Take the M4. The green line’s Szent Gellért tér station comes up on the square in front of the hotel, with lifts to the surface, and seven tram lines and two bus routes stop on the same square. One thing catches people out. The bath’s door is not on the square but round the corner on Kelenhegyi út, behind the hotel.
The nicer way is the tram. The 19 and 41 run along the Buda embankment with the river beside you, and the 47 and 49 cross Liberty Bridge from the Great Market Hall. Driving is the one way we would not come, because the bath lists no parking and the hotel is under renovation.
The bath is closed until 2028, so for now this page is for finding the square, which is worth a visit on its own, and for the day it reopens.
Location and address
By public transport
By metro
Line M4 runs from Kelenföld station in the south-west to Keleti station in the east, under the river, and Szent Gellért tér is its first stop on the Buda side after crossing. From Kálvin tér, where it meets the M3, it is two stops, with Fővám tér by the market hall in between. From Keleti station it is a direct ride.
The station’s entrances are on the square itself, the nearest one facing the hotel’s front. Every station on the line has lifts, so it is the step-free way to arrive.
By tram
Seven lines stop at Szent Gellért tér, on the embankment side of the square. Trams 19 and 41 run along the Buda embankment past the foot of the Castle, with stops at Clark Ádám tér by the Chain Bridge and at Halász utca below the Fisherman’s Bastion, which makes them the scenic route from that side of town.
Trams 47 and 49 come from Deák Ferenc tér over Liberty Bridge, stopping at Fővám tér by the Great Market Hall on the way. Tram 48 and trams 56 and 56A use the same stop.
Trams 19, 56 and 56A run low-floor cars. The 41, 47, 48 and 49 are not on the transport company’s low-floor list, so if steps are a problem take the 19, the 56 or the metro.
By bus
Bus 7 is the long cross-city route between Újpalota in north-east Pest and Albertfalva in south Buda. It passes Keleti station on the way and stops at Szent Gellért tér by the metro entrances. Bus 133E is an express service on a similar cross-city run. More than nine in ten Budapest buses are low-floor.
On foot
From the Great Market Hall (about 11 minutes)
Cross Liberty Bridge. The green iron bridge starts at the market hall’s door and lands on Szent Gellért tér with the hotel straight ahead of you. It is the best-looking approach to the building.
From Rudas Thermal Bath (about 12 minutes)
Walk south along the embankment with the river on your left. Rudas sits at the foot of Elisabeth Bridge and Gellért at the foot of Liberty Bridge, the next bridge down, with the hill above you the whole way.
From the Citadella (about 10 minutes)
Downhill by the paths on the east face of Gellért Hill, which come out beside the hotel. It is steep and stepped in places, so it is a better walk down than up.
By car and taxi
By taxi, ask for Szent Gellért tér and use an app or a marked cab from one of the official companies. The square is a transport interchange, so a driver can only stop briefly.
Accessibility
- Metro M4 has lifts at every station, and Szent Gellért tér is no exception, so the step-free way to arrive is by metro or on the low-floor trams 19, 56 and 56A
- When the bath closed, its own arrangement for guests with disabilities was entry through the thermal departments, with the indoor thermal pools, saunas and swimming pool reachable by wheelchair, a lift down to the swimming pool and hoists in two pools. The outdoor area was not accessible. What the rebuilt bath offers has not been announced, so check its site when it reopens
- The paths up Gellért Hill from behind the hotel are stepped, and the Cave Church across the road stands above street level on the hillside