History of Tusnad spa
The tusnad spa, also called (The Pearl of Ardeal), is one of the most beautiful spa resorts of our country. This is an ideal place to spend your holiday in every season. The spa has been medically exploited since the second half of the 19th century. In 1968, Baile Tusnad was declared tourist town.
Climate
The climate is moderate sub-alpine, with cool summers and cold winters. The annual average temperature is 6 C (16C in July and -6C in January). The quantity of rainfalls is 860-900mm a year. The winds are moderate, the resort being protected by the mountains that surround it.
Surrounded by secular fir trees, the resort offers fresh air, ozone, aerosols, negative ions.
Treatment procedures
Fortifying, vitalizing therapy.
Medical treatments: cardiovascular - CO2 baths, mofettes, galvanic baths, massage, rheumatic- paraffin packing, plants baths, massage, neurological - magneto-diaflux, ionization, gymnastics, digestive- mineral water cure, reflex massage, endocrine- magneto-therapy, gymnastics, massage, internal cure, climate therapy.
Mineral resource content
Stanescu Spring: flow capacity: 405 l/h, T. 7 C, pH 6.2. They are natural carbo-gaseous, hypotonic waters containing: bicarbonate, sodium, calcium and magnesium.
Apor Spring: flow capacity: 7200 l/h, T. 7 C, pH 5.3; they are natural, carbo-gaseous, hypotonic waters containing: iron, chlorine, bicarbonate, sodium and calcium.
Mikes Spring: flow capacity: unlimited, T. 14 C, pH 5.6. They are natural, carbo-gaseous, hypotonic waters, containing: a little iron, chlorine, bicarbonate and Treatment prescriptions.
Cardiovascular affections and associated ailments: rheumatic, nervous, digestive and endocrine ones. sodium.
Surroundings, tourists
- Miercurea Ciuc (30km): Miko Citadel, the Ethnographic Museum, the baroque church of Sumuleu (35km), with one of the biggest organ installation in Ardeal;
- the Red Lake (115 km), the largest natural barrage in Romania,
- Santa Ana Lake (20 km), the only one in Central Europe which is formed on a volcanic crater;
- Mohos preserve (1056m), with rare plant species, nearby Santa Ana Lake.
- Balvanyos: the ruins of Balvanyos citadel, the Birds` Cemetery (precipice with sulphurated hydrogen emanation)
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By car: Bucharest-Brasov (E60)-Miercurea Ciuc (DN12) at 67 km far from Brasov, 37 km from Sf. Gheorghe, 32 km from Miercurea Ciuc.
By train: Tusnad station (Bucharest-Baia Mare train).