Lacu Sărat Resort

About Lacu Sărat Resort

At a glance: Resorts and thermal baths in Lacu Sărat, Brăila County. The visit takes 2½ – 3 hours. Information verified on 10 October 2026.

Lacu Sărat resort lies in the commune of Chiscani, about 5 km from Brăila, on the Bărăgan plain. It grew up on the shore of a lake formed in an old bed of the Danube, now cut off from the river. The lake covers about 172 ha (1.72 km²) and is on average about 1.5 m deep, with a forest several dozen hectares in size around it. Its water is hypertonic, with a mineralisation of 70–84 g/l, and on the bottom lies a sapropelic mud used for treatments.

The properties of the water and mud were used here as early as the second half of the 19th century. A 1903 survey counted 31 villas and hotels in the resort, with about 600 rooms, several restaurants, a casino and a pharmacy, and before the First World War distinguished guests came here, among them Prince Ferdinand. Local legend says the lake healed the soldiers of Vlad the Impaler. Today the resort has national-interest status, regained in 2021, and is administered by the commune of Chiscani, after a dispute of many years with the city of Brăila.

The treatments (salt-water baths, mud packs, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, kinetotherapy, massage) are recommended above all for degenerative and inflammatory rheumatic conditions and other diseases of the locomotor system.

Good to know before you go

Getting there

By car: the resort is ~5 km from Brăila (about 15 minutes) and about two and a half hours from Bucharest. You enter from the road towards Viziru.

Public transport: the tram between Brăila and Lacu Sărat has been suspended since September 2025 because of infrastructure works. Until it resumes, you get there by car or by taxi from Brăila; we found no official public transport timetable.

Where to park

We found no official information about car parks. The accommodation complexes usually have car parks for guests; for the beach and the park, ask on the spot.

Fees & discounts

There is no official price list for the resort. The beach usually has an entrance fee, and the treatments are sold by the operators, separately or in packages with accommodation; the amounts differ and change from year to year. We found no current prices published by the local operator.

Rules

Salt-water and mud treatments usually require a consultation or a referral and have contraindications, including acute and infectious illnesses and pregnancy. On the beach, follow the lifeguards' instructions. Mud stains and salt water irritates fresh wounds, so bring clothes and towels you do not mind about.

Facilities

Treatment centres · salt-water pools and spa centre (Alma) · accommodation in complexes and villas · restaurants · lake beach · English Park · Saint Pantelimon Monastery