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Guide for Tusnad Spa
Data publicarii: 07.06.2012
Autor: Jucan Garofita
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Guide for Tușnad Spa

 

     Surnamed “Transylvania’s Pearl”, TuÈ™nad is one of the most beautiful spas in Romania, with balneal activity since mid 19th century.

     TuÈ™nad spa is situated in the southern part of Ciuc Basin, 650 m high, between Harghita and Bodoc Mountains, in a splendid gorge of Olt River. This location gives TuÈ™nad a beautiful natural position, strongly ozonified air, rich in aerosols and negative ions, that fulfill a tonic mountainous bioclimate, favorable to psychical reconfortation. The average temperature is around 8 deg. C (17,5 in July and -7 in January), with cold winters and capricious summers.

 

     Although the small resort in the country, has a high degree of attraction for tourists, mainly for the healing properties of the mineral springs ( carbonated, salty-containing sodium chloride, containing calcium, containing magnesium, ferrous-chalybeate, containing sodium bicarbonate, hypotonic with an overall mineralization of 0.68 - 17.86 g / liter) and mofettes (gas emanations dispersed in air). In total there can be found 44 springs, which are used for internal and external cure. As internal cure are recommended for: cardio-vascular system, chronical gastrithis (hipoacidic/normoacidic), and chronical hepatho-colecistites, digestive system. As external cure are recommended for: metabolic system, rheumatic, cardio-vascular system, neurasthenia’s, diseases of the locomotor system.

 

   The health-resort has complete medical facilities, including massage, baths, hydrotherapy, physiotherapy, electrotherapy, with a total capacity of 800 patients/day.

 

     For the spa treatment, the structure of the complex is as follows: reception area;specialised medical offices recuperation, physical medicine and spa medicine;offices for specific therapy (kinetic therapy, kinetic hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, massage therapy, hydro thermotherapy);  relaxing area; emergency room; office for functional prospects.

 

Access

 

 

    • By car: Brasov - St. George - Baile Tusnad - Miercurea Ciuc DN 12 to 67 km from Brasov, 37 km from St. George, 32 km from Miercurea Ciuc, Bangalore - Comanesti - Miercurea Ciuc DN 12. 

 

  •  Railway: bus Bucharest - Brasov - St. George - Baile Tusnad - Ciceu - indulge - Baia Mare, Baile Tusnad station.

 

Surroundings, tourist attractions

S. Lake Ana (950 m) located 25 km from the resort, the lake of volcanic origin, unique in Central and Eastern Europe; 

Tinovul Mohos (1056 m) located near Lake St. Ana, said natural reservation, shelters rare species of plants; 

 Miercurea Ciuc (30 km.): Miko Fortress, the Ethnographic Museum

Franciscan Baroque church of Sumuleu (35 km) which owns one of the biggest organ installations in Transylvania;

Red Lake (115 km.) Biggest natural dam in Romania; Defile Olt River, Rock Soimilor (848 m), Siculeni Szekler monument; 

Toplita: Orthodox monastery "St. Proroc Ilie (1847);

Charter: cetetea peasant strengthened; 

 Odorheiul Secuiesc: medieval fortress which dates from the XVI century; 

 Lazar: "Movila Tartars and the castle Contelui Lazar; 

 Secunda: Secuiesc National Museum, Museum of Art, Reformed Church, built in Gothic style building (XIVth century); 

Balvanyos: Fortress Balvanyos ruins, cemetery birds (with the aura of chaos hydrogen sulphide) of Balvanyos; Varghisului Gorge - Poiana Narciselor (natural monument);

 

 

Routes guide:

 

1. Baile Tusnad - Brasov - Poiana Brasov - Bran - Baile Tusnad (220 km) 
2. Baile Tusnad - Gheorgheni - Lake-Red - Bicaz Gorge - Lazar - Baile Tusnad (210 km) 
3. Baile Tusnad - Ghimesului Valley - Baile Tusnad (150 km) 
4. Baile Tusnad - Corund - Székelyudvarhely - Sighisoara - Baile Tusnad (215 km) 
5. Baile Tusnad - Saint Ana Lake - Baile Balvanyos - Targu Secuiesc - Baile Tusnad (180 km) 
6. Baile Tusnad - Miercurea-Ciuc - Sumuleu - Baile Harghita - Praid - Sovata - Baile Tusnad (120 km)

 

Information obtained as a result of our visit to the resort Baile Tusnad, I found the Manager said that the number of patients who are treated at the treatment is about four million per year and about 350-400 series.

 

The treatment works at the beginning of April and on 20 December.

 



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