Ocna Sibiului Salt Lakes
Saline lakes in collapsed salt mines, some of them heliothermal.
Martin Greslou, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bathing temperature
- 30°C
- Bathing
- Outdoor
When the medieval salt mines of Ocna Sibiului flooded, they left a chain of intensely saline lakes in the collapsed shafts, several of them extremely deep. Like Sovata, some warm in stratified layers under summer sun. Bathing is seasonal and open-air, with the local mud used in wraps alongside the salt water.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Ocna Sibiului salt lakes
- Mineralisation
- Extremely saline (former salt mines)
- Character
- Flooded salt-mine shafts form intensely salty lakes, some warming in stratified layers in summer.
Practical information
A short drive or train ride from Sibiu; open in the warm months. Salinity is very high — limit sessions, rinse afterwards, and avoid the water with open cuts.
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