Băile Felix

Romania's warmest spa resort, where thermal water feeds pools and a rare lotus lake.

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Quelltemperatur: 49°C
Badetemperatur: 38°C
Baden: Innen / Außen
Unterkunft: Hotel vor Ort

Băile Felix, near Oradea in Bihor county, is Romania's best-known year-round thermal resort. Oligomineral water reaching the surface at up to about 49 °C supplies its treatment centres and open-air pools, and warms a lake where the protected thermal lotus Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis grows.

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Warum hingehen

The resort pairs serious rehabilitation medicine with genuinely hot open-air bathing in winter, plus a botanical curiosity found in only a handful of places in Europe.

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Das Wasser

Thermalwasser

Quelle: Băile Felix thermal springs
Mineralisierung: Oligomineral, slightly sulphurous thermal water
Charakter: Hot oligomineral water feeding treatment pools and the lake where the thermal lotus grows.

Geschichte

The springs were noted in the 13th century by the monks of the nearby Sânmartin abbey and developed as a bathing resort from the 18th and 19th centuries under Habsburg rule.

Praktische Informationen

Bathing is spread across several complexes, from state sanatorium pools to newer strandurile; the hottest basins can be uncomfortable for long immersion.