Băile Harghita Spa
Baile Harghita, part of Miercurea Ciuc, is a montan, balneoclimaterical resort, being known because of its mines, the choke dumps, its mineral waters and the good microclimate. In the southern side of the resort there is Borthegyes, that has 1379 m form the Fejszó river where there is also a mineral water spring.
The most important springs from Baile Harghita are: The eye Spring, The forest Spring, The Main Spring, The Stomach Spring.
The therapeutic references for the four springs are identical. On the internal cure, the waters from here are used for treating the heart diseases, of the circulatory system , for cronical inflammations.
Baile Harghita are a preferred tourist attraction during winter. On Baile Harghita you can go skiing for 4 months/year, from December until March, but there are always years when snow lasts until May. The average snow layer is over 60 cm. The resort has many arranged rails, with a lift, some of them with nocturnal installation. Before 1995 there were only 3 trails with different difficulty levels, in the last years there were arranged many trails close to existing ones, and in the next years there will be arranged another one having the length of 3km.