Lukács Baths Tickets

For most visitors, the Lukács full-day ticket is the one to book. It was $37 on dates we checked in late October 2026, it is valid all day on the date you choose, and a cabin or locker is included. Add the beer spa only if you want a 45-minute private soak with a tap of your own, and take the combo only if you also want the Basilica and an evening on the river. Our Lukács review →

What Lukács is like

Lukács is a working neighborhood bath. The yellow bathhouse on Frankel Leó út in Buda wraps around a courtyard with a long outdoor swimming pool, loungers along the side and indoor thermal pools and saunas behind. Bathers keep coming back to the same few points in their reviews: more locals than tourists, a calm atmosphere, a slightly confusing layout (“a little bit of a maze,” as one put it) and a sun terrace upstairs. One reviewer measured the hottest pool at 40 °C and the sauna at about 70 °C. Another came for proper lap swimming and found it.

What is closed right now, and the rules that catch people out

Two things are out of action. The bath’s own site says the wellness Finnish sauna and the private bath service are unavailable during renovation, and the wheelchair lifts are out of service. The rest of the sauna world still operates, but on weekdays it opens only from 14:00 (all day at weekends and on holidays).

Under-14s are not admitted, so families should look at Palatinus on Margaret Island, the family bath with two children’s pools and a child rate. Bring a swim cap: it is compulsory in the swimming pools, and more than one reviewer was turned away from the outdoor pool without one. Slippers are compulsory too, and full-body swimwear is not permitted. Pay for anything on site by card, because the shops and café do not take cash.

Which Lukács ticket to book

The day ticket is the plain choice: entry, a cabin or locker depending on availability, and the whole day to use it. On the bath’s own 2026 price list an adult ticket costs 7,000 HUF Monday to Thursday and 8,000 HUF Friday to Sunday, so buying online is about having your ticket settled before you arrive.

The Lukács beer spa is a 45-minute private session in a wooden tub of Lukács thermal water with hops, malt and brewer’s salt, unlimited draft beer from your own copper tap, a hot sandwich and a cup of hops tea at the end. It was $117 on its own and $151 with full-day bath entry (which starts from 11:00) on dates we checked. Arrive 20 minutes early and plan on about 75 minutes in total. It has only five reviews so far, averaging 4.6. Our Lukács beer spa review → For the Széchenyi version, see our Budapest beer spa page.

The Super Saver combo bundles a Lukács day ticket with a 50-minute English-language tour of St. Stephen’s Basilica at 4:00 pm and a 90-minute night cruise on the Gróf Széchenyi at 7:00 pm with a welcome drink. At $71 it rates 4.6 from 138 reviews, and bathers like that they can use the spa at any hour on the day. Transfers between the three are not included, so a morning soak works best. Our Super Saver review →

When to go

Lukács opens at 7:00 every day and closes at 19:00, except Tuesday, when it stays open until 22:00. Ticket sales stop an hour before closing, and the pools are cleared 20 minutes before, so on a normal day arrive by 18:00 at the latest. Tuesday evening is the easy way to fit a soak around a full day of sightseeing. If you want the sauna world on a weekday, go after 14:00.

How to get there

The address is Frankel Leó út 25-29, in District II. The bath lists trams 4, 6, 17 and 19, buses 9 and 109 and the HÉV suburban railway as its connections. It is a short trip from Margaret Island, which makes Lukács and Palatinus an easy pair if you are planning two bath days.

Lukács or Széchenyi?

Choose Széchenyi for the big yellow palace, three outdoor pools and the crowds that come with them. A Széchenyi day ticket was from $52 on a weekday on dates we checked, and it stays open to 22:00 on Fridays. Choose Lukács for a quieter, cheaper day among locals, a long outdoor pool for actual swimming and the Tuesday late opening. Both turn away under-14s. Our full Széchenyi vs Lukács comparison goes pool by pool, and Széchenyi tickets covers the locker, cabin and fast-track options.