Balta Alba: Hotels and Accommodation
Anyone wishing to stay in Balta Albă can specifically search for and book a hotel in the town.
Culture
Dumitru Seceleanu laid the foundation for the Balta Albă spa resort by having treatment rooms and the first facilities for treating rheumatic diseases built. The first hotel was built at the spa resort in 1872. Shortly after it was built, hot and cold baths were put into operation. Investigations by Carol Davila confirmed the therapeutic properties of the local healing mud.
The use of sapropelic mud at Lake Balta Albă dates back at least to 1840. The Balta Albă area is home to a balneoclimatic spa resort known for its sapropelic mud, which is used to treat rheumatic diseases. The sapropelic mud from Balta Albă was recommended for treating certain rheumatic, joint-related and dermatological diseases. The documented mud therapy included external applications at the “la Plaja” campsite as well as treatments at the Balta Alba Spa west of the lake.
Balta Albă inspired Vasile Alecsandri to write his novella “Balta Albă”, which was published in 1848 in the magazine “Calendarul Albinei”.
Geographical setting
The municipality of Balta Albă is crossed by national road DN22, which connects Râmnicu Sărat with Brăila. Lake Balta Albă lies in the Râmnic Plain immediately south of the main road between Râmnicu Sărat and Brăila. It is a fluvial liman formed by the alluvial damming of an old riverbed of the Râmnic at its confluence with the Buzău.
Nature
Lake Balta Albă is brackish, shallow and eutrophic, and contains nutrient-rich organic healing muds. In the Balta Albă–Amara–Jirlău area, Balta Albă is a salt lake with a maximum depth of 4 metres that does not freeze over in winter.
Balta Albă is a 1,167-hectare nature reserve of geological and zoological significance. The nature reserve includes a natural salt lake as well as surrounding peatlands and meadows. The Balta Albă–Amara–Jirlău area is classified as a globally significant area for biodiversity.
The Balta Albă–Amara–Jirlău area is an important breeding and resting site for waterbirds and regularly hosts at least 20,000 migratory waterbirds. The ROSPA0004 Balta Albă-Amara-Jirlău Special Protection Area is an important feeding and resting site for Red-breasted Geese (Branta ruficollis) during the winter migration. It is also important for breeding populations of the Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) and Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca).
On site
The Balta Albă tourist rest area is located on the DN22 between Râmnicu Sărat and Brăila, directly on the lakeshore. It offers recreation areas, restaurants and various accommodation options. There is no treatment facility in Balta Albă.
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