The most elegant are the St. Lukas Baths and the Gellert Baths. The Rudas Bath, with its dome supported by eight columns, built 1560-1570 by the Turkish governor Mustafa Sokoli, is particularly interesting. Another splendid bathing-establishment is situated on the Margaret Island; here rises a sulphur spring of 43° C. The island itself, which was converted by its former owner the Archduke Joseph into a delightful Park, is the favourite excursion place of Budapest society. On fine summer evenings, people flock here in thousands: steamers and trams convey a constant stream of people. A large hotel, restaurants and Coffee Houses offer the excursionists refreshment and diversion.

A Sport establishment and baths of different kinds are also at their disposal: splendid avenues, charming lawns and above all, the magnificent rosery, delight the eye of the visitor; the ruins of ancient churches and convents, in one of which Margaret the daughter of King Bela IV, spent her life as a nun, also awake our interest; lastly, at the North end of the island, a pretty waterfall, falling over artificial rocks, discharges the superfluous water from the Baths, into a basin on the bank of the Danube. The island is connected with the Margaret Bridge by a side bridge and can therefore also be visited in winter, when the steamer service is suspended. Since 1908 the island has been in the possession of the State.

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Adapted from Illustrated Description of Hungary and its Capital