Salt mine, salt mine early history dates back to Roman times. In written documents are remembered four surface excavations "type amphitheater" and bricks with the inscription "LVM" (Legio V. Macedonica). Excavations left by Roman were continued by Avars and later the Bulgars. During migratory peoples (Goths, Huns, Gepids) did not extract salt. Hungarian master Scouts - Töhötöm-, on their way to the Carpathian Basin, reported on the existence salt extraction in Transylvania.
The resort - resort-season, Sovata was first mentioned as a place for healing in a document of 1597, but only in 1850 as a resort. It is surrounded by hills Cireselu (912 m), Chapel (720 m), Bechi? (1079 m) and Mount Low Salt Hill, is covered with forests of beech, oak, hornbeam, elm, chestnut, pine and birch. The resort has a subalpine climate, with cool summers (average temperature in July is 18.5 ° C) and mild winters (average temperature in January is -3.5 ° C). The average annual temperature is 7.6 ° C and average annual rainfall is 750 mm. Reputation resort is made the lakes Ursu (46,000 m2), Aluni? (9,000 m2), Green (5.000m2), Black, Red, Blackbird and snakes with chlorinated water (with high - from 40 to 250 g / liter) and sodium presenting heliothermic (summer water temperatures vary from solar heat accumulation in salt water, hot water is protected by a layer of fresh water from the rivulets, which is mixed with salt water, but remains on the surface, acting as a thermal insulator).
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Services
- Nature Reserves
- Spa
- Churches and monasteries
- Hunting
- Skiing (downhill)
- Skiing (cross-country)
