Mineral water springs
Mineral water springs
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- Serdika II • 3 min walk
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LoraOnTheRoad
Dubai, United Arab Emirates376 contributions
Aug 2022 • Family
This one of these hidden gems you wouldn’t expect finding in a bug city such as Sofia. This spring water area has existed in Sofia for as long as I remember existing. It has been refurbished about 15 years ago. Stop by if you enjoy drinking tasty mineral water with a temperature above 70 degrees C. It is completely free of charge and you can fill up as many bottles as you wish. It is a regular place for local people to visit and fill up about 50-100 liters per visit. Don’t be surprised if the person before you keeps on changing the huge water bottles with empty ones.
In case you are interested in drinking fresh mineral water while in Sofia, there are at least 4-5 similar mineral water supplies around the city.
In case you are interested in drinking fresh mineral water while in Sofia, there are at least 4-5 similar mineral water supplies around the city.
Written January 11, 2023
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190383George
Nicosia, Cyprus194 contributions
Jul 2021 • Solo
Ok, this doesn’t look so exciting at first. But.. for me it was really an interesting experience. I never saw so many fountains with running water 24/7 and so many people filling huge bottles for their families. This is not just a mineral water. It comes from the ground at 37 degrees, like thermal waters and is very healthy.If you are at the area, take a bottle or just drink!And then sit for a while at the beautiful park just a few meters away.
Written July 31, 2021
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Jana T
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Jun 2023
The mineral water is alkaline, weakly mineralized, with a salt content of about 280mlgr/l, bicarbonate, sulphate, and sodium, hyperthermal - temperature 46 degrees Celsius. With the large resource of the deposit of about 20l/sec. there is a wide range of possibilities mainly for drinking, also for baths, baths, showers, water massage, as well as for the development of sports and recreation.
Its healing properties apply to liver, bile, stomach, kidney, and urological diseases, vascular and heart diseases, inflammatory degenerative diseases of the musculoskeletal system, gynecological diseases, etc.
In Sofia, 31 deposits with a total of 75 water sources have been registered - captured springs and boreholes, Pavel Penchev and Velichko Velichkov point out in their book "The mineral water deposits in the Sofia region" (2011). According to the study, the total capacity of mineral resources in the Sofia Valley is about 300 l/s, which is equivalent to the water consumption of a city the size of Botevgrad, for example.
More than 50% of the mineral resources have low mineralization - less than 0.5 g/litre, which makes them suitable for drinking every day.
The mineral springs in Bulgaria are exclusive state property. The Ministry of Environment and Water is responsible for them.
It is said that one of the reasons why the first Christian emperor Constantine the Great uttered the phrase: "Serdika is my Rome", were the mineral waters of today's Sofia. Our capital is after the richest in the world of mineral waters. 8 of the 9 known types of mineral waters are found on 1200 sq. km. The first records of the oldest spring, at Central Bath, date back to the beginning of the 4th century BC.
Its healing properties apply to liver, bile, stomach, kidney, and urological diseases, vascular and heart diseases, inflammatory degenerative diseases of the musculoskeletal system, gynecological diseases, etc.
In Sofia, 31 deposits with a total of 75 water sources have been registered - captured springs and boreholes, Pavel Penchev and Velichko Velichkov point out in their book "The mineral water deposits in the Sofia region" (2011). According to the study, the total capacity of mineral resources in the Sofia Valley is about 300 l/s, which is equivalent to the water consumption of a city the size of Botevgrad