{"id":6432,"date":"2018-10-29T09:40:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T08:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danubiushotels.com\/budapest-guide\/?p=6432"},"modified":"2019-11-07T13:15:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T12:15:27","slug":"the-100-year-history-of-the-gellert-hotel-spa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danubiushotels.com\/budapest-guide\/the-100-year-history-of-the-gellert-hotel-spa","title":{"rendered":"The 100-year history of the Gell\u00e9rt Hotel & Spa"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do Otto von Habsburg, Richard Nixon, Yehudi Menuhin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Vilmos Zsigmond and Maximillian Shell have in common? <\/strong>They all have a suite named after them in the Danubius Hotel Gell\u00e9rt, and stayed there many times. This September marked the centenary of one of the most beautiful hotels in Budapest.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A whole host of monarchs, religious leaders, international politicians, prominent statesmen, renowned scientists and world-famous artists were frequent guests at the Gell\u00e9rt Hotel<\/a>, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Built in the elegant, Art Nouveau style typical of the grand hotels of the early twentieth century, the Gell\u00e9rt remains one of the most spectacular buildings in Hungary\u2019s capital today, and is among the most visited hotels in Budapest. One of its many attractions is its opulent, 20th-century ambience that has survived the ravages of history and witnessed the intellectual advances of the era spanning a broad arc from the last Habsburg ruler to the Oscar-winning Vilmos Zsigmond.<\/p>\n

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It was on 24 November 1918, on the feast day of Saint Gerard<\/strong> (Szent Gell\u00e9rt in Hungarian \u2013 hence the name), that the Gell\u00e9rt Hotel first opened to the public. Barely a month had passed before it got caught up in the events of history, as in October 1918 it was requisitioned for military purposes during the \u201cAster Revolution\u201d, and later served as the headquarters of the Regent Mikl\u00f3s Horthy after the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic.\u00a0After the First World War, however, its original function was restored and it became a hub of the capital\u2019s social scene with its sumptuous interior spaces and the stunning views from its terraces.<\/p>\n

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It was also during this period that the hotel became known for its excellent cuisine. Its restaurants were rented out to acclaimed restaurateurs from the city from the very beginning, but from 1927 the concession was awarded to none other than K\u00e1roly Gundel<\/strong>. It was due in no small measure to his work over a period of twenty years that the Gell\u00e9rt Hotel was elevated to the ranks of the world\u2019s grand hotels, and its prestigious events were reported in newspapers all around Europe. As recorded in the official history of the hotel, it was in the Gell\u00e9rt that K\u00e1roly Gundel invented three of his most famous dishes: Zander \u00e0 la Rothermere, Bakony Gomba and Pittsburg Veal Rib. And while we\u2019re on the subject of gastronomy, the Gell\u00e9rt is also famous for two desserts: one is Posztob\u00e1nyi Pudding (Gell\u00e9rt Pudding), which is made with dried fruits marinated in alcohol, and the other is the Gell\u00e9rt Roll, which comes stuffed with chocolate cream and rum-soaked sour cherries.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen the Gell\u00e9rt Hotel was built \u2013 in 1918 \u2013 in addition to the upmarket restaurants, a simpler eatery was also planned, to serve day-trippers in the summer and local residents during the winter. The establishment, housed in the corner of the building closest to Gell\u00e9rt Hill \u2013 with its own entrance \u2013 was cheaper than the elegant upstairs halls and salons, and it offered much plainer fare. The quality of the food, however, must have been the same, as it did not yet have its own kitchen. The waiters brought everything down from the kitchen upstairs. This meant that the hotel\u2019s chefs prepared the orders using the same ingredients as for the other dishes, and in the same quality\u201d, according to the official history of the Gell\u00e9rt. K\u00e1roly Gundel developed the public bar into a popular restaurant aimed at the middle classes, opening up its terrace in front of the building.<\/p>\n

