Thermal Bathing and Opera!

Today was our last full day in Hungary. We had a wonderfully relaxing time at the Gellért Thermal Bath. Budapest and Hungary have many thermal baths. The two best known ones, at least to tourists, are the Széchenyi Baths and the Gellért Baths. Which to choose? In the end we chose Gellért. I had previously toured the Széchenyi Baths so knew what they were like. They are beautiful and the complex is very large attracting many more people. We thoroughly enjoyed just lying back in warm water relaxing. There are 6 inside and 2 outside pools, saunas plus lots of spa treatment rooms. Most people, when we were there, preferred to be on sunbeds in the sun or in the outdoor pools so the inside ones didn't have many people - which was nice for us as we stayed indoors!

In the late afternoon we had a booking to tour the State Opera House. What an amazing building. We were treated to 10 minutes from an Italian Opera at the end.

Finally for the day, a farewell dinner with Patty and Mac, our good friends and travelling companions these past 12 days. We ate at an excellent Japanese restaurant right near the Danube. We will miss them!Read more