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In Romania, the word Băile implies a spa town. The most famous spa towns in Romania are Băile Herculane, Băile Felix, Mangalia, Covasna, Călimănești & Borsec. Romania has hundreds of non-descript small spa towns - few of which get overseas visitors. Băile Olanesti is not one of the grand Spa Towns - but is one of the many far smaller affairs with old communist era hotels and guest houses and a certain amount of dilapidation in the surroundings; witness the ruined hotels, broken windows and crumbling pavements. In the days before locals could travel far they were important holiday destinations for the workers. In summer they still fill up with local families on a cheap break. The swimming pool with its water slides is packed to bursting and the evenings brings everyone out to promenade the streets, meet, smoke and have a drink. In July 2024 Băile Olanesti was packed full and busy - even if the big hotels had spare room. So why come here? Well I stayed above the spa town, in a village called Pietrișu. Take a look at the clip from Google Maps to see why - it is at the end of the road (actually a mud/earth/loose stone track) that leads to huge beech forests and a few scattered farms. The place was peaceful - precisely because it was so hard to reach even with your own car (the single track road is a challenge to a 4x4) with masses of wildlife. My experience of a month's travel in 2024 is that many of the nicest places we stayed were like this - hard to reach and certainly left out of even the backpackers' guidebooks.

A clean and easy to walk around little city. What we found hard to find, was a great place to eat, the personnel was not rude, but not overly excited that we were there, except for Stogu, were we felt welcomed.

We liked the place we're we stayed for the night-Cabana Vânătorilor, it was a very quiet and beautiful place. We were taking dinner at Europa restaurant, and good food and affordable prices. It easy to get around Băile Olănești. The location is recommended for the terapeutic springs that are located there, for relaxation and for escaping the big towns and enjoy the fresh air.

Very nice spa town, The air is fresh and clean, you have plenty of walking paths in nature, but also you have many restaurants and facilities in the town. Is a relaxing place where you can spend time and can do lot of activities.