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Harghita Bai mountain resort, with an area of 34 ha, is a component city of Miercurea Ciuc, situated at the highest elevation in Harghita county (at 1350 m), nestled between mountain peaks of wild beauty, very appreciated by fans mountain tourism.
Harghita Bai is a local interest spa founded in the 1800s. He became known thanks to the surrounding landscape on the one hand, and on the other hand due to its mineral water and sulphurous mofettes indicated in the treatment of cardiovascular and rheumatic diseases. Harghita Bai resort fits in a certain geographical environment with possibilities of recovery in tourism.
Location Baile Harghita Ciceu was part of the village since 1898 until the First World War (that explains the name Baile Ciceu), and now belongs to Miercurea Ciuc. With an area of 34 hectares and offers multiple opportunities for rest and treatment, the resort has an important role in the city's tourist life, is visited mostly for its ski slopes. Situated in the southern side of Harghita Ciceu peak (1761 m), the locality has an average altitude of 1300-1400 m and is best known for kaolin mine for mofettes, its mineral waters and pleasant alpine microclimate.
Baile Harghita early twentieth century was one of the leading spas of Transylvania, after the end of the nineteenth century were discovered solfatarele sulfide gas which owes resort living. The two pits with carbonated water with a chemical composition creates great potential for various treatments, the cure internal and external (heart disease and circulatory system, chronic inflammation).
Resort development began in the 1920s, when the two pits were built and were built thermal baths, the church and many private villas. In 1941, the resort has become a point of rest and training center for the Hungarian military. Then they built several stone houses and wooden buildings that are representative and now.
In 1947 it was modernized forest road from the main road linking Harghita, making possible access to the resort by car.
In the 1950s opened the Harghita Baile an underground mining of china clay, which, in over 40 years of operation has produced an impressive amount of waste that stored in the area, the resort is a problem in life today.
Baile Harghita a harsh climate of the regions of Europe located at the same latitude. The annual average temperature is lowest in the country, while the annual rainfall recorded is situated on the national average. During the winter snow falls in abundance, the ski season due to these natural conditions is one of the longest in the country.
On Baile Harghita can ski for four months per year, from December to March, but there are years in which snow remains till May. Medium layer of snow exceeds 60 cm. The resort has many trails furnished with lift, some even with nocturne. Although before 1995 there were only three ski slopes with different degrees of difficulty, in recent years more trails were built near the existing small and over the next years will be made a new trail with a length of 3 km.
Harghita Bai geographical location of the resort offers several advantages over other mountain resorts and spa tourism. It is accessible by road DN 13 A (Miercurea Ciuc - Székelyudvarhely) for a 7 km branch recently refurbished. It lies at relatively small distances of many cities in winter sports tradition (Miercurea Ciuc, Gyergyósyentmiklós Szekelyudvarhely Saint George, Brasov, Targu Mures, etc..), Hence the mass of tourists who visit, especially in During the cold season here lasts approx. 6 months per year.
For alpine skiing trails have been opened in May, three of them recently.
In the curative possibilities should be mentioned mofette, which, although not have a treatment center is a keen interest among sufferers of coronary heart disease, anemicilor, patients with kidney diseases and others.
Harghita Bai | Harghita Bai mountain resort, with an area of 34 ha, is a component city of Miercurea Ciuc, situated at the highest elevation in Harghita county (at 1350 m), nestled between mountain peaks of wild beauty, very appreciated by fans mountain tourism
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