Grand Hotel Bucharest Health Club (22nd floor)

The Grand Hotel Bucharest Health Club occupies the 22nd floor of the tower at Bulevardul Nicolae Bălcescu 4, beside Piața Universității in central Bucharest, Romania. The building is a well-known landmark of the city's main north-south boulevard, formerly operated as the InterContinental, and the health club takes advantage of its height to give the pool a skyline outlook across the rooftops of the capital. The setting is a hotel health club rather than a full treatment spa, so the mood is relaxed and practical, suited to swimming, heat sessions and a quiet hour above the traffic of University Square. Facilities listed for the club include an indoor swimming pool with city views, two saunas, a hot tub and fitness rooms. The emphasis is on self-guided relaxation and exercise rather than on a long menu of signature treatments, and no specific Romanian regional tradition is attached to the club. Where massage or other treatments are wanted, visitors should ask the hotel what can be arranged, because the treatment list is not fixed and details are given on request. Access for non-guests is available on request, and the club can be contacted by phone on +40 21 310 2020 to ask about entry conditions, current prices and opening times. Visits typically last between one and two hours, which is enough for a swim, a sauna session and time in the hot tub. Because the club is primarily a hotel amenity, advance contact is more reliable than walking in, particularly at weekends or in the early evening when hotel guests use it after the working day. Visitors should bring swimwear, a swimming cap if required by the pool rules, and flip-flops for the wet areas. The central location makes the club easy to combine with a walk to the Old Town, the University of Bucharest or the National Theatre, all of which lie within a short distance, and the nearby metro station at Piața Universității is the simplest public transport link.