Ocna Mures Salt Baths: Opening Hours and Prices 2026

The Băile Sărate complex is the treatment and leisure centre of Ocna Mureș, a small town in Alba County, Transylvania. It opened to the public on 13 May 2023 on the site of the town’s historic salt baths, at Str. Fabricii 12 in the Uioara de Sus district. You will find salt water and fresh water pools, saunas, jacuzzis and a medical treatment centre. Below are the opening hours and prices published on the official website when we checked (October 2026), tips for avoiding the queues, and practical advice if you are planning a cure of several days.

What the Ocna Mures salt baths offer

The complex was built by Alba County Council and the town of Ocna Mureș, each paying half. Work started in 2018 and the building was handed over in early 2023. The salt water comes from the town’s salt deposit; the complex states a sodium chloride content of 312.21 g per litre for the salt water it uses.

Indoor and outdoor pools, salt water and fresh water

According to the official website there are 7 pools:

• an indoor salt water pool;
• an indoor fresh water pool;
• an indoor salt water treatment pool, with a higher salt concentration than the others (as staff explained to ProTV);
• an outdoor Olympic-size fresh water pool;
• an outdoor salt water pool (water at 28–30°C, according to Alba24);
• two outdoor pools for children.

The outdoor pools only open in summer; in 2026 they opened on 30 May. For the rest of the year you can use the indoor pools, saunas and jacuzzis.

Saunas, jacuzzis and spa treatments

The relaxation area has a wet sauna, a dry sauna (a second dry sauna was added near the pools because of demand), four jacuzzis and a halotherapy (salt) room. There is a gym upstairs, plus a restaurant and a bar with a terrace.

Spa treatments are paid separately. Examples from the price list: a 30-minute relaxation massage costs 80 lei, mud wraps start at 35 lei for one joint, and the Silver Spa and Gold Spa packages cost 160 and 220 lei.

Medical treatment and rehabilitation

The medical side has consulting rooms, physiotherapy, electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, galvanic baths, paraffin and mud wraps, halotherapy and aerosols. Treatments focus mainly on degenerative, joint and inflammatory rheumatic conditions, peripheral neurological, gynaecological and post-traumatic conditions.

A few prices from the official list: first consultation with a specialist 160 lei, physiotherapy 55 lei per session, most electrotherapy procedures 12 lei per session. Appointments for consultations and procedures: +40 773 756 409.

Treatments covered by Romanian health insurance (CNAS)

Since 1 August 2024 the complex has had a contract with CNAS, the Romanian national health insurance fund, for rehabilitation services. According to the announcement at the time, with a referral (bilet de trimitere) patients can have 4 procedures a day reimbursed for 10 days, twice a year. This applies to people insured in Romania. We could not find a more recent confirmation, so please check the conditions by phone before you travel.

Ocna Mures salt baths opening hours

Service	Days	Hours
Pools, saunas, jacuzzis	Monday	12:00–21:00
Pools, saunas, jacuzzis	Tuesday–Sunday	9:00–21:00
Treatment (consultations, procedures)	Monday–Friday	8:00–15:00
Massage	Monday–Friday	8:00–20:00
Massage	Saturday–Sunday	10:00–20:00

The price page also shows slightly different hours for spa services (Monday–Thursday 8:00–20:00, Friday–Sunday 9:00–21:00), so it is best to phone and book a massage in advance. The gym is open daily from 7:00 to 21:00.

Ocna Mures spa prices 2026

These are the prices on the official website, valid from 1 July 2026. In spring 2026 local press still quoted 70 lei (weekdays) and 80 lei (weekends) for adults, so prices went up on 1 July. Please check again before your visit, as they may change.

Ticket	Monday–Friday	Weekends and public holidays
Adult, full day	80 lei	90 lei
Adult, up to 4 hours	55 lei	60 lei
Child 7–14, full day	45 lei	50 lei
Child 7–14, up to 4 hours	30 lei	35 lei
Child under 7	free	free

Happy hour, passes and groups

• Happy hour (18:00–21:00): Monday to Thursday, 40 lei for adults and 25 lei for children aged 7–14; Friday to Sunday and public holidays, 50 lei and 30 lei.
• Going over 4 hours: 5 lei for the first 20 minutes, then 10 lei for every further 30 minutes.
• Multi-day passes (minimum 5 days): adults 70 lei per day or 50 lei for 4 hours a day; children 35 lei or 25 lei. Passes of up to 20 days are valid for 45 days from issue.
• Organised groups (minimum 18 people): 60 lei per person per day, or 50 lei for 4 hours.
• Canopy bed (baldachin) hire: 100 lei per day or 30 lei for 4 hours.

