New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are some of the busiest times in Budapest, Hungary. If you are enjoying your New Year break in Budapest and wonder if Szechenyi Baths and Pool are open in Budapest, we have good news. The opening hours will be like the opening times in the last decade in Szechenyi Baths.
New Year’s Opening Hours at Szechenyi Baths
December 30 opening hours: during the day normal opening hours are with daytime guests. But the evening transforms the bath into a magical place. Just one day before Dec 31, every year there is a huge pool party in Szechenyi Bath to celebrate the end of the year. So on Dec 30 the baths will be open as usual, then the baths reopen at 9.30 pm to let in the thousands of party folks. Great DJs, laser shows, performers by the pool, great atmosphere.
- Dec 30: opening hours from 8 am to 8 pm, reopening at 9.30 pm for the pre NYE Bath Party
- Dec 31: opening hours from 8 am to 6 pm.
- The rest of the major thermal baths in Budapest like Gellert Spa, Rudas Bath, etc. also welcome visitors and there is usually less crowd.
- Jan 1: opening hours from 10 am to 8 pm.
- The rest of the major thermal baths in Budapest like Gellert Spa, Rudas Bath, etc. also welcome visitors and there is usually less crowd.
- Jan 2: opening hours from 7 am to 8 pm.
- The rest of the major thermal baths in Budapest like Gellert Spa, Rudas Bath, etc. also welcome visitors and there is usually less crowd.
- Jan 3 onwards: normal opening hours apply.
- The rest of the major thermal baths in Budapest like Gellert Spa, Rudas Bath, etc. also welcome visitors and there is usually less crowd.
More about the general Szechenyi Baths opening hours here, and info about Christmas opening times at Szechenyi Baths here.
Are Tickets Sold Out on your preferred Date? Maybe not yet!
Several Days are fully booked up online in Szechenyi Bath in Dec & Jan (although some tickets are also available on the spot, bt be early riser for them). No need to feel disappointed: you can try Rudas Bath for a blissful relaxation. Bathe & Dine packages are still pre-bookable for December & January. Rudas Bath & Bistro Booking. Pre-booking recommended as Rudas Bistro overviews the River Danube and the Bath is very popular. Rudas boasts over 10 pools, 20m swimming pool, rooftop pool with river view, several thermal pools, including a 16th century Turkish octagonal pool.
Bathe & Dine with Spa Entry and 3 Course Lunch or Dinner: €85 per Person, a superb festive treat you deserve during a crispy cold winter holiday.
New Year Guide in Budapest
Have you ever wondered how it feels soaking in the outdoor hot thermal pools of Szechenyi Spa Baths on a cold winter day? The naturally hot spring water steam offers protection to the bathing guest. Read more about visiting in Winter, please click here.
Need some ideas what to do at New Year’s time, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in Budapest? You can find some ideas, New Year Things to Do in Budapest in this thematic guide to some of the highlights on and around Dec 31 and Jan 1 in Budapest.
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Looking for opening hours for upcoming years? No need to worry, the usual opening times apply generally (but not necessarily), so based on the policy of past years, you can plan your visit to Szechenyi Baths and schedule it for Dec 31 and Jan 1. The Management of Szechenyi Baths publishes its decision in due time, by the beginning of December each year.
Last updated: 22 Nov, 2023
We are family of 3. my son is just 2 year and one month and we were planning to come for new year to Budapest. The only reason we will come is to visit your baths. As I can see children below 3 years are not allowed to come inside the pool but are they allowed to come for 30th Nye? Totally outside the pool.
If yes then is there any ticket charges for him? & what type of tickets are we supposed to take for two of us?
Kindly reply at the earliest as I would like to book today itself.
Hello, im planning to visit BP in jan 2020. Will there be a sparty on 18 january 2020? What time can i do online reservation?
Also, can you please tell the dates you have sparties in january 2020?
Thanks
Dear Anas,
There will be no Sparties in January 2020, the party season starts on Feb 08, 2020. Hope you can re-schedule!
If not, please don’t worry, Budapest is still a great place for January visitors with lots of things to do / parties too.
Let us recommend you some great Party Weekend programs in Budapest: https://szechenyibath.com/szechenyi-baths-party-for-a-fun-party-weekend/ – these programs can now be booked online.
We hope you will find something you like!
Enjoy your time in Budapest Spas in January!
hi,
on 27/12 till 30/12 – what will be the opening hours at Szechenyi?
thank you!
Dear Danak,
Please find the opening times here: https://szechenyibath.com/szechenyi-bath-christmas/
New Year’s: https://szechenyibath.com/szechenyi-bath-new-years-eve-and-new-years-day-opening-hours/
Have a great day.
Hi, i am planning to visit the baths on December 30th, however i can’t seem to pre-book from the website. Is it fully booked or can I visit on the day and pay there? thanks
Dear Jelena,
Thank you for your inquiry about services between Dec 24, 2019, and Jan 7, 2020 in the baths.
Due to the high number of visitors during the festive winter days, the thermal baths’ managerial decision was made that no fast track entries, cabins (changing cubicles) or massages are sold during these days.
Guests of day time visit will be checked in on a first-come-first-served basis. As long queues are expected there may be some lines waiting in the cold. Please find more details, advice and other thermal bath alternatives on the following link: BathsBudapest.com/Dec
Thank you for your kind cooperation. Enjoy the thermal baths in winter Budapest and explore some more if it is not your first visit in the city.
Festive guides recommended during the month of Dec:
New Year Budapest things to do
Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Hello,
we, two people, would like to visit your spa at the 1st of January 2020.
Online we see it is full.
Is there any possibility to enter since we will be out of town after the 2nd of January?
Kind regards
Kathrin