Spas in Budapest Spas in Budapest Thermal baths or spas in Budapest are popular tourist attractions as well as public comforts for the city's residents. One of the reasons the Romans first colonized the area immediately to the west of the River Danube and established their regional capital at Aquincum (now part of Óbuda, in northern Budapest) is so that they could utilize and enjoy the thermal springs. There are still ruins visible today of the enormous baths that were built during that period. The new baths that were constructed during the Turkish period (1541–1686) served both bathing and medicinal purposes, and some
Budapest–Újszász–Szolnok railway Budapest–Újszász–Szolnok railway Budapest–Újszász–Szolnok railway line is the number 120a line of the MÁV. It is a double track, electrified track, which is part of the international rail system. It goes on as Line number 120, which connects Budapest, Békéscsaba, Lökösháza, Arad (in Romania)]. The line from Budapest to Szolnok is 100 km long. Starting from Budapest as far as Rákos, it runs on the same track as the 80a line. Here it turns to South-Southwest, crosses the plain of Pest and the South part of the hills of Gödöllő. Its route follows the Tápió and Zagyva rivers, crossing at Újszász.