Salt mines
Certainly, most of us have heard about one or more Salt mines from Romania. It is very important to know that the salines, besides the fact that are visited as tourist objectives, have extraordinary therapeutical properties, being visited as well by many persons that come here to treat all kind of affections. If you suffer of asthma or you have a bad imunity, a balneal cure in the Salt Mine could make you feel better.
In this section called Salt Mines, we offer you information about the salt mines from Romania, and also here you can find the possibilities of accommodation in the area of these Salt Mines, in case you are looking for treatment or only as tourists.
The Salt Mine Turda
The first attesting of extracting the salt in Turda is dating from 1271.
The Salt Mine Praid
Praid is the biggest town from Harghita. In the centre of the Praid there is the intersection of the roads that go to the North, to Bucin, in Gheorghreni and in South-Eastern in Corund, in Odorheiu-Secuiesc. The Praid pool si limited from North, East and Southern-East by the Gurghiului mountains and in South-Western by Siclod through Harom mountain.
The Salt Mine Ocna Mureş
It is a balneoclimaterical resort, situated on 258 m altitude, of a great touristic interest, because of the lakes from the salt massive. The resort offers many treatment installations: a solar for heliotherapy, electrotherapy, warm baths, mineral water.
The Salt Mine Ocnele Mari
Ocnele Mari is situated 225 m compared to the sea-level and lies on a surface of 10.000 square meters.
The Salt Mine Slănic Prahova
The town is surrounded by picturesque landscapes and has many accommodation offers, treatment, divertissement, being the ideal place for spending a holiday. The balneoclimateric resort is situated on 400 m altitude, being surrounded by hills having forests and meadows
The Salt Mine Târgu Ocna
Targu Ocna is situated in the heart of Moldova, on Trotus Valley from Bacau county. Leisure area situated 240 meters deep, it offers optimal conditions for: relaxing, moving, the treatment of airways. The salted waters lake and the waterfall complete a fascinating landscape.
The Salt Mine Ocna Sibiului
Ocna Sibiului is a tourist resort situated 15 km away from Sibiu, on the Visa river. The first balneal resort was founded here in 1845 and, since then, Ocna Sibiului got its reputation because of its heliothermal lakes formed around some old, destroyed salt mines.
The Salt Mine Cacica
Salina Caccica was opened in 1791 and is unique by the fact that its galleries are manually dug; it has 8200 galeries armed with wood.
After going down on a few wood stairs the visitor can admire an impressing salt sculpture, the Romano-Catholic Chapel St Varvar, situated 21 m deep, the Orthodox chapel and the dance hall also called “The Agripa Popescu hall”.