Balnevia
Nineteenth-century bath house facade in Băile Herculane below the Carpathians

Băile Herculane/Romania

Băile Herculane

Nine thermal springs and imperial bath architecture in the Cerna valley, Romania.

Țetcu Mircea-Rareș / Wikimedia Commons

Температура источника
60°C
Температура купания
40°C
Купание
Внутри / На открытом воздухе
Проживание
Отель на территории

Băile Herculane occupies a narrow valley in the Carpathians where sulphurous and chloride springs surface between roughly 38°C and 60°C. Austro-Hungarian bath houses and hotels line the river, some restored, some spectacular ruins.

Взгляд Balnevia

Почему стоит поехать

The most atmospheric thermal town in Romania: nineteenth-century imperial architecture, mountain water and visible layers of decay and restoration.

Рекомендации

Отели рядом

Посмотрите, где остановиться рядом с Băile Herculane.

Вода

Термальная вода

Источник
Cerna valley springs
Характер
Sulphurous, chloride and sodium-rich waters from nine springs

История

The Romans built Ad Aquas Herculi Sacras here in the second century. The town was rebuilt as an imperial resort under the Habsburgs from the 1730s, and Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth both visited.

Практическая информация

Bathing takes place in hotel and public bath facilities of varying standard; check in advance what is open. Some historic buildings are closed and unsafe.

Как добраться

About 1h30 by car from Timișoara or 2h from Sibiu; Băile Herculane station is on the Bucharest–Timișoara line, a short taxi from the centre.

Расположение

Băile Herculane, Romania44.8800, 22.4139Показать на карте Balnevia

Похожие места

Другие термальные купальни в Romania