Băile Felix

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

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Temperatura della sorgente: 49°C
Temperatura di balneazione: 38°C
Balneazione: Vasca interna / Vasca esterna
Alloggio: Hotel in loco

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.

Lo sguardo di Balnevia

Perché visitarlo

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.

Raccomandazioni

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L'acqua

Acqua termale

Sorgente: Băile Felix thermal springs
Mineralizzazione: Oligomineral, slightly sulphurous thermal water
Carattere: Hot oligomineral water feeding treatment pools and the lake where the thermal lotus grows.

Storia

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.

Informazioni pratiche

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