Overview
About this location
Aquapark Nymphaea Oradea: 7 hectares, 13 pools, 10 slides and 6 saunas, water between 28 and 40 °C. A full day costs 110 lei on weekdays and 120 lei at weekends, open 09:00–21:00. The outdoor zone runs only from 1 May to 30 September.
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Details
General Information
Water temperature
28–40 °C in the pools; only the pool linking the indoor and outdoor areas and those in the Turkish Bath use geothermal water
Water type
Thermal, geothermal water, treated for recreation
Entry price
Full day 110 lei / adult Mon-Fri and 120 lei at weekends and on holidays; pupils 14-18 and pensioners 100/110 lei; children 3-14 60/65 lei; 4-hour ticket 70/80 lei for adults
Accessibility
Open all year, indoor facilities in winter
Wellness
Therapeutic indications
Leisure, relaxation, wellness
About Aquapark Nymphaea
A seven-hectare water park on the northern bank of the Crișul Repede in Oradea, run by ADP Oradea SA, whose sole shareholder is the Oradea Local Council. It has 13 pools, 10 slides and 6 saunas, with water between 28 and 40 °C and indoor air at around 27 °C. Băile Felix is 9 to 10 km away and the airport about 6 km.
One thing to be precise about, because most listings get it wrong: only the pool that links the indoor and outdoor areas, plus the pools in the Turkish Bath, actually use geothermal water. The children pools do not. The spent geothermal water is recovered through heat exchangers, an investment of 1.3 million lei, and used to heat four other municipal pools. Also note the official site is aquapark-nymphaea.ro — nymphaea.ro is password-protected and is not the park website.
Access & parking
- Aleea Ștrandului 13B, Oradea 410051, on the north bank of the Crișul Repede, 2 to 4 km from the city centre.
- Public transport: OTL bus to the Ștrand stop, lines 13 and 14 plus several others, then about five minutes on foot. Tram 4 goes as far as General Magheru.
- Parking is free for customers, with a free exit ticket on the way out — but park badly and it costs 100 lei to have the vehicle released.
Indoor and outdoor
- Indoor: Nimfa, Niagara with its waterfall, Everest with a climbing wall, and Corabia Piraților. Outdoor: an Olympic pool, Laguna, Meridianul Zero, the Prichindel children pool and a wave pool.
- Slides: four indoors — Vipera, Tornada, Anaconda and the family slide — and six outdoors: Magic, Cobra, Avalanșa, Curcubeu, Kamikaze and Fulger. Minimum height 120 cm.
- The spa has a Finnish sauna, infrared, aromatherapy and Russian saunas, a salt room and a cold room, all restricted to over-16s. Separately there is a Turkish bath, a VIP jacuzzi and massage. The children area covers ages 0 to 12.
Watch band, no cash inside
- You get a watch-type band, valid for one day and one entry, personal to you, which also opens your locker. Inside the park neither cash nor cards are accepted — you pay only from the band, topped up at the cash desk.
- At the exit you hand the band back, any overstay is deducted, and unused credit is returned to you.
- There is no re-entry: one way in, one way out, with a five-minute exception if staff help you. Holiday vouchers are not accepted, because the park has no accommodation.
- The last officially published pass prices, from a council decision of August 2025, were a nominal 10-entry pass valid 60 days at 1,000 lei for adults, 889 lei for pupils and pensioners and 556 lei for children, with groups of at least 15 people at 100 lei per adult per day.
Read on 1 August 2026
- Four-hour ticket: adult 70 lei on weekdays and 80 lei at weekends and on public holidays; pupils aged 14 to 18 and pensioners 65 and 70 lei; children aged 3 to 14 40 and 45 lei; under 3 free.
- Full day, 09:00 to 21:00: adult 110 and 120 lei, pupil or pensioner 100 and 110 lei, child 60 and 65 lei. Going over the four hours costs 0.50 lei a minute, settled at the desk on your way out.
- Saunas are 50 lei for a three-hour session and only with an entry ticket. The Turkish bath is 65 lei for three hours, Turkish massage 110 lei for 30 minutes, relaxation massage 90 lei.
- Extras: towel hire 20 lei with a 60 lei deposit, bathrobe 30 lei with a 180 lei deposit, solarium 4 lei a minute, football pitch 150 lei an hour, billiards 20 lei an hour.
- Discounts apply only to pupils aged 14 to 18 and pensioners, and only on production of documents at the entrance. There is no student discount. Season passes and group rates are not published for 2026.
- For comparison, in the same region: Ștrandul Ioșia 32 lei, Apollo-Felix 65 lei, Venus Waterland 70 to 80 lei, Aqua Park President 80 lei. Nymphaea is the most expensive option around Oradea.
Hours and capacity
- Open daily 09:00–21:00, including public holidays. The cash desk works 09:00–20:00, so the last ticket goes at 20:00. Saunas run 11:00–20:00, the indoor restaurant 10:00–19:00, and the slides operate in hourly shifts.
- The outdoor zone — pools and slides — only runs from 1 May to 30 September, weather permitting. In winter you pay the same price for half the park.
- Capacity is capped at 1,850 people. Once it is reached, entry resumes only as others leave. At weekends, in school holidays and on public holidays that happens in the morning.
- Tickets online are full-day only, by card, up to 21:00 the day before, with entry through cash desk 7 or 2. They cannot be reserved, refunded or rescheduled. No cleaning day is announced.
- Rules: showering before entry is compulsory, flip-flops and a swim cap are recommended and a lifeguard may turn you away without them, under 120 cm cannot use the big slides, under-14s cannot enter unaccompanied, and outside food and drink are not allowed.
- The official FAQ is out of date — it still mentions three-hour tickets and a from-16:00 rate that do not exist in the 2026 grid, and aggregator sites list 10:00–22:00, which is wrong.
Good to know
- Buy online the day before if you are going at a weekend or in a holiday period. With a 1,850 cap reached by mid-morning, arriving without a ticket means you may simply be turned away.
- Going in winter is poor value. The wave pool and the six outdoor slides are closed from 1 October to 30 April, and the price does not change to reflect it.
- At 110 to 120 lei for an adult day, Nymphaea costs three to four times what Ștrandul Ioșia does and about 40% more than Apollo-Felix. You are paying for the slides and the scale, not for the water.
- Bring flip-flops and a swim cap. They are listed as recommended rather than compulsory, but a lifeguard is entitled to refuse you without them, which is an unpleasant surprise at the poolside.
- Two figures conflict on the operator own materials: the band-loss fee is 100 lei on the tariff page and 30 lei in the regulations, and capacity is 1,850 in the regulations against 1,800 in press listings.
- If the point of the trip is thermal water rather than slides, Băile Felix is 9 to 10 km away and cheaper, with genuinely thermal pools throughout. Nymphaea is the better choice for children old enough for the big slides, and the worse one for a cure.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How much is the entrance fee at Nymphaea Aquapark Oradea?
Full day 110 lei / adult Mon-Fri and 120 lei at weekends and on holidays; pupils 14-18 and pensioners 100/110 lei; children 3-14 60/65 lei; 4-hour ticket 70/80 lei for adults. Prices can change, so check the official information before visiting.
What are the opening hours at Nymphaea Aquapark Oradea?
Daily 09:00-21:00, cash desk until 20:00; the outdoor zone runs only from 1 May to 30 September; maximum capacity 1,850 people.
What is the water temperature at Nymphaea Aquapark Oradea?
28–40 °C in the pools; only the pool linking the indoor and outdoor areas and those in the Turkish Bath use geothermal water.
Is Nymphaea Aquapark Oradea open in winter?
Open all year, indoor facilities in winter.