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The Gell\u00e9rt takes the credit for many important hospitality-industry innovations. \u00a0It was the first establishment in the country where guests could pay in their own national currency, and where the first airport transfer car went into service; and it was also here that the first mini bars were installed in the rooms. The Gell\u00e9rt Hotel Bar and Restaurant was the first to use \u2018plate service\u2019 as the means of serving food to customers.<\/p>\n

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But what better sign of a hotel\u2019s popularity could there be than its hall of fame<\/strong>? Since its establishment, the Gell\u00e9rt has seen a stream of well-known guests, including \u2013 in addition to those already mentioned \u2013 Austrian chancellor Bruno Kreisky, the Nepalese king Reza Pahlavi sah, the Dalai Lama, Antony Quinn, Kirk Douglas, Marina Vladi, Jane Fonda, Pablo Casals, Igor and David Ojsztrah, Arthur Rubinstein, and the list goes on. Two outstanding Hungarian actors, Ida Turay and Antal P\u00e1ger, lived in the hotel for months, and their memory is honoured by the suites that have been named after them. As a gesture of appreciation, the Gell\u00e9rt has also named rooms after its past and present regular guests Otto Habsburg, Richard Nixon, Yehudi Menuhin, Maximilian Shell, Andrew-Lloyd Webber and Vilmos Zsigmond.<\/p>\n

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To this day, the hotel remains faithful to the catering traditions inherited from the master himself, K\u00e1roly Gundel. The hotel\u2019s Panorama Restaurant<\/strong> offers excellent cuisine to match the fantastic view over the city. The Sunday family lunches put on by the Gell\u00e9rt\u2019s executive chef are popular social occasions. The craft beers and seasonal dishes on offer at the Gell\u00e9rt Pub & Brasserie<\/strong><\/a> are served up by a young and creative team. The Gell\u00e9rt Caf\u00e9<\/strong>, meanwhile, offers a tempting selection of coffee specialities, home-made pastries and cakes in a nostalgic setting to the accompaniment of live piano music.<\/p>\n

Naturally, the legendary Gell\u00e9rt Baths (which is one of the best thermal baths in Budapest<\/a>) are also a major attraction for guests.\u00a0The spa, swimming pool and medical facilities are operated by Budapest Gy\u00f3gyf\u00fcrd\u0151i \u00e9s H\u00e9vizei Zrt., but guests have discounted access to the medicinal thermal spa and covered swimming pool, the open-air wave pool and sun terrace during their stay at the hotel. The Hotel Gell\u00e9rt provides its guests with a 50% discount<\/strong> off the price of entry to the Gell\u00e9rt Baths.<\/p>\n

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A brief history of Gell\u00e9rt Hill, the Gell\u00e9rt Baths and the Gell\u00e9rt Hotel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Danubius Hotel Gell\u00e9rt is one of the oldest hotels in Budapest<\/a>. The hotel\u2019s location is particularly good, as it stands in a picturesque setting at the foot of Gell\u00e9rt Hill overlooking the River Danube. It\u2019s easily accessible, with only a bridge \u2013 Szabads\u00e1g H\u00edd, one of the capital city\u2019s most beautiful bridges \u2013 separating it from the city centre.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Szent Gell\u00e9rt\u2019 \u2013 AKA the Bishop Saint Gerard<\/strong><\/p>\n

Encyclopedias, travel guides, history and prayer books all mention the name of the Venetian Benedictine who lived at the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries, and was martyred in 1046. It is after him that both Gell\u00e9rt Hill and the Gell\u00e9rt Hotel are named. His memory is also preserved by the statue that has towered above the waterfall, facing the foot of Elisabeth Bridge, since 1904.<\/p>\n

