Prince Philip, 91, was admitted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on Wednesday evening. He had been staying at Balmoral with the Queen.
The duke originally suffered the infection shortly before the Diamond Jubilee concert on 4 June.
He is likely to remain in the NHS hospital for the next few days.
The duke has been seen at public engagements in Cowes over the last few days.
Michael Dunkason, from Ryde on the Isle of Wight, who saw the duke on Wednesday morning, said: "The duke seemed in very good spirits and gave a final wave before entering the car."
It is the third time Prince Philip, the longest-serving royal consort in British royalty, has been in hospital in the past nine months.
A reluctant patient at the best of times, Prince Philip has now spent his 10th night in hospital since just before Christmas last year.
Then, he was suffering from a blocked coronary artery. Now, for a second time in two months, he has a bladder infection.
The prince is being assessed and treated with antibiotics intravenously.
His latest spell in hospital has come at the start of the Queen's Scottish summer break at Balmoral.
In the last few weeks, her 91-year-old husband has been at the Olympics and at the Cowes Regatta on the Isle of Wight.
When he is discharged from the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, he is likely to be told to rest, which could mean he will miss the opening of the Paralympic Games, by the Queen, at the end of the month.
He also spent four days in hospital over Christmas, following an operation to clear a blocked heart artery.
In March, Prince Harry said the operation - which was successful - had given his grandfather a "new spurt of life".
After attending events to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in June, Prince Philip missed several days of festivities after being admitted to hospital for five nights with the bladder infection.
Since then he has been in apparent good health, joining the Queen at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics on 27 July, attending equestrian events at Greenwich Park, and touring the Olympic Park.
One expert said there could be a number of causes for the recurrence in the infection.
Dr Eileen Burns, from the British Geriatrics Society, told the BBC bladder infections were common "so it may just be bad luck".
Other explanations, Dr Burns said, included that "immune systems in older people are less vigorous" and that "sometimes there can be an abnormality within the urinary tract".
Stones within the bladder were another possible cause of infection, she added.
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