From the chain of hills, bordering the right bank of the Danube arise numerous thermal and mineral springs, which have been famous for centuries and make Budapest a much-visited watering-place. These springs, which nubble up, right on the bank of the Danube, are mostly hot sulphur springs, with a temperature ranging from 24 to 64 degrees Celsius, and the rest are indifferent waters.

Ancient and celebrated baths convert these springs to the use of mankind The most important of these establishments are, in the North, the Imperial Bath and the St. Lukas Bath, in the south, the Racz Bath, the Rudas Bath and Gellert Bath (now under reconstruction). Baths of all kinds, warm baths, stone baths, Turkish and Roman baths, mud baths, swimming baths, hydropathic institutes and vapour baths are here at the disposition of invalids seeking a cure, as well as of the healthy public. The baths are on the whole, luxuriously fitted up, and are largely attended, both by foreigners and the inhabitants of the town.

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Adapted from Illustrated Description of Hungary and its Capital