Gerard was born into a wealthy family in Venice, Italy, some time around the year 980. The Benedictine monk became well-versed in the sciences of the day. According to some sources, Gerard was on his way to the Holy Land, but Providence brought him to Hungary at the invitation of a Hungarian Benedictine monk. Other sources have it that he travelled to Hungary to win over souls at the request of King Stephen. Later, he became the tutor of King Stephen\u2019s son, Emeric. Then from 1030, as the Bishop of Csan\u00e1d, he founded the diocese and monastery in that town. After King Stephen\u2019s death in 1038, Gerard lived the life of a hermit. Legend has it that in 1046 he was placed in a barrel and thrown off the hill that would later bear his name, into the Danube, by pagan Hungarians rebelling against Christianity. Bishop Gerard was canonised in 1083 along with King Stephen and his son Prince Emeric.<\/p>\n

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Gell\u00e9rt Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gell\u00e9rt Hill is among Budapest\u2019s most characteristic landmarks, commanding one of the most beautiful views of the city. The 235 m high hill in the 11th District is a popular destination for day trips, offering an abundance of history and natural treasures to explore and enjoy. Often referred to as the jewel in Budapest\u2019s crown, Gell\u00e9rt Hill and its nature reserve have been a listed World Heritage site since 1987.<\/p>\n

One of the most famous historical sites on Gell\u00e9rt Hill is the Citadel, which has its origins in the revolution of 1848-49. The fortress was built after the revolution was suppressed, between 1850 and 1854, on the orders of the Austrian general Julius Jacob von Haynau, to keep watch over the city and the rebellious Hungarians. Today it is a tourist attraction. The other significant historical landmark is the Liberty Statue, which commemorates liberation from Nazi rule. The statue was made by Zsigmond Kisfaludy Str\u00f3bl.<\/p>\n

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Gell\u00e9rt Hill is home to many protected natural resources. Its geological importance is also outstanding, as the fault lines running the length of its base have led to the formation of numerous hot springs, such as the M\u00e1ty\u00e1s, R\u00e1k\u00f3czi and \u00c1rp\u00e1d springs. Its protected caves include Saint Ivan\u2019s Cave and its chapel, as well as the caves containing the hot springs that feed the Gell\u00e9rt and Rudas baths.<\/p>\n

The church in Saint Ivan\u2019s Cave, also known as the Gell\u00e9rt Hill Cave, is one of Budapest\u2019s national shrines. It consists of two parts: the upper, ancient natural cave (Saint Ivan\u2019s Cave and Lourdes Cave), and a lower network of man-made cavities in the rock, located in the interior of the hill. The temperature is 21C\u00b0 in summer and winter. The chapel of Gell\u00e9rt Hill Cave was established by the only order of monks to be founded in Hungary, the Paulines, in the passages of the natural cavities accessible from the southern foot of the hill. In 1926, it was converted into a church modelled on the one at Lourdes, France, based on the designs of K\u00e1lm\u00e1n Lux. The communist administration, however, disbanded the monastic orders at the end of the 1950s, and sealed off the entrance to the church. In its place, they established a karst water monitoring station, and the monastery was used as a hall of residence by the State Ballet Institute. On 27 August 1989, the church and monastery were reopened. The monastery, where B\u00e9la Ferenc\u2019s beautiful wood carvings can be seen, is accessible from the church via Saint Stephen\u2019s Chapel. The church in Gell\u00e9rt Hill Cave is where the Pauline order\u2019s most precious relic, the shin bone of Paul of Thebes, is kept. The church\u2019s altar was made in the Zsolnay porcelain factory in P\u00e9cs.<\/p>\n

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History of the Gell\u00e9rt Hotel and Spa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Very little is known about the bathing culture of the Magyars who settled here after their long migration. According to some chronicles, the hot springs of Buda were already known about in the age of the \u00c1rp\u00e1d Dynasty. According to data from 1178, the Johannite religious order founded a hospital at the foot of Gell\u00e9rt Hill.<\/p>\n

