Overview
About this location
Băile Tușnad has carbonated waters and mofettes at 95–98% CO₂, with a cardiovascular profile. Wellness Tușnad is the only public pool: 50 lei for 3 hours, 100 lei a day, Mondays from 14:00. The mofette is a medical procedure with serious contraindications.
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Details
General Information
Water temperature
cold carbonated springs (Apor 7 °C, Mikes 15–16 °C), but Wellness Tușnad has a thermal water pool; mofettes with dry gas at 95–98% CO₂
Water type
Carbonated mineral waters, chlorosodic, calcic, magnesian, ferruginous; mofettes with dry gas at 95–98% CO₂
Entry price
Wellness Tușnad 50 lei / 3 hours or 100 lei a day (children under 150 cm 25/50 lei); locals 25 lei; 10-entry pass 350 lei (rates from a private portal, confirm on +40 756 118 479)
Accessibility
Wellness Tușnad open all year; the mofettes and treatment bases run year round
Wellness
Therapeutic indications
They depend on the procedure. Mofette and carbonated baths: cardiovascular (chronic ischaemic heart disease, post-infarction sequelae at three months or more, stage I to II hypertension, peripheral arteriopathy, chronic venous disease); secondarily dermatological, gynaecological, endocrine, chronic degenerative rheumatism and neuralgia. The drinking cure at the springs (Stănescu, Apor, Mikes, Rudy): digestive and hepatobiliary, renal and urinary, metabolic and endocrine conditions. The thermal borehole water, from over 700 m: inflammatory and degenerative rheumatism, post-traumatic sequelae
About Băile Tușnad
A spa town in Harghita County, on DN12 in the Olt valley, with its own railway station on the Brașov–Miercurea Ciuc main line — which makes it one of the few Romanian spa resorts you can genuinely reach by train. Sfântu Gheorghe and Miercurea Ciuc are both 30 km away, Brașov 60 km.
What makes the resort distinctive is the mofette. A mofette is a natural emanation of dry gas, 95 to 98% carbon dioxide with traces of helium and radon, captured in a stepped, amphitheatre-shaped room. You stand in it exposed only from the waist down, because CO₂ is heavier than air and pools at the bottom. The effect is vasodilator, which is why the resort profile is cardiovascular: moderate hypertension, varicose veins, varicose ulcers.
Region & access
- Harghita County, on DN12, the 164 km road from Brașov through Sfântu Gheorghe and Miercurea Ciuc to Gheorgheni, running along the Olt valley.
- Băile Tușnad station is in the resort itself, on main line 400 between Brașov and Miercurea Ciuc. That is a real advantage — most Romanian spa towns have lost their rail link.
- Sfântu Gheorghe 30 km, Miercurea Ciuc 30 km, Brașov 60 km. Nearest airport is Brașov-Ghimbav, roughly 65 km, though that figure is an estimate rather than an official distance.
Water & gas
- Carbonated, chlorosodic, calcic, magnesian, ferruginous, bicarbonate and hypotonic waters, with total mineralisation ranging widely from 0.68 to 17.86 g/l depending on the source.
- The Apor spring puts out 7,200 litres an hour at 7 °C, with a pH of 5.3. The Mikes spring runs 3 g/l at 15 to 16 °C, with a gas mix of 95.5% CO₂ and 3.35% nitrogen.
- The mofette gas is 95 to 98% carbon dioxide with helium and radon. It is a dry gas bath, not a water bath — you keep your clothes on above the waist and nothing gets wet.
What it is used for
- The main profile is cardiovascular: chronic ischaemic heart disease, post-infarction sequelae at three months or more, stage I to II hypertension, peripheral arteriopathy and chronic venous disease. Few Romanian resorts have this as their primary indication.
- Secondary: dermatological, gynaecological and endocrine conditions, chronic degenerative rheumatism and neuralgia. The drinking cure at the springs is a separate matter, indicated for digestive, hepatobiliary, renal, metabolic and endocrine conditions.
- The operator publishes the contraindications of the mofette: neoplastic disease, peptic ulcer disease, heart failure, advanced atherosclerosis, decompensated heart failure, pulmonary tuberculosis, epilepsy, and the first six months after an infarction or major cardiac surgery. This is not a procedure to try casually.
One public pool, several hotel ones
- Wellness Tușnad, on Str. Ciucaș 7, is the only genuinely public option: a swimming pool, a thermal water pool, a children pool, a jacuzzi, a Finnish sauna, a steam room, an infrared sauna and a salt room, across 2,044 sqm with a capacity of 200 people. Non-guests welcome.
- Hotel Tusnad has an indoor pool and sauna, free for guests who are not on a treatment package, but only in fixed windows: Monday and Thursday 15:00–17:00, Tuesday and Wednesday 15:00–18:00, Friday 16:00–19:00, Saturday 10:00–17:00, Sunday 09:00–13:00.
