Salt mines

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The Terezia mine seen from above: the dark salt lake, the island with lit pavilions and the coloured boats, beneath the bell-shaped salt walls

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Turda Salt Mine

Turda, CJ

A salt mine worked from the Middle Ages until 1932 and turned into a spectacular underground park: a Ferris wheel, a lake with rowing boats, an amphitheatre and salt walls 120 m below ground, near Cluj.

Salt mines

Closed2 – 2½ hours75 lei

One of the salt lakes seen from above in summer, with people in the water, steps and decks on the bank, and the kiosks, sports pitches and village houses behind

Băile Cojocna

Cojocna, CJ

A lido with two salt lakes formed where old salt mines caved in, 24 km from Cluj-Napoca, plus an indoor pool of warm salt water that stays open all year.

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Closed50 lei

Lacul Ocnei, with greenish water, a wooden jetty along the shore and, on the green hill behind, the roofs over the shafts of the Iosif and Terezia mines

Durgău Salt Lakes

Turda, CJ

A summer lido on two salt lakes formed in collapsed old salt pits, 100 m from the Durgău entrance of the Turda Salt Mine. The very salty water keeps you afloat; the mine is visited separately.

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Closed40 lei

The lido on the Roman Lake, with a wooden deck and bathing ladder in the foreground, swimmers in the water and woodland behind

Băile Sărate Turda Lido

Turda, CJ

Turda's historic lido, on the Roman Lake, a salt lake formed in old salt workings in the Băile Sărate district. The town's spa was born here around 1840.

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