Looking for a quick reset without the hassle? Gyula has you covered. Book a wellness break with full board right next door to the legendary Gyula Castle Bath (Gyulai Várfürdő), and swap weekday noise for warm pools, saunas, and easygoing comfort. Wellness Hotel Gyula**** Superior sits just 33 feet from the bath’s entrance and is rolling out year-round packages that bundle spa time, family fun, and generous dining for a laid-back, great-value escape.
What’s in the package
Stay a minimum of two nights and get full board with 5% VAT and a 15% service charge included: buffet breakfast, a wellness lunch, and a buffet dinner curated by chef Géza Farkas. The hotel’s Wellness Oasis is yours to use: Finnish sauna, infrared cabin, steam room, plunge pool, experience pool, jacuzzi, children’s pool, plus loungers for proper downtime. There’s also a fitness room for when you want a quick sweat that isn’t a sauna.
Three times a week you can join free aqua fitness sessions, and each guest receives one massage coupon worth 1,000 HUF (about 2.80 USD). Families are covered, too: kids get the run of a 3,229-square-foot Csigakert playhouse with a foam corner, maze, and a bouncy castle with slide. Childcare in the playhouse is provided for ages 3 and up, while under-3s need a parent. Momó the squirrel, the playhouse’s mascot, pops in five times weekly—Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday—and there’s a kids’ mini-disco four times a week—Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Add in Wi‑Fi, an in-room safe, a bathrobe, a virtual Visit Gyula Card, and loyalty discounts for returning guests, and it’s an easy yes.
Spa next door: Gyula Castle Bath (Gyulai Várfürdő)
If you’ve made it to Gyula, the castle bath is non-negotiable. Packages don’t include entry by default, but you can buy discounted tickets at the hotel, including a pass that lets you enter twice a day. That opens the door to the wellness center’s experience pool, sauna pool, seated hydromassage benches, neck showers, lie-down massage beds, lazy river, and saunas—on top of the lap pools and the medical-thermal areas. The castle bath’s entrance is literally steps from the hotel, and the Wooden Bridge (Fa hidas) gate to the summer strand area is also about 33 feet from the main door.
Inside the baths: 23 pools and serious variety
The castle bath sprawls across indoor and outdoor zones with nine open-air and 14 indoor pools. Total water volume is 5,093 cubic meters, and the winter-friendly “Lovarda” hall anchors the thermal action all year. In the center: a 65.6-foot medicinal pool at 82–86°F (28–30°C) that’s large enough for gentle laps. At one end you’ll find the 93–97°F (34–36°C) Pillangó medicinal pool; at the other, a large pool at 93–97°F (34–36°C), a smaller one at 96–100°F (36–38°C), plus a toddler splash pool at 89–93°F (32–34°C). From here, you can walk straight to the “Polip” pool, an indoor-outdoor connector sitting at a toasty 95–99°F (35–37°C).
Outdoors, the summer season typically runs May 1 to September 1, weather permitting. Thermal fans gravitate to the shaded medicinal pool at 95–99°F (35–37°C), boosted with two neck showers and two massage jets, and the bubbly pool at roughly 90–91°F (32–33°C) with 12 bubble jets and four hydromassage heads. The most popular among regulars: the pounding-jet pool at 88–93°F (31–34°C).
Family-friendly strand and serious swimming
Away from the thermal pools, the strand zone turns up the fun. The Children’s Paradise pool at 86–93°F (30–34°C) is a water playground loaded with ten interactive features for little ones under parental watch. The nearby wave pool at 78–82°F (26–28°C) cranks out swells close to three feet tall, and the slides pool by the Wooden Bridge entrance comes with three free water slides. Swimmers get two proper sport pools side by side: a 164-foot competition pool at 75–79°F (24–26°C) and an 82-foot training pool at 79–82°F (26–28°C).
Keep an eye out for the distinctive domed building: that’s the Wellness Center, where an 86–93°F (30–34°C) pool dishes up ten different water features inside an arched, atmospheric hall.
Healing waters with a past
The castle bath isn’t just picturesque; it’s widely considered one of Hungary’s most beautiful baths, where history, lush parkland, and mineral-rich thermal water meet. The water is alkaline, hydrogen-carbonate, and chloride medicinal thermal, drawn from six wells, with a natural brownish tint thanks to high mineral content. It’s used effectively for musculoskeletal issues, rheumatic complaints, local nerve conditions, rehabilitation after accidents and surgeries, acid-related stomach problems, and inflammatory gynecological conditions.
When to go
The hotel is promoting date blocks throughout January 2026: Jan 5–11, Jan 12–18, Jan 19–25, and Jan 26–Feb 1, all in Gyula. More dates are forthcoming, and organizers reserve the right to change schedules and programs. Best move: ask for an offer and lock in your spot while rooms and discounted bath passes are still available.
Eat, sip, play
When hunger strikes, the Körös Garden Snack Bar brings a cozy vibe and a broad menu that ranges from international favorites to lighter, healthier options, with a spotlight on local Békés County flavors. It’s not just about the food—there’s foosball, darts, and billiards to keep the laid-back mood going. Consider it your casual refuel station between swims, saunas, and kids’ mini-discos.
Book a couple of nights, pack a swimsuit and a robe, and let Gyula’s warm waters do the rest. The castle is a stroll away, the wellness is on tap, and the pace shifts down the minute you step inside.
