Ó-sáros
Illustration photo — not a verified picture of this exact spot.
- Location
- Corund, Harghita County, Romania
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 38 °C
- pH
- 8
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Ó-sáros — meaning 'Old Muddy' in Hungarian — is a historic natural spring site in Romania's Transylvania region, its Hungarian name reflecting the long shared cultural heritage of a land where Romanian, Hungarian, Szekler, and Saxon communities have coexisted for centuries. The bicarbonated mineral waters of this spring, which may carry a silty or mineral-rich sediment characteristic of its geology, have been used locally for bathing and drinking cures within the rich spa culture of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. The site represents the layered cultural and geothermal history of one of Europe's most complex and fascinating regions.