Let's discover the mineral water springs of the kings of Lipova, Arad county, Romania
Hello Hivers
I hope you're all right.
These days I've had a bit more free time, so I've been spending some of it in my garden at home, trying to relax, I don't know why, but I'm starting to have some memories that I cherish, namely my childhood.
I remembered the time when I used to go with my aunt to the resort of Băile Lipova, my aunt used to go there for treatment and I used to accompany her, it was extraordinary for me, I was 10 years old then.
Băile Lipova were and still are famous for the qualities of the mineral water there, as far as we know in 1928 this mineral water was awarded a gold medal.
But the legend says that this place was discovered by some shepherds who were grazing sheep on a pasture in the area, when they were sitting on the grass they began to hear a flowing water, they followed that sound and so they discovered the first spring, with great difficulty they tasted that water and felt a sour taste of water, a taste resulting from what the water contained.
I haven't been to Băile Lipova for over 20 years, I remember being here at the high school graduation banquet, boy, what a time.
Being the beginning of the weekend I scheduled for Saturday a walk to Băile Lipova to see what it looks like after 20 years, although I am relatively close to where I actually live I forgot about this place.
Băile Lipova is located in the west of Romania, in the town of Lipova, Arad county, it is not very difficult to get there, but you have to follow the road from the exit of the town to the village of Sistarovăț, and from Arad to Băile Lipova is about 35 km.
Honestly, I don't even know what to expect to find there, when I was last there 20 years ago, the buildings were old, left over from the communist period, those treatment centers where I used to go every year with my aunt didn't exist anymore (they were abolished and it was said that other modern treatment centers would be built in their place).
I set off through the picturesque plain of Arad and wanted to show you a fountain older than me, hehe.
I'm curious if any of you have encountered such wells with drinking water?
At first glance the resort looks neat, we left the car in the car park and went for a walk, after a few steps we came across the most sought after spot here, the bears and bear den, and this one looks very neat too.
I glanced around a bit and saw that instead of the treatment centre where my aunt and I used to come, a new but sad and dilapidated building had appeared.
The whole resort is surrounded by forest, and now the raw green colours are stunning, we head to the main attraction here, the mineral water spring.
On the right side the forest was flooded with water, an amazing sight, and I ventured just a few steps down a path into the forest, the water was not deep, a swamp had already formed that no one could enter.
The water from this spring flows through the mouth of a bear, from what a local told me the water at this spring was stopped for a while but it seems that only two years ago it was allowed to flow again.
We took some plastic bottles with us to fill them with water, compared to the mineral water we find bottled in shops, it had an iron smell and that sour taste, the water flows straight from the spring without having gone through any purification technology.
Also here we met some tourists who told us that if we follow the path through the forest we will find another spring where the water is even more sparkling, I did not know of the existence of the second spring.
We followed the directions of the tourist and went in search of the second spring, yes, the water in this spring no longer flows through the mouth of the bear but simply through a pipe, and here you can see the presence of a fairly high percentage of iron (at the bottom where the water flows you can see the color of iron).
Here you can see what is left of a bench, more than 20 years ago this was a place where you could rest and drink mineral water directly from the source.
We retreat back to where we started, but not before taking a few photos in an old willow tree.
If you ever think of visiting these mineral springs, know that you can connect this place with visiting other beautiful sights in the area, here I can mention the Maria-Radna Basilica and the Șoimoș Fortress (if you visit my blog you will see that I made a post about this amazing fortress).
My dear followers and visitors this is the end of our visit today to the mineral water springs of the kings of Lipova, in conclusion I can say that there are big differences between what I left here 20 years ago and especially what was here when I came with my aunt for treatment with what I found today (dilapidated buildings, renovated buildings but still left in disrepair).
I have to admit that I left with a bitter taste, but with the thought that someone will take charge of developing this area to bring it back to its true value.
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P.S. The attached pictures you have just seen are taken by me with my mobile phone, and the text is also designed by me.