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The second golden age of Buda\u2019s spa culture was during an otherwise dark time in the country\u2019s history, the 150-year period of Turkish occupation. At that time, the Gell\u00e9rt Spa<\/a> was known as \u201cAcsik ilidzsa\u201d, an open-air hot spring bath. According to other traditions, the Turks referred to this place as Aga\u2019s bathing place, or the baths of virgins. After the period of Turkish rule, the spa changed ownership many times. A German travel guide published in 1827 mentions accommodation facilities at the spa, and in 1832 the construction of the first genuinely large-scale hotel and bathing complex got under way.
\nIn the 19th century it was referred to as \u201cS\u00e1rosf\u0171rd\u0151\u201d (Muddy Baths), and reportedly was a pleasant spa and hotel building, in good condition. It got its name from the healing mud found here, which surpassed that of all the other baths in Buda both in quantity and purity, but has unfortunately run out since then.<\/p>\n

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In 1894, construction of the Franz Joseph (today Liberty) Bridge commenced, and with it the reconstruction of Gell\u00e9rt Square. Construction of the Gell\u00e9rt Hotel and Spa began in 1911, but the works were delayed by the First World War. The hotel, built in the elegant, Art Nouveau style typical of the palace hotels of the early twentieth century, opened in September 1918.<\/p>\n

The venerable hotel, with its decades of history, remains one of Budapest\u2019s most colourful architectural features to this day. The building was designed by \u00c1rmin Heged\u0171s, Art\u00far Sebesty\u00e9n and Izidor Sterk, who were all greatly influenced by the works of \u00d6d\u00f6n Lechner. Above the hotel\u2019s characteristic entrance are arrangements of reliefs by Alad\u00e1r G\u00e1rdos, while the Spa\u2019s main entrance is decorated with J\u00f3szef R\u00f3na\u2019s large scale statues symbolising healing.<\/p>\n

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When it was opened, the four-storey hotel had a total of 176 rooms. The suites had bathrooms with piped mains water, hot spring water and carbonated water on tap. Not long after the Gell\u00e9rt Hotel and Spa (mixed thermal baths) were completed, on 31 October 1918 the Aster Revolution broke out and the hotel was requisitioned for military use until the end of 1919.<\/p>\n

Once the political and social situation returned to normal, the Hotel and Spa regained its original function, and opened its doors to the general public again. Between the wars, with its sumptuous interior spaces, terraces and pools, the hotel soon became a hub of social life in Budapest. On 1 October 1921, the International Congress of Hoteliers was held in Budapest. The guest book began to fill with the names of global celebrities. Besides the Hungarian ruler and members of successive Hungarian governments, the scions of Europe\u2019s royal families, mayors, maharajahs, artists and millionaires all stayed in the hotel. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands even spent her honeymoon here.<\/p>\n

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In 1927 the wave pool was built to the designs of Art\u00far Sebesty\u00e9n, and 60 new rooms were also completed. To this day the wave pool uses its original machinery to produce pleasant, rolling waves to the delight of the bathers. In 1933 work got under way to convert the hotel\u2019s conservatory, and one year later the whirlpool bath was also opened.<\/p>\n

The hotel\u2019s restaurants were rented out to acclaimed restaurateurs from the city from the very beginning. In 1927 the concession was awarded to K\u00e1roly Gundel. It was due in no small measure to his work over a period of twenty years that the Gell\u00e9rt Hotel was elevated to the ranks of the world\u2019s grand hotels, and its prestigious events were reported in newspapers all around Europe. It was in the Gell\u00e9rt that K\u00e1roly Gundel invented three of his most famous dishes: Zander \u00e0 la Rothermere, Bakony Gomba and Pittsburg Veal Rib.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the Second World War inflicted severe damage on the hotel\u2019s building. The Danube side was completely gutted by fire and the hill-facing side partially damaged. The reconstruction began in 1946 on the side facing the hill, then in 1957 renovation work started on the Danube side as well. The Duna Room, the M\u00e1rv\u00e1ny Room, the Gobelin Room and the Tea Salon, as well as the Caf\u00e9, gained their present form during their conversion in 1960.<\/p>\n

