For my last weekend in Budapest one of the last things I planned on doing was to visit one of the Turkish baths which are common on the Buda side. I hadn't been to the baths on my last two visits to the city. My apartment is actually next to Kiraly baths so I planned on going there Sunday after biking all day Saturday.

I've also been deep cleaning my apartment in stages each weekend since I don't think anyone ever has or ever will with elderly landlords and monthly turnover of students so it was a good way to get rid of the detergent odours also

I noticed the Turkish dome one day when trying a new walking route but I couldn't figure out how to get in. What is common is that they have built extensions to the original Turkish portion and entrance is now thru the new addition

Entrance is 2400Ft ($12) and you can rent a towel for extra if you don't bring your own. Swimsuits are mandatory. There are also different times for men only, women only, and mixed. The mens only time is popular with local gays so something to be aware of if that bothers you. I went during mixed hours

After paying you go upstairs to the changing rooms. The wristband is an electronic key to turn the turnstile. The changing rooms have checkered tiles and painted wood cubicles with a Victorian seaside feel.

The attendant told me to go in one and get changed. Then I didn't know where to put my clothes so brought them out with my shoes to find the lockers. The attendant told me to leave everything in the cubicle and he locked the door. He said I should take my towel

The shower stalls were very old so I just had a quick rinse. I was anxious to get to the original Turkish bath. Just behind the showers was the Turkish bath

It was a large round stone chamber with holes to let light in from the dome above. The dome is visible from the outside. The temperature was warm and there were some elderly people and some people in 20-30s who may be tourists.

After a while I wanted to see what else there was. On one side was a small pool but when I dipped in it was ice water. To the side was a door to a steam room. Each was under a smaller Turkish dome with holes above

I went in the steam room and aside from the steam it stank and was hard to breath. I'd heard they use sulphur in the baths and this was my first contact. After about 10 seconds I was slowly able to breath as my body adjusted. The steam wasn't as bad now and I was getting used to the sulphur

I then took turns going back to the main pool . The sulphur steam room is actually one of the three small domes. The centre small dome was the ice pool and the other dome was a shower room.

On another side of the main pool was a warm water pool. I took turns going from the sulphur steam room, to the warm water pool, and the main pool.

The main pool had a wide water head from which the water flowed into the pool. People would take turns to get the massaging shower feel. After going in the sulphur steam a few times I started to taste it as the sweat would run down my face.

It would have been nice to take pics but my camera would have got destroyed from the steam, water, and sulphur. I found some pictures off google images below.

I wandered around some more and found a whirlpool, and massage rooms. There lots of private rooms so I don't know what they are. There was also a garden courtyard for more warmer weather

Inside the entrance was a museum of the baths in Budapest as well as some Turkish artefacts. I'm told Kiraly is a run down version of Rudas which is a much nicer Turkish bath past the castle.

After I went for a big meal at the Gul Baba Turkish restaurant. I'm having problems on weekends of not having enough food at home and was starving saturday after biking all day.

When I got home I was really sleepiy. I dont know if it was from the baths or was I just tired.

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