Borza Tibor (szerk.): A Magyar Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Múzeum évkönyve 1982 (Budapest, Magyar Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Múzeum, 1982)

Petneki Áron: A magyarországi gyógyfürdők idegenforgalma és vendéglátása a XVIII. század végén és a XIX. század elején

very cheap as compared with their counterparts in foreign ones, E.g. in the early nineteenth century a midday meal was eight times cheaper at Bártfafúrdő than at Baden near Vienna. Only coffee was bad and rather costly. The best means of entertainment was the billiard in the bath-house. Gambling was forbidden but in point of fact, it existed in the watering places. Many spas provided theatres and the guest could enjoy tire play of the band in the open. Many walks led on to excursion facilities. Especially two different commodities were present in the commercial life of most watering places: on the one hand, bottled waters were sent to most parts of the country, and the souvenir industry began to flourish, expecially glasses with pictures of the spa painted on them were sold in great quantities, they had been manufactured in neadby glass works. 165