- Hotel O3zone, four stars, has a heated pool with counter-current swimming, a jacuzzi, saunas and a Vichy shower, free for guests, open Tuesday to Sunday 09:00–21:00 and Monday from 14:00.
- Hotel Ciucaș, three stars, has a semi-Olympic pool plus a children pool, a hydrokinesiotherapy pool, carbonated baths and a salt room.
- The mofettes are a medical procedure, not a day attraction. You do not drop in for one the way you would for a sauna, and the per-session price is not published anywhere.
- Day access for non-guests at O3zone and Ciucaș is not published either, so Wellness Tușnad is realistically your only option if you are not staying in a hotel here. Plan accordingly rather than turning up and hoping.
- What makes Tușnad worth the trip over a bigger resort is the combination: a cardiovascular profile that few Romanian spas have, a working railway station, and two of the country better-known natural landmarks — Lake Sfânta Ana, the only volcanic crater lake in Romania, and the Mohoș peat bog — within a short drive.
Mind the Monday
- Wellness Tușnad opens Monday at 14:00, and Tuesday to Sunday at 10:00, closing at 21:00. A Monday morning arrival gets you nothing. Phone 0756 118 479.
- The hotel pools give guests only two to four hour windows a day, and only if you are not on a treatment package. Check the exact slot at reception when you arrive.
- Lake Sfânta Ana and Tinovul Mohoș, the standard day trip, moved to a single combined ticket in July 2026. It includes the Ecotourism Centre and three hours of free parking, then 3 lei per 30 minutes. Mohoș can be visited without a guide.
- Băile Tușnad is in the CNPP circuit for 2026, on the same terms as the rest: fifteen series of 16 days, from 27 April to 21 December, the pensioner paying 50% of their net pension.
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- Wellness Tușnad: 50 lei for 3 hours, with 8 lei per extra 30 minutes; children under 150 cm 25 lei, with a 5 lei surcharge; under 3 free. A full day costs 100 lei for adults and 50 lei for children.
- Locals pay far less — 25 lei for an adult, 20 for a pensioner, 15 for a child. Passes: 10 entries 350 lei valid 30 days, 20 entries 600 lei valid 60 days.
- Hotel Tusnad treatment package 2026: 6 nights in a double, breakfast plus buffet dinner, a balneology consultation and five days of four procedures a day on weekdays, at 2,700 lei between 20 July and 14 September, or 2,800 lei in a standard plus room from 15 September to 20 December.
- Lake Sfânta Ana and Tinovul Mohoș combined ticket: online 41 lei for an adult, 31 for a pupil or student, 29 for a child aged 5 to 14; at the desk 46, 35 and 32 lei. Under 5 free. Buying online saves 5 lei.
- Treat the Wellness prices with care. They come from a private portal with undated pages and photographs from 2015, and a third-party source quoted 30 and 15 lei instead. Confirm on 0756 118 479 before you travel.
Good to know
- Mofette rules exist for a reason. Carbon dioxide is heavier than air, so you do not move around and you do not talk. Sessions run a maximum of 20 minutes, 15 when you start, with a 4 to 8 hour gap between them, and the gas level is checked every 30 minutes with a lit match.
- Never enter a wild mofette in the open without supervision. In the first six months after an infarction or major cardiac surgery, and with heart failure, advanced atherosclerosis, pulmonary tuberculosis or epilepsy, the operator lists the procedure as contraindicated outright.
- Brown bears are a genuine consideration here. Density is high enough that around 80% of households have electric fences and the town uses bear-proof bins. Do not feed animals and do not leave food outside.
- Wellness Tușnad is shut on Monday mornings, and the hotel pools open only in narrow daily windows for guests without a treatment package. Plan the day around those slots.
- Buy the Sfânta Ana and Mohoș ticket online — it is 5 lei cheaper and gets you inside the three hours of free parking.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How much is the entrance fee at Tușnad Baths?
Wellness Tușnad 50 lei / 3 hours or 100 lei a day (children under 150 cm 25/50 lei); locals 25 lei; 10-entry pass 350 lei (rates from a private portal, confirm on +40 756 118 479). Prices can change, so check the official information before visiting.
What are the opening hours at Tușnad Baths?
Wellness Tușnad Monday 14:00-21:00, Tuesday-Sunday 10:00-21:00, all year; the mofettes are a medical procedure, not open access.
What is the water temperature at Tușnad Baths?
Cold carbonated springs (Apor 7 °C, Mikes 15–16 °C), but Wellness Tușnad has a thermal water pool; mofettes with dry gas at 95–98% CO₂.
Is Tușnad Baths open in winter?
Wellness Tușnad open all year; the mofettes and treatment bases run year round.