As an example, two adults and a 10-year-old pay 205 lei for a full weekday and 230 lei on a Saturday.

What to bring

• Swimwear and pool slippers for everyone.
• A towel or bathrobe. We found no information about towel hire on the official website, so bring your own.
• No outside food or drink: the rules of the complex do not allow it. Eat at the on-site restaurant, or before and after your visit.
• Moisturiser, as salt water can dry the skin.
• For treatments: your referral and any documents requested when you book.

How to avoid the crowds

The complex is busiest at weekends. In July 2023, two months after opening, there was a queue tens of metres long at 9:00 on a Sunday morning. On 13 August 2023, during a bank holiday weekend, 2,345 visitors came in a single day. In October 2025 staff spoke of 800 to 900 visitors on a weekend day.

• Come on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Tickets are cheaper than at weekends too.
• Arrive at opening time, 9:00. On Mondays the complex only opens at 12:00.
• Avoid long weekends and public holidays, when weekend prices also apply.
• For a short evening visit, use happy hour (18:00–21:00), the cheapest ticket.
• Stay nearby, so you can be there first thing without a long drive.

The salt baths with children

Children under 7 go in free and those aged 7 to 14 pay a reduced price. In summer the two outdoor children’s pools suit little ones best: one is 0.7 m deep, the other 0.6 m deep with water at 30–32°C. There are lifeguards, but children still need watching at all times.

Salt water stings the eyes and any small cuts, so ask children not to splash their faces and rinse them under a fresh water shower afterwards. For more ideas, see our guide to a weekend with kids in the area.

A 5-night cure stay for pensioners

The treatment centre works Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 15:00, so a cure is best planned for a weekday stay. For example: arrive on Sunday afternoon, see the doctor on Monday morning, then have treatments Monday to Thursday, plus Friday morning if the appointments allow.

• A 5-day pass costs 70 lei a day for an adult (or 50 lei for 4 hours a day), less than the standard 80 lei ticket.
• CNAS-covered procedures need a referral, and the reimbursed cure announced in 2024 lasts 10 days, so plan a longer stay for it.
• Talk to your doctor beforehand about any reasons you should not use salt baths.

A little history: salt, mines and the old salt baths

Salt has been mined in Ocna Mureș since antiquity; in Roman times the mines were open chambers at the surface. The first baths opened in 1876 in a wooden building next to the salt works, at first used by the salt mine’s staff. The spa was officially recognised in 1889, and in 1892 the physician Bikfalvi Károly recorded 300 to 400 long-stay guests and 4,000 visitors a year.

In 1978 the pillar separating the 1 Mai mine from Lake Iosif, at the -90 m level, gave way and water flooded the mine within minutes. The miners on shift escaped up the ventilation shaft. The flood ended the mining of solid rock salt in Ocna Mureș. The salt lakes in the town centre formed over old collapsed mines, and in December 2010 another collapse created a new lake.

After 1990 the old baths declined, and the century-old building was demolished in 2011. The new complex stands on the area of the former baths. Read more about the lakes and the rest of the town in things to do in Ocna Mureș.

Getting there from Casa Steluța

Casa Steluța is at Str. Câmpului 4, in the Uioara de Jos district, and the complex is at Str. Fabricii 12, in Uioara de Sus. The distance is about 3.7 km, around 7 minutes by car. Enter “Str. Fabricii 12, Ocna Mureș” in your satnav and leave 10 to 15 minutes before you want to go in.

Where to stay near the Ocna Mures salt baths: Casa Steluța

If you are coming for several days of bathing or a cure, Casa Steluța is rented as a whole house to one group: two bedrooms (up to 4 adults and 2 children), two shower rooms, a fully equipped kitchen, a covered pergola terrace, a barbecue, a garden and parking in the courtyard.

• The kitchen is handy, since you cannot take food into the complex: have breakfast at the house, lunch at the on-site restaurant, and cook in the evening.
• Prices for the whole house: 400 lei per night (Sunday to Thursday nights) and 500 lei per night (Friday and Saturday nights). Stays of 5 or more consecutive nights get 10% off, and pensioners (at least one guest showing a pension slip) get 30% off. The discounts add up: 5 weeknights cost 1,800 lei, or 1,200 lei with the pensioner discount. Prices may vary around public holidays.
• Check-in from 15:00, check-out by 11:00. No pets.

Bookings are by phone or WhatsApp only, on +40 743 668 009. See the contact and booking page.

With a few extra days you can combine the baths with the Turda Salt Mine or a walk through the Turda Gorge. All our local guides are collected on the Around page.