About Băile Cojocna
Băile Cojocna is a spa lido on the edge of the village of Cojocna, 24 km from Cluj-Napoca, laid out around two salt lakes. It is not a salt mine you can visit underground: the lakes formed where bell-shaped salt pits caved in after they were abandoned and filled with water. What you visit today is the salt water on the surface, in which you float almost without effort.
Salt was already mined here in Roman times, and the pits worked, on and off, until 1852. A few decades later, people from Cluj began bathing in the salty ponds left behind, and the villagers took out loans to build the baths around the turn of the 20th century. The complex still belongs to the commune and is run by its company, Băi Cojocna SRL. The banks and wooden decks were rebuilt with EU funding in 2010.
What you can see
Lake Durgău (Toroc) is the oldest and deepest, at more than 40 m, and next to it is the lido's smaller lake, which the operator calls Lake I, about 12–13 m deep. The water holds around 110 g of salt per litre, and the lakes are heliothermal: in summer the layers below the surface warm up in the sun and stay warm. Around them are beaches, wooden decks and steps into the water, tennis and football pitches and a campsite. A separate building houses an indoor pool of heated salt water, a sauna, a salt room and a rehabilitation centre.
Good to know
The lakes open only in summer: in 2026, from 1 June to 15 September. The warm pool also runs out of season. The commune and Cluj County Council are preparing a project to expand the treatment centre and want the village to become a spa resort; for now Cojocna is not on the list of officially recognised tourist resorts.
- A swim in the salt lakes, in water where you float almost without moving.
- Lake Durgău (Toroc), more than 40 m deep, formed where a salt pit caved in.
- The warm layers of the heliothermal lakes, which you feel in summer as you go deeper into the water.
- The indoor pool of heated salt water, which stays open after the lakes close, through autumn and winter.
Good to know before you go
- Getting there
By car: from Cluj-Napoca head east on the E576 (DN1C) to Apahida, then follow the DJ161A for about 10 km to Cojocna; it is ~24 km in all, around 30–40 minutes. The baths are on the eastern side of the village, and the main entrance, with the wooden gate, is off Strada Republicii.
Public transport: Fany buses run daily between the Fany bus station in Cluj-Napoca and Cojocna, via Apahida, in about an hour. Since December 2025 there has also been a pilot service, leaving Cluj at 9:00, that stops at Băile Cojocna. Check the timetable before you travel.
- Where to park
The complex has its own paid car park: in the 2026 season, 10 lei per car from 8:00 to 17:00 and 5 lei from 17:00 to 20:00. Passes for the warm pool and the 10-entry lido package include parking. The guesthouses across the road have parking for their guests.
- Fees & discounts
Prices for the 2026 summer season, approved by the local council. Lido, from 8:00 to 17:00: adults 50 lei, pensioners (over 60) 45 lei, children aged 4–14 and people with disabilities 35 lei. From 17:00 to 20:00: adults and pensioners 35 lei, children and people with disabilities 20 lei. Children under 4 go in free with a paying adult, and the companion of a person with a severe disability does not pay. Packages with entry and a sunlounger: 60 lei per adult, 50 lei per pensioner, 110 lei for 2 adults and 1 child, 125 lei for 2 adults and 2 children. A 10-entry adult package with parking and sunlounger costs 400 lei. Camping with a tent or caravan: 100 lei a day (with parking, shower and electricity), plus lido entry at 20 lei per person or 10 lei for pensioners, children and people with disabilities. Warm pool: 70 lei a day, 40 lei from 17:00 to 19:30; from September to May, 50 lei for 4 hours. Warm-pool passes: 700 lei for 12 entries (500 lei out of season), 350 lei for 6 entries. At the rehabilitation centre, a balneology consultation costs 200 lei and treatments ~50–120 lei. Prices checked in September 2026.
- Rules
In the spa area with the warm pool you may enter only in swimwear and slippers, you must shower on the way in and out, and hair must be tied back or covered with a cap. Jumping and running by the pool are forbidden, and children may enter only with an adult. Pets, people with skin conditions and people with open wounds are not admitted. The entry wristband must be worn at all times and is not refundable once bought. Parts of the lakes are very deep, so keep an eye on children. Salt-water bathing has contraindications: advanced high blood pressure, heart, liver or kidney failure, tumours, acute or contagious illnesses. Do not dive under: the very salty water stings the eyes.
- Facilities
Two salt lakes with beaches, wooden decks and steps into the water · sunloungers and umbrellas for hire · outdoor hot showers and changing rooms · indoor warm salt-water pool, sauna, salt room and gym · rehabilitation centre with physiotherapy, massage and electrotherapy · restaurant and food kiosks · tennis and football pitches · campsite for tents and caravans, with electricity · paid car park · accommodation only in the nearby guesthouses
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