three indoor baths have temperature of 20C, 35C and 38C, whilst the two outdoor baths have temperatures of 36C and 38C. I prefer hotter and colder eg. Gellert I recorded 44C and 13.5C. If you pay the additional amount of 700 huf on top of the 2700 huf, you get to use the steam room (circa 44C) and Sauna (circa 44C) the cold pool there I recorded at only 17C, I wanted colder. It's really popular with local Hungarian people, not many tourists here. But whilst I enjoyed my visit, I rank it last of the five. My No1 based on both price and facilities is Rudas, no contest !!!

The baths have been under renovation for a long time. This week we read they were open. We visited today and to our surprise all of the indoor thermal pools are still under renovation. Outside pools (which aren't thermal) and sauna are open. Be aware

Clean, calm, easy. Wonderful warm mineral pools under open sky. So relaxing. Lockers and cabins were easy to use, sauna was nice and hot, hairdryers and swimsuit spinner included. Very pleased with my relaxing afternoon here

We booked two baths, on back to back days, to compare. I prefer the Széchenyi baths as the location was far bigger with a lot more pools. However there are a lot of pluses for Dandar. They are far less crowded and far more affordable. One such item that gave it extra points was the massage service. For the price of entry to Széchenyi, we got entry to Dandar and a massage. Jozef did my massage and it was one of the best I've ever had. I would go back just for that service alone.