Tram, and almost certainly tram 17, 19 or 41, which stop at Szent Lukács Gyógyfürdő on Frankel Leó út, about 2 minutes from the gate. If you are already on the ring trams, 4 and 6 leave you at the Buda end of Margaret Bridge, about 5 minutes south of the bath.
The journey is the easy part. Finding the door is not, because the bath sits behind a gate and a courtyard and shows almost nothing to the street. This page covers every line that stops here, the walks from the places nearby, and what the entrance actually looks like.
Location and address
Finding the entrance to Lukács
From the pavement there is a gate, a gap between two yellow buildings and very little else. People walk past it while their phone tells them they have arrived.
Go through the gate and you are in a courtyard with plane trees growing out of it, the bath’s wings on both sides and a path that curves past a window to the door. The sign over it reads Szent Lukács Gyógyfürdő, and the tram stop on the street carries the same name, which is the thing to aim for rather than a street number.
Once inside, expect the building to take a few minutes to work out. Lukács runs over several levels, with the indoor pools, the two courtyards and the saunas on different ones and stairs between them.
By public transport
By tram
Three lines stop at Szent Lukács Gyógyfürdő, outside the bath on Frankel Leó út, about 2 minutes’ walk from the gate.
- Trams 19 and 41 run along the Buda bank. Southbound they call at Batthyány tér for the M2, then Rudas and Szent Gellért tér for the M4, so one tram links the two baths
- Tram 17 stops there too
- Trams 4 and 6, the ring trams, stop at Margit híd, budai hídfő at the Buda end of Margaret Bridge, about 5 minutes’ walk south. This is the way in from Oktogon, Nyugati and the Great Boulevard
- Night tram N19 serves the stop outside the bath
By bus
Bus 9 stops at Császár-Komjádi uszoda, behind the bath by the swimming stadium, a few minutes’ walk. Night buses call there too.
Bus 26, the Margaret Island bus, stops at the Buda bridgehead of Margaret Bridge, along with buses 91, 191 and 291, about 5 minutes from the bath.
By HÉV suburban railway
The H5 line to Szentendre stops at Margit híd, budai hídfő, its own halt at the Buda end of the bridge, about 5 minutes’ walk from the bath. It is the quickest way here from Óbuda and the northern suburbs, and it runs from Batthyány tér in the other direction.
By metro
No metro line comes near. Batthyány tér on the M2 is the closest station, about 18 minutes’ walk south along the river, and trams 19 and 41 run from outside it to the stop outside the bath. From the M1, M3 or M4, change onto the ring trams 4 and 6 and cross Margaret Bridge.
On foot
From the Buda end of Margaret Bridge (about 5 minutes)
Come off the bridge on the Buda side and walk north on Frankel Leó út, with the tram tracks beside you. The bath is on your left after about 340 metres, set back behind its gate, and the tram stop with its name on it is the sign you have arrived.
From Margaret Island (about 13 minutes)
Leave the island by the spur that meets the middle of Margaret Bridge, then walk west off the bridge and north up Frankel Leó út.
From the Tomb of Gül Baba (about 6 minutes)
Downhill all the way, which makes the reverse trip a climb. Gül Baba utca comes down from the tomb to Frankel Leó út a short way south of the bath.
From Batthyány tér (about 18 minutes)
Walk north with the river on your right, past the Buda end of Margaret Bridge, and carry on up Frankel Leó út. Tram 19 or 41 does the same trip in a few minutes if the weather is against you.
From Széll Kálmán tér (about 21 minutes)
Downhill through the streets below Rózsadomb towards the river, then north on Frankel Leó út. Coming the other way it is a steady climb, so take a tram back.
By car and taxi
For a taxi, give the address as Frankel Leó út 25-29 and ask to be dropped at the gate rather than at the corner, since the bath is not visible from either end of the block. Book through an app or a licensed company rather than flagging one down.
Accessibility
- The bath’s accessible changing facilities are out of use for renovation works. That is its only published statement about access, so anyone who needs them should not count on a visit until it says they are back
- The building is old and on several levels, with stairs between the pools, the courtyards and the saunas
- The tram stop is about 2 minutes from the gate, and the way in from the street is through the courtyard to the door
- No step-free route through the building is published, and the bath has never claimed one. If stairs rather than changing is the problem, ask at the desk before you buy