Baile Felix (Hungarian: Félixfürdo) is a thermal spa resort near the commune of Sânmartin in Bihor County, Transylvania, Romania. They are among the best known and most quality thermal spas in the country. Baile Felix is also at a close distance to Oradea, a major city in western Romania.
Baile Felix and 1 Mai are two thermal spa resorts located in a hilly area with beach and oak tree woods, 8 km south of the municipality of Oradea (seat of Bihor County) and 22 km south-east of Bors (border checkpoint to Hungary).
Summers are not excessively hot and winters are mild, with moderate precipitation (650 mm annually).
The resorts host many mineral springs with thermal (20-48°C), sulphuric, calcic, sodic, rich in bicarbonate waters known since the beginning of the millennium. The soothing effect of the waters on articular and muscular pain and on various rheumatic neuralgias accounts for the fame of cures in the resort for the treatment of inflammatory rheumatic diseases (rheumatic polyarthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, conditions after acute articular rheumatism), degenerative and articular rheumatic diseases, central and peripheral neurological disorders, gynecological diseases, post-traumatic conditions, endocrine disorders.
The facilities of the two resorts offer treatment of rheumatism and neurological and gynecological diseases. The modern medical base has at its disposal various facilities for procedures involving electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, aerosols, massage, paraffin packing and other water treatments.
The Felix and 1 Mai spa are also ideal for relaxation and visitors can take advantage of the following:
- the pool with artificial waves in 1 Mai (the oldest in the country)
- the thermal water swimming resorts : "Apolo" (since 1900) in Felix and "Venus" in 1 Mai
The ones that have a special interest in the local culture can also look into:
- the chapel in Haieu, a medieval church from the XIV th century, with baroque and romantic elements
- the Sanifarm baroque building, formerly "Saint Vincent" monastery (XVIII century)
- the churches in Rontau (15th century) and Haieu (1906)
- the wooden churches in Baile Felix