Budapest, as you may know, is also known as the City Of Spa's (thermal baths rather than discount supermarkets). I'm not sure how well known this title is, because to be honest, it sounds rather like when someone you knew at school introduces themselves with a new nickname the first time you see them after university - "No, it's not Peter anymore, everyone calls me 'Scorpion' now". But either way, that's what the signs say here. Budapest is one of the only cities, so people tell me, to have been built on a natural thermal spring and as a result, the spas are everywhere. A lot are combined with swimming pools and hotels and things , but the best feature of some is that they have outdoor parts - ok in the summer, but in the
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