Huge new thermal bath-and-spa complex opens in Bucharest

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In this picture taken on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, two men walk towards a parking lot backdropped by a newly opened thermal bath and spa complex in Balotesti commune,, north of Bucharest, Romania. Austrian A-Heat Group has opened a giant thermal bath and spa complex in Romania which it says is the largest in Europe. The facility, offering indoor and outdoor pools, saunas and other leisure activities, covers 25-hectares (62 acres). (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru) ROMANIA OUT

BUCHAREST, Romania – Austria’s A-Heat Group has opened a giant thermal bath-and-spa complex in Romania that it says is the largest in Europe.

The 50 million-euro ($55 million) centre, which opened Thursday just north of Bucharest, uses hot water pumped up from more than 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) underground and cooled to a constant 33 degrees Celsius (91.4 Fahrenheit) in its eight pools.

The facility, which offers indoor and outdoor pools, saunas and other leisure activities, covers 25 hectares (62 acres) and includes a giant botanical garden with 800,000 trees and plants. Tickets start at 39 lei ($9.50).

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