Therme București from the City Centre: Day, Evening or Choose-Your-Zone Ticket with Transfer
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For a first visit, take the Therme București entry ticket with transportation: €51.54 per person, 4.5 stars from 1,645 reviews, 6 hours in total. It includes the round-trip transfer and 4.5 hours in two zones, Galaxy and The Palm. If you want to go in the evening, the evening ticket and transfer is the same idea at €48.66; if you want to book a single zone, the access and transfer package at €49 lets you pick Galaxy or The Palm.
Why a transfer package at all
The first listing says Therme București lies 20 km from the centre of Bucharest and calls it the largest wellness spa in Europe. The packages exist so that you do not have to work out how to get there yourself: you meet a driver at a fixed point in the city and come back to the same place. The first two offer two pickup points, Bulevardul Nicolae Bălcescu 4 (next to the Grand Hotel Bucharest) and Piața Română 8, and you choose one when you book. The third meets at University Square, at the Gray Line meeting point (Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta 9-5), and describes itself as an express shuttle; any change of pickup time may be sent a day before.
The three packages
| Package | From, per person | Stars | Reviews | Zones | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Ticket with Transportation | €51.54 | 4.5 | 1,645 | Galaxy and The Palm | 6 hours, 4.5 hours of access |
| Evening Entry Ticket and Transfer | €48.66 | 4.4 | 828 | Galaxy and The Palm | 6 hours, 4.5 hours of access, evening |
| Access and Transfer | €49 | 4.5 | 631 | Galaxy or The Palm, your choice | 6 hours, 4.5 hours of access |
Galaxy, The Palm and Elysium
The listings describe the zones this way. Galaxy is the family zone, with no age restriction: 16 water slides, an indoor wave pool, an outdoor pool and, in summer, a sandy beach with palm trees, plus saunas and hydromassage for adults. The Palm is the quiet zone, with three mineral pools, an outdoor jacuzzi, a steam room and sun loungers, and it is not open to children. Elysium, the sauna zone with ten saunas, is an optional upgrade: the day and evening listings put it at about €7 per person, and the third offers upgrades to The Palm or Elysium from about €5; the day and third listings say you pay at the exit. The third listing also says The Palm option includes Galaxy.
Age limits matter here: all three listings set the limit for The Palm and Elysium at 14, so younger children can use only Galaxy, and the day listing asks you to bring a passport or ID card for children. Galaxy is part of all three packages, so any of them works for a family; the choose-your-zone package lets you book Galaxy alone.
What to know before you book
The booking voucher is not the spa ticket. The listings say the Therme ticket is handed over by the staff or driver when you board, and that the GetYourGuide QR code is not valid at the entrance. Bring a towel and flip-flops, as the day and evening listings say; the evening listing adds that you can rent them for a fee. The 4.5 hours of access start when you enter the thermal baths, and extra time is charged at the exit, about €2 per hour according to the third listing. The third listing includes a personal locker and names food, drinks and towels as extras you pay for; for the other two, check on the booking page whether a locker is shown as included, and budget for food and drinks.
If you are building a Bucharest week, the Therme tickets page lists everything available, and the Parliament Palace guide suits the morning before a spa afternoon.
