Băile Herculane

Caraș-Severin County · Romania
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Photos: Lucian Duma, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons); Băile Herculane seen from the Elisabeta pavilion — Original uploader was Zamolx at ro.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons); Băile Herculane: the Cerna river in the town — Szodorai Imre [Hun], CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Băile Herculane (Latin Aqua Herculis, German Herkulesbad) is a spa town in Caraș-Severin County, in the Romanian Banat, in the valley of the Cerna between the Mehedinți Mountains to the east and the Cerna Mountains to the west, at 168 m. The 2021 census counted 3,787 inhabitants.

It is the oldest resort in Romania and one of the best-known spa resorts in the country, open all year; archaeological finds show that people lived here as early as the Palaeolithic. The town lies 5 km from the DN6 (E70) road linking Bucharest with Timișoara, and Băile Herculane station is on the main railway line between the two cities.

On the site the town has the Neptun III thermal spring, and the Casa de Foc shelter stands in the mountains above the valley. See the blocks below for the nearest peaks and trails.

Getting there from Ukraine

The nearest place we have road figures for is Petroșani (≈96 km from here in a straight line): Rakhiv – Petroșani ≈450 km, ≈6 h 36 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Ivano-Frankivsk – Petroșani ≈584 km, ≈8 h 55 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației). Times are without border queues, by our road routing. Romanian national roads require an electronic vignette (rovinieta).

Sources: Wikipedia, Wikidata, OpenStreetMap, Karpaty.rocks data. More on Wikipedia

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Huts, shelters and springs nearby

Neptun III Spring173 mSpringNeptun III SpringMehedinți and Cerna Mountains · RomaniaNot verifiedMarked as drinkable
Casa de Foc Hut610 mHutCasa de Foc HutMehedinți and Cerna Mountains · RomaniaNot verified
173 mSpringConteselor SpringMehedinți and Cerna Mountains · RomaniaNot verified
269 mSpringCoronini SpringMehedinți and Cerna Mountains · RomaniaNot verifiedMarked as drinkable
291 mDrinking waterDrinking water below ȘoimuluiMehedinți and Cerna Mountains · RomaniaNot verified
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Getting there from Ukraine

Border crossings

  • Porubne – Siret — road and pedestrian, 24/7
  • Diakivtsi – Racovăț — road and pedestrian, 24/7 No freight traffic.
  • Krasnoilsk – Vicovu de Sus — road and pedestrian, 08:00–20:00 Cars up to 3.5 t and pedestrians only; not 24/7.
  • Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației — road and pedestrian, 24/7 Passenger traffic only: vehicles up to 3.5 t with up to 9 seats, pedestrians.
  • Diakove – Halmeu — road, 24/7 No pedestrian crossing.

By car

Rakhiv – Petroșani ≈450 km, ≈6 h 36 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Ivano-Frankivsk – Petroșani ≈584 km, ≈8 h 55 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Chernivtsi – Petroșani ≈539 km, ≈9 h 19 min (via Krasnoilsk – Vicovu de Sus). Times without border queues, our road routing (GraphHopper, OSM).

Checked 03.11.2026; border crossing hours and timetables change — check before you travel.