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Băile Herculane

Caraș-Severin County, Romania · Europe

About Băile Herculane

Băile Herculane sits on the route: 10 minutes from Mehadia, 42km from Đerdap National Park.

Băile Herculane is in Caraș-Severin County, Romania, with about 6,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Mehadia, about 4 km away.

Băile Herculane (Latin: Aqua Herculis; German: Herkulesbad; Hungarian: Herkulesfürdő; Czech: Herkulovy Lázně, Turkish: Lazarethane, English: Herculean Baths) is a spa town in Romanian Banat, in Caraș-Severin County, situated in the valley of the Cerna River, between the Mehedinți Mountains to the east and the Cerna

Read more Mountains to the west, elevation 168 m (551 ft). Its current population is 3,787. The town administers one village, Pecinișca (Hungarian: Pecsenyeska; from 1912 to 1918 Csernabesenyő).

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What is there to see near Băile Herculane?

Within an hour or so of Băile Herculane: Danube Boilers (Cazanele Dunării) (33 km), Bigăr Waterfall (38 km), Đerdap National Park (42 km), Đerdap Gorge (Iron Gates) (44 km).

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The nearest famous roads are Pasul Urdele (Transalpina) and Transalpina.

Where is Băile Herculane?

Băile Herculane is in Caraș-Severin County, Romania, about 4 km from Mehadia.

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Quick Information

Population
6,022
Continent
Europe
Country
Romania
Region
Caraș-Severin County
Timezone
Europe/Bucharest
Coordinates
44.8797, 22.4125

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Romania

Police
112
Ambulance
112
Fire
112
Driving side
right

Rovinieta (road tax sticker) required for all national roads.

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Worth the detour from Băile Herculane

6 notable places within an hour's drive.

scenic viewpoint

Danube Boilers (Cazanele Dunării)

Spectacular stretch of DN57 through the Iron Gates gorge, where the Danube squeezes between cliffs beneath the giant rock-carved face of Dacian king Decebalus: Romania's finest river-gorge drive.

33 km · about 40 min drive

waterfall

Bigăr Waterfall

A moss-domed cascade where the Minișului river fans over a rounded travertine cushion in Cheile Nerei park.

38 km · about 45 min drive

national park

Đerdap National Park

Serbia's largest national park along the Iron Gates gorge of the Danube, followed for 100 km by one of Europe's most scenic river roads.

42 km · about 50 min drive

natural wonder

Đerdap Gorge (Iron Gates)

Europe's largest river gorge where the Danube cuts through the Carpathians, forming a dramatic border between Serbia and Romania.

44 km · about 50 min drive

ancient ruins

Lepenski Vir

A Mesolithic settlement site on the Danube with sculpted sandstone figures, housed in a modern shelter with parking off the Đerdap road.

47 km · about 55 min drive

natural wonder

Vratna Gates

Three colossal natural stone arches (prerasts) carved by the Vratna river in eastern Serbia: the largest 45 m high. A short walk from Vratna Monastery reaches the first two gates through a herd-roamed valley.

56 km · about 65 min drive

Driving roads near Băile Herculane

2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.

  • 33 kmDanube Boilers (Cazanele Dunării)Spectacular stretch of DN57 through the Iron Gates gorge, where the Danube squeezes between cliffs beneath the giant rock-carved face of Dacian king Decebalus: Romania's finest river-gorge drive.

Nearby Destinations

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Mehadia

🇷🇴 Romania

4 km awayPop. 4,336

Orşova

🇷🇴 Romania

17 km awayPop. 12,350

Eftimie Murgu

🇷🇴 Romania

25 km awayPop. 1,761

Bozovici

🇷🇴 Romania

33 km awayPop. 3,187

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