Northern Romania: resort of Sângeorz-Băi aims to build modern spa center

13 August 2026 Sângeorz-Băi, once a well-known balneoclimateric resort town in northern Romania, aims to resurrect its large hotels, which have been either closed or operating at minimum capacity, through the development of a modern spa center, according to G4Media. The mayor of the town, Cătălin Bota, said that the only asset remaining in the ownership of the town is Mineral Water Spring 6. Based on this, the town hall submitted a project for a treatment facility and a spa complex in the resort park, but political changes and changes at the ministerial level have delayed the financing. Some of the largest hotels in the town have already closed. The famous Someșul Hotel, owned by the trade unions, has been closed and abandoned for four years, having been emptied of furniture. Hotel Hebe, p