Băile Felix
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Băile Felix (Hungarian: Félixfürdő) is a thermal spa resort near the commune of Sânmartin in Bihor County, Transylvania, Romania. They are among the best known and most quality thermal spas in the country. Băile Felix is also at a close distance to Oradea, a major city in far western Romania.
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Băile Felix and 1 Mai are two thermal spa resorts located in a hilly area with beach and oaktree woods, 8 km S of the municipality of Oradea (seat of Bihor county) and 22 km SE of Bors (border checkpoint to Hungary). They are among the best known and most quality thermal spas in the country. Summers are not excessively hot and winters are mild. Moderate precipitation (650 mm annually). The resorts host many mineral springs with thermal waters (20-48°C), oligothermal, radioactive, sulphurated, calcic, sodic, bicarbonated waters known since the beginning of the millenium. The soothing effect of the waters on articular and muscular pain and on various rheumatic neuralgias accounts for the fame of cures in the resort for the treatement of inflamatory rheumatic diseases (rheumatic polyarthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, conditions after acute articular rheumatism), degenerative and abarticular rheumatic diseases, central and peripheral neurological disorders, gyynecological diseases, post-traumatic conditions, endocrinological disorders etc.
The facilities of the two resorts offer treatment of rheumatism and neurological and gynecological diseases. The modern medical base has at its disposal various facilities for procedures involving electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, aerosols, massage, paraffin packing and other water treatments. Attractions. The Felix and 1 Mai spa are also ideal for relaxation and visitors can take advantage of the following: The pool with artificial waves in 1Mai (the oldest in the country). The thermal water swiming resorts in Felix “Apolo” (1900) and “Venus” in 1Mai. In the thermal water of the Petea rivulet and lake, with constant temperature of 30-31°C, lives the snail Melanopsis parreyssi (tertiary relict) and the fish Scardinus racovitzae as well as a rare species of subtropical water lily - Nymphaea lotus thermalis - tertiary relict, a natural monument. The Betfia(or Huda Bradii) vertical cave, with a level difference of 84 m. Nymphaea lotus thermalis in Felix spa The ones that have a special interest in the local culture can also look into: The chapel in Haieu, a medieval church from the XIV th century, with baroque and romanic elements, the Sanifarm baroque building, formal “Saint Vincent” monastery (XVIII century). the churches in Rontau (15th century) and Haieu (1906), the wooden churches in Baile Felix.
