Roman Baths - The gateway to Roman opulence in Geoagiu-Bai, Hunedoara county
Nothing is worth more than today. – Goethe
As I said before, we don't plan our trips in advance and we decide on the spot (here I mean at most a few days in advance) what we want to do, in this way it seems to keep a note of suspense and curiosity, what charm would it have if you know in advance what you are going to do, I know some of you may blame us because when you go somewhere it's good to have all the details planned, but even so knowing everything you have to do can lead to unforeseen situations and in this case it's quite hard to manage them on the spot.
Last week was a week in which we had a bit more work and we thought we needed some relaxation at the weekend, so we decided to visit a resort quite close to where I live, a resort with a history of over 2000 years, from the time of the Roman Empire, the resort Geoagiu-Băi (Germisara) in Hunedoara county.
If you are in Geoagiu-Bai, don't hesitate to visit this wonderful place, its address is Vilelor street, Geoagiu-Bai, Hunedoara county.
Where is Roman Baths located?
For me it is the second time I come here, I love this place because here you have welcoming people, clean air, a place with a huge tourist potential, Roman Bath is located in the resort Geoagiu-Bai is about 5-6 km from the town of Geoagiu, a few steps from the thermal street and a cave of the outlaws.
The route we followed was Valea Mureșului (quite a dangerous stretch of road, with many curves), A1 motorway, Geoagiu, as far as we saw the road to the resort is being upgraded which means that on certain stretches of road there can be traffic jams due to the two sections of road where there are traffic lights and one-way traffic.
If you visit the resort by car there is a public parking here for 5lei/1euro/day, and if you are staying at one of the hotels in the area they mostly have their own parking, so you don't have to worry about parking.
We walked around the resort and since we hadn't eaten anything in the morning we were hungry so we chose a restaurant in the area called Agrementul, a small restaurant with a diversified menu (it's not a restaurant for picky eaters).
We had a really good pizza here.
After eating like outlaws we took the road to the Roman baths following the signs, at one point we reach a gate and see a hill made of stones partially covered with grass, initially we thought we had the wrong address.
We continue to explore the area and again we come across a huge "hole" and at the base of it is another sort of round shaped lake, after taking a few dozen pictures we descend, very simple we just had to follow the excavations in the rock, wow access to the base is through some holes in the rock.
A picture taken of the lake through a hole in the rock.
Through these aqueducts they were able to carry water inside the baths.
A tip if you visit this place : I know the place is spectacular and you definitely want to take lots of pictures for social media, but be careful where you step when you are on the edge of the pit, the edges are made of a not very durable limestone rock and there is a possibility you could break and fall off.
Arriving inside we can see that the place is designed in the shape of a circle, and as far as I can tell it is on two levels very ingeniously built, ingenious is also the way of bringing water to this place, from the main entrance to the baths I saw dug in the stone an aqueduct that probably captured the water resulting from the rainfall and directed it inside (without much schooling people of those times managed to build some spectacular places), the first level seemed to me to be made up of several rooms all with an exit to the basin in the centre, and on level one there were rooms dug into the rock where I suspect the rich people of the time bathed, I say this because on the ground you can still see the channels where the water was brought and you can see a place dug into the rock especially for sitting, this I say from my non-specialist point of view.
This sight can be visited any day of the week and yupiiiii access inside is free.
Other attractions in the area are :
-The Outlaws Grotto
-Daco-Roman thermal baths
-Clocota waterfall (the waterfall we will visit together in the next post)
-Deva Castle (currently under renovation)
The advantage of visiting this resort:
-Here you can benefit from thermal waters and spa treatment (they have a strong benefit for the health of the human body, this I tell you from experience because I go to a spa resort (Baile Olanesti) where I follow a treatment scheme for a week).
-you can rent scooters to get around the resort more easily
-you can effectively relax all day
-you can go hiking
In conclusion, my opinion is that this place is worth visiting, the whole resort of Geoagiu-Bai (Germisara) is worth visiting because it has a lot to offer, some of the attractions I wrote above, and as minuses (I must say these too) should be better highlighted, it would be good if funds could be found for its redevelopment (as I wrote it can be dangerous to visit this place if you are not careful where you step), the most important is its preservation, if the place has managed to maintain itself in a very good condition, from what I saw people don't take much care and this sacred place with time gets destroyed.
Walking down the sidewalk I saw a box, and in that box with the glass door were some books.
On a small panel was written "House of Books Project"
From here you could take books to read, and after you've finished reading put it back, but if you really liked the book you could take it home but put another book in its place.
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P.S. The attached pictures you have just seen are taken by me with my mobile phone, and the text is also designed by me.
Yours @triplug!