Băile Felix

Băile Felix ( German: Bad Felix; Hungarian: Félixfürdő ) is a spa town with thermal springs of international repute in the Bihor county in western Romania. The springs have been used for about a thousand years. The water temperature is 20 to 49 ° C.

Location

Băile Felix is located on the European road E79, nine kilometers from the county seat, Oradea and 22 km from the Romanian-Hungarian border crossing Borş away. Administratively, Băile Felix part of the community Sânmartin. According to the census of 2002 there were 663 people in the spa town.

Climate

The climate is temperate continental. The average annual temperature is 10.4 ° ​​C and the rainfall amounts to 616 million liters a year.

History

Around the year 1000 saw the monk Felix, abbot of the monastery of Szentmárton (Romanian: Sânmartin ) for the first time a thermal spring with medicinal properties. ( " Baia lui Felix" Romanian) for the first time as a place for the treatment of diseases in appearance In the period 1711-1721, the 'bath of Felix ' occurred. At the World's Fair in St. Louis, the gold medal for the best water in the world was awarded to Baile Felix. Among the guests of the spa people such as Marlene Dietrich, Claudia Cardinale, Charlie Chaplin, Marshal Charles de Gaulle, the painter Salvador Dalí, the billionaire Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Kennedy. Today Bad Felix with 200 sources of the largest spa in Romania.

Spa

The spa facilities in the spa baths consist primarily of tubs and pools. There are ways to exercise and stretching treatments as well as facilities for warm mud applications. But medical physiotherapy, classic massage and sauna is applied here. Next, there are facilities for electric and hydrotherapy and facilities for gynecological treatments with thermal water and warm mud treatments. A mineral water Trinkkuranlage and inhalation facilities (aerosol therapy) for the respiratory system are available. To prevent chronic respiratory or cardiovascular diseases and rheumatic diseases of the joints and limbs, an active prophylactic spa treatment can be carried out in the spa under medical supervision. Similarly, treatments for cardiology, neurology, diabetes, dietary diseases and endocrinology are offered.

The radon thermal water has a temperature of 41-49 ° C and a mineral content (sulfur, chlorine, sodium, bicarbonate, etc.) of 986 mg / l

The medicinal water of Bad Felix is suitable for the treatment of the following diseases:

• Rheumatic inflammatory diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, debilitating spondylosis, acute articular rheumatism) in biological stabilization level
• Degenerative rheumatism
• Spondylosis ( neck, back and Lendenspondylose ) with or without Zervikobrachialgien
• Sciatica and lumbago
• Arthrosis, polyarthrosis
• Abartikuläre rheumatism: tendonitis, tendinitis, Tendomyosen, Periarthrita scapulos humeralis
• Posttraumatic distress: sequelae after surgical procedures on the joints, after bone breaking, distortions and dislocations
• Central and peripheral nervous disorders: hemiparesis, paraparesis, various paresis

Recreational facilities

The resort has a modern cultural center with theater, cinema, concert hall, library, numerous sports fields, swimming pools, which are supplied with thermal water, cafes, restaurants, pubs, bars, bookstores, shops of all kinds

In the parks with the alkaline sulfur springs are also found the pink blooming water lily " Nymphaea lothus thermalis ", a unique plant in Europe, a botanical relic of the Tertiary. It is the symbol of Bad Felix; a district bears her name, " Nufarul " ( Seelotus ).

On October 29, 2012, the water park was "Aqua President" opened. This is the through all the year round and holds about 700-800 people. The water in the Aqua Park has a temperature of 34-36 ° C. The water park features 13 indoor swimming pools, three outdoor swimming pools, a wave pool with waves up to 50 cm in height, a Mediterranean grotto, a VIP area, a children's area, a Turkish and a Finnish sauna, two slides, one indoor and one in outside. The dry area of the water park has a variety of entertainment options, such as bowling, table tennis, slot machines, squash, snooker, darts, mini - football, hockey.