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The hotel was once again receiving world famous guests, and the list was virtually endless. The virtuoso violinist Yehudi Menuhin was the first famous hotel guest after the war, and enjoyed the Gell\u00e9rt\u2019s hospitality on a number of occasions. Statesmen such as Richard Nixon, the Austrian chancellors Julius Raab and Bruno Kreisky, the Iranian shah Pachlavi and his family, the Dalai Lama, the Vatican Cardinal Secretary of State Agostino Casarolli, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Werner Heisenberg, American medical researcher Albert Sabin, the world-famous actors Kirk Douglas, Antony Quinn, Marina Vlady, Alberto Sordi and Jean Fonda, the cellist Pablo Casals, the violinist Isaac Stern and pianist Arthur Rubinstein, the conductors Carlo Zecchi, G\u00e1bor Carelli and Roberto Benzi, the violinists Igor and David Ojsztrah, the operatic tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano, the Soviet film director Grigory Naumovich Chukhray, composer Dmitri Shostakovich, and, more recently, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Hungary\u2019s own Oscar-winning cinematographer Vilmost Zsigmond have all stayed at the Gell\u00e9rt.<\/p>\n

Until the 1970s, the Gell\u00e9rt Hotel represented the state of the art of Hungarian tourism. During these decades, the hotel also led the way in the training of professionals, and introduced numerous hotel and restaurant services that were pioneering in post-war Hungary. It was in the Gell\u00e9rt that guests were first able to pay in their own national currency, and where the first airport transfer car went into service, and it was also here that the first mini bars were installed in the rooms. The Gell\u00e9rt Hotel Bar and Restaurant was the first to use \u2018plate service\u2019 as the means of serving food to customers.<\/p>\n

The hotel is also famous for two special desserts. One is known as Posztob\u00e1nyi Pudding (Gell\u00e9rt Pudding), and is packed with dried fruits, and the other is the Gell\u00e9rt Roll, which is stuffed with rich chocolate cream. Many have tried to copy the secret recipe of the latter, but you\u2019ll still have to visit the Hotel if you want to sample the real thing!<\/p>\n

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The Gell\u00e9rt Hotel and Spa today<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Gell\u00e9rt Hotel has 234 rooms, of which 13 are suites, 38 superior double rooms, 94 standard double rooms, 49 single rooms with a bath and 40 single rooms with a shower. Some of the rooms are located on the main facade overlooking the Danube, and these have balconies and beautiful views of the river.<\/p>\n

Today the Hotel and the Spa are operated by two separate companies. The Hotel is owned by Danubius Zrt. The spa, swimming pool and medical facilities are run by Budapest Gy\u00f3gyf\u00fcrd\u0151i \u00e9s H\u00e9vizei Zrt., which recently completed the reconstruction of the spa, which retains its unparalleled beauty. A thermal water pool has been added to the open-air wave pool and terrace.<\/p>\n

The Gell\u00e9rt is one of the best thermal baths in Budapest<\/a>, and one of the most visited by tourists. Striking features include the tiles manufactured by the Zsolnay factory, the ornamental cladding of the pillars in the whirlpool bath, and the colourful Maiolica statues. The Gell\u00e9rt Spa<\/a> offers virtually the full range of medical spa services (balneotherapy, mechanotherapy, electrotherapy, mud packs), and also has a complex physiotherapy department and inhalatorium.<\/p>\n

Guests have discounted access to the medicinal thermal spa and covered swimming pool, the open-air wave pool and sun terrace during their stay at the hotel. The Hotel Gell\u00e9rt provides its guests with a 50% discount<\/strong> off the price of entry to the Gell\u00e9rt Baths.
\nFor guests who only want to take advantage of the treatments and massages, however, there\u2019s no need to purchase a daily ticket for the Gell\u00e9rt Baths.<\/p>\n

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