This being rest day 2, a leisurely breakfast and decided on the Lukacs Bath, not one of the more famous grandiose ones, but its been around a long time, the others.see many many more people n crowds, and the price is half, i figured a hot bath n massage is a pretty good way to start the day so…
It was only 3 subway stops up from Astoria station, and a 15 minute walk along the Danube promenade from there, pastcruise ships and looking at the massive parliament building across in Pest.I could have got the 17 tram in about the same time, but it was sunny warmish and the air was fresh off the river.
It was a big complex very old, old trees lines the serpentine paved walkway to the entry. The cashier spoke good English, and soon we settled for a swim cap, bath entry, a private dressing cabinet, and a 45 minute refreshing massage for 15,800 florints, $44.50 in dollars. And it was money well spent, I did not want to leave, no wonder the locals there pack a picnic lunch and cards or dominoes and spend the whole day there.
They give you a bracelet which lets you in the turnstile, once upstairs, you hold this up to a reader on the wall, and it tells you your box number, your door is open, a little cubicle maybe 40” square with a wire mesh on top and a hanger, a couple shelves, a chair, and a light. When you are dressed, you leave everything, your phone, valuables inside, close the door, and hold your bracelet up to the lock, it flashes green and you can turn the lock, it flashes red its locked. They also have a safe at the front desk if you want more security.
Shower with soap before entering the pools, this one had one large leisure pool, with jets coming up from the bottom, and under reclining areas, and in a whirlpool section you sir like a regular h whirlpool. The whirlpool is circular, and around it the water swirls with a current, so you can glide around there what fun! Then there are a couple overhead forceful showers about a foot 24” wide and a few spots where warmer water jets up from the bottom, and they all alternate off and on every five minutes orso, so everyone gets a chance to experience everything there are signs to don’t do more than 10 minutes so others can enjoy too.
After an hour an a half of that, i went up for my massage. Oh there were two other outdoor pools for messing around and lap swimming, and inside by the sauna and steam room there was an ice bath, and cold tub, and some cooler shallow wading pools.
The massage was great, after about 20 minutes the masseuse, who didn’t speak much English, noticed something was wrong w my right shoulder, which i have osteoarthritis and torn muscles and ligiment damage, not good here? lol no i said it hurts but do what you can. He said, don’t want make worse, want make better…so he worked on that area a long time.
After the massage i thought well I’m done might as well leave and get packed, but, i didn’t want to leave, and since they had a snack bar i think they called it Beer Therapy… anyway they had a veggie sandwich and tonic water so i ate, then went into the herbal sauna for a while, then the steam room, then tried the cold tub lol no way, went back into the leisure pool til 400 so i figured 4.5 hours was enough and i have to pack tonight getaway in the morning so that was it. Thought about staying another day and do that again tomorrow, but no, there are other thermal spa towns along the way i have just 12 days now to get to Munich, and Bratislava is next its 270 km so 3 days ride. Well rested i should sleep well tonight and have fresh legs in the morning.
So an early dinner at a Thai restaurant nearby and its time for bed.
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