Meskó Csaba: Thermal Baths - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1999)

Csillaghegy Lido Bath Római lido bath 2 Rozgonyi Piroska utca, District III One of the most beautiful lido baths in Budapest lies on an area of more than 12 acres in the shadow of huge, an­cient trees, in the vicinity of the ruined town of Aquincum. The Romans conveyed the lukewarm, 22°C water of the springs here to Aquincum. (The reconstructed aqueduct can be seen lying along today’s Szentendrei út.) Cinder King Matthias there was a hospital on this spot. At the end of the 19th century, the Roman Baths Association was formed. The city donated a large tract of land to this as­sociation for the purposes of establishing a resort com­plex. The lido’s artificial lake draws its water supplies from fourteen springs. Although four of the springs feeding the bathing lake were sunk deeper beneath the surface in 1953, diminish­ing output necessitated a complete overhaul and mod­ernisation, following which the lido baths was reopened in 1964. Today it is open from May to mid-September with its swimming and bathing pools and children’s play-pool. The double water-chute is an especially great attraction for the lido’s young guests. With this and its comfortable changing cubicles and lockers, Római is mainly consid­ered as a “family” lido. 59

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