Borsec

Harghita County · Romania
Borsec — photo 1

Photos: Borsec spa: carbonated springs and the Fontana centre

Borsec is a town in Romania.

Elevation: about 900 m above sea level. Population: 2,391 (2021).

Here and nearby on the site: 1 spa or thermal pool, 1 mountain hut or shelter.

Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia

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What's nearby

Peaks nearby

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BudacuPeakBudacualtitude 1 859 m20 km from the centreBudacu (Romanian Vârful Budacu, also Budacul; Hungarian Nagy-Budak) is the highest summit of the Bistrița Mountains in the Romanian Eastern Carpathians, at 1,859 m.

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Borsec spa: carbonated springs and the Fontana centreWater parks & thermal poolsBorsec spa: carbonated springs and the Fontana centreBorsec1.2 km from the centreBorsec is a small spa town in the north-east of Harghita County, lying at 850–950 m in a little basin where the Giurgeu, Bistrița and Călimani mountains meet (Eastern...Lázár Castle in Lăzarea: a Székely Renaissance fortressCastleLázár Castle in Lăzarea: a Székely Renaissance fortressLăzarea24 km from the centreLázár Castle (Castelul Lázár, Hungarian Lázár-kastély) stands in the village of Lăzarea (Hungarian Gyergyószárhegy), about 6 km north-west of the town of Gheorgheni in...

Craft nearby

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Gheorgheni cheese workshop: aged cheeses of the Giurgeu basinCheese dairies & pasturesGheorgheni cheese workshop: aged cheeses of the Giurgeu basinGheorgheni26 km from the centreGheorgheni (Hungarian: Gyergyószentmiklós) is the main town of the Giurgeu (Gyergyó) basin in the north of Harghita County, between the Harghita Mountains and the...

Spas and thermal pools nearby

Borsec spa: carbonated springs and the Fontana centreWater parks & thermal poolsBorsec spa: carbonated springs and the Fontana centreBorsec1.2 km from the centreBorsec is a small spa town in the north-east of Harghita County, lying at 850–950 m in a little basin where the Giurgeu, Bistrița and Călimani mountains meet (Eastern...

Huts, shelters and springs nearby

Făget Hut1 286 mHutFăget HutBistrița Mountains · RomaniaNot verified
815 mSpringKecske-forrás / Kecskekút SpringBistrița Mountains · RomaniaNot verified
865 mMineral springMineral spring below Mt Cialo (east slope), 865 mBistrița Mountains · RomaniaNot verifiedMineral waterMarked as drinkable
921 mSpringPetőfi Spring - Spring No.11Bistrița Mountains · RomaniaNot verifiedMarked as drinkable
915 mDrinking waterKossuth Tap - Spring No.10Bistrița Mountains · RomaniaNot verifiedMarked as drinkable
868 mDrinking waterLázár Tap - Spring No.6Bistrița Mountains · RomaniaNot verifiedMarked as drinkable

All springs of the CarpathiansAll Carpathian huts

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

Chernivtsi – Durău ≈204 km, ≈3 h 54 min (via Diakivtsi – Racovăț); Ivano-Frankivsk – Durău ≈342 km, ≈6 h 11 min (via Diakivtsi – Racovăț); Rakhiv – Durău ≈313 km, ≈6 h 18 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației). Times without border queues, our road routing (GraphHopper, OSM).

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