Natural reservations
Spherical panoramas from Szeklerland
Sovata is a resort of European fame, one of the most popular spas in Romania. Its existence was grounded by heliothermic salt-water lakes. The best-known is the Bear Lake/Lacul Ursu/Medve-tó, lying in a valley, formed by an...
At a height of 565 m above sea level, the settlement on the river with the same name was declared a town in 1952. Later, in 1968, it became the naming settlement for the county as well. The valley to the east of the spa town is justly...
The bathing spot of the Apor girls is situated above Bálványosfürdő and a couple hundred meters below the renewed Grand Hotel Bálványos. Since access is denied to vehicles, visitors may walk up to the...
The Becheci Mountain forms part of the southern range of the Gurghiu Mountains, it lies in the eastern part of Mureş County. It is bounded in the northwest by the Niraj Valley and in the southeast by the Târnava Mică...
The Harghita-Mădăraș mountains are part of the Neogene volcanic chain Călimani-Gurghiu-Harghita mountains, with a relief consisting mostly of andesite rocks (lava and pyroclastic flows), with an altitude between 1,500 and 1,800 m. The...
In August 2013, for 10 days under the leadership of the Ars Topia Foundation, Hungarian landscape architects, university students, and local people were involved in the Kaláka program of the Székelyföldi Spa Building...
The water of the sulphurous spring gushing near the centre of the village situated in Baraolt Region was used for healing already in the 19th century. Evoking the past experience, it was introduced into the modern treatment...
The voluntary co-operative work series, having as their purpose the renovation of the baths, that are considered special features of the Szeklerland, arrived to the upper part of Three Chairs in 2012. Under the initiative of...
Surrounded by deciduous forests, Valea Zălanului is the most outlandish settlement in Three Chairs. It was first mentioned in 1740, under the name of Zalanyi Evegcsur. At the end of the 17th century, the family of count Kálnoky...
At an altitude of 1050 m, the lake is situated in the eastern corner of the Ciomatu Mare/Nagy-Csomád massif, at the southern foot of the 1177 m high Mohoş/Mohos peak. The diameter of the 10 m deep lake is of 800 m, its surface...
The Rétyi Nyír nature reserve is the route from Sepsiszentgyörgy to Kovászna on the right leaving the center of Réty village. The altitude of the area varies between 513 and 545 m above sea level. Higher...
The Bodoki-mountains, which in their full length are referred to as Bodoki-havasok, are surrounded by the plains of the Olt and Feketeügy. It is more significant heights are the Kőmöge (1241 m), the Henter field (1213 m) and...
Administratively affixed to Zăbala/Zabola, Peteni/Székelypetőfalva is outstandingly rich in mineral waters. Meanwhile the tasty water with healing properties bursts out in the northern area of the settlement, and it is...
At the top of the Eresztevény attached to Maksa, to east off the road is the tomb of Gábor Áron, the cannon molder. Northwest from here is the Óriáspince-peak, the name of which presumably derives from...
The most visited spot in Seklerland is located within the Ciomatu/Csomád massif – the St. Anna Lake is the only large and unharmed Crater Lake in Europe. The lake is situated at an altitude of 946 m, it is 1737 m in range...
The Salt House recorded as a monument can be found in the lower corner of Lueta, supplies with salt not only the village but the neighborhood settlements as well. More houses like this can be found in the area, in Ălmaş, Corund,...
The Csiszár Bath is located on the southeastern side of the valley, on the slope of Ciomatu Mountain. This is the latest developed zone of Băile Bálványos.
At the end of the 19th century, Csiszár...
The Vargyas strait is located 13 km far from Vargyas, and it is in fact a nature reserve lying on 1000 ha, which is considered to be one of the most important regions rich in karst in Transylvania. On the five levels of the 3 km-long...
In the second half of the 1980s, the Besenyő brook was cut off to create a water reservoir for irrigation. The hayfields of Szászrét, Kolumbán garden, Bokor garden and Gát field were flooded. The artificial...
The Smelly Cave of Turia can be found on the Balvanyos pass, in the side of the Smelly Mountain, at a 1052 m altitude above sea level. The 14 m long cave is Europe’s largest hydrogen sulfide mofetta, from where...
Within the frame of the Szekler Bath Constructing Program, based on European Union funds, domestic resources and the traditions of voluntary co-operative work, in Covasna County, the mineral water spring and bath of Süte, found in...
The Istenszéke (in Romanian Scaunul Domnului) is a 1381 m high mountain peak situated in the southwestern part of the Călimani Mountains. It is composed of andesite and formed by selective erosion...
The entire Szeklerland, and within, Covasna county are especially rich in popular baths, which were regularly used by the locals before the communist regime, but after the nationalization of the territories these community facilities...
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