Vogue featured the healing baths of Budapest

The historic Vogue magazine recently posted an article that gives an insight into the healing baths of Budapest through the photos and stories of photographer Márton Perlaki. The article stays true to the well-known fashion sense of Vogue and presents the Hungarian bath culture from a completely new aspect.

Journalist Rebecca Bengal starts by stating that the world’s biggest geothermal cave system lies under Budapest. This is why the thermal bath culture looks back on a great history, the curing power of thermal springs have been used by people for centuries.

Márton Perlaki has a special connection to these baths. First of all, his parents met in the baths, they fell in love and had three sons. The family used to go to the springs on summer weekends, which the photographer enjoyed very much. He probably had no idea back then that a few decades later he would be taking photos of the historic baths.

The article gives a brief review of the history of Hungarian baths. The springs withstood Roman and Turkish occupations, two world wars, and they saw the twin cities of Buda and Pest unite. What’s amazing is that they somehow managed to remain true to the spirit of the centuries-old culture.