Spas and tourist health resorts of Caras-Severin county
,,Domogled-The Cerna Valley”, an area with many preserves
and monuments of nature (floristic, faunistic and landscape preserves). It is situated on the both banks of the Cerna River, near
Baile Herculane. The Domogled is one of the richest places in Europe in what concerns the plant species (submediterranean species,
lilac, Turkish hazel). The Cerna River cut in the Domogled limestone abrupt gorges of amazing beauty.
Other preserves and
monuments of nature: Schitu, botanical preserve on the Ciclova Valley, The Big Valley, botanical preserve, north-east of New Moldova,
Mediterranean - Atlantic species, Zervesti wild daffodils, (near Caransebes) Ruschita – marble quarry.
Spas and touristic health
resorts are:
Baile Herculane it is situated in the southwestern part of Romania, in the narrow valley of Cerna, at an altitude
of 165 m (19 km away from Orsova, 41 km north-west of Drobeta Turrru Severin, 72 km away from Caransebes and 106 km south-east of
Resita).
Baile Herculane is the oldest resort in Romania (and one of the oldest in the world), documentary attested in 153 A.D.
The healing power of the thermal springs, discovered since the times when the Romans were building the first fortresses in Dada, is
nowadays famous all over the world. The spa (dedicated by the Romans to Hercules) is guarded, in the east, by the Mehedinti Mountains
and, in the west, by the Cerna Mountains. Baile Herculane has a climate of transition from continental to Mediterranean, with influences
of currents coming from the Adriatic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. A feature of the local climate is the high negative air ionization
(specific to an altitude of 3,000 m), which increases the body resistance to infections and regulates the operation of the endocrine
glands. The treatment facilities available here are: devices for hot sulphur mineral water and hot chlorosodic mineral water baths
in tubs and pools, with the possibility of kinetotherapy, open air hot mineral water pools, devices for aerosols and mineral water
installations, facilities for electro and hydrotherapy, medical gyms, rooms for Gerovital treatments (geriatric cosmetics), Pell Amar.
In the spa one can see the ruins of the Roman thermal spa (aqueducts, baths). There are organized trips to the Thieves’ Cave, the
Coronini Plateau, The Vapour
Cave, The Outlaws’ Cave, the Cerna Waterfall and the Domogled Gorges. Access: by train (Baile Herculane
railway station on the Bucharest -Timisoara line, then by bus up to the resort), by road (DN 25 Drobeta Turnu-Severin - Timisoara,
with a deviation on DN 67D), by plain (Caransebes airport, then by train or by bus up to the resort).
Crivaia spa at 15
km away from Resita and at an altitude of 650 m, on the bank of the Valiug dam lake (boats, fishing).
Semenic spa (40 km
away from Resita and at an altitude of 1,400 m), with a lot of snow lasting over 5 months a year, with many ski and sleigh slopes,
cable
transport, ski lift, baby ski.
Three Wathers (at 37 km away from Resita, at an altitude of 850 m) near the Three Wathers
dam lake, with ski slopes, nautical sports on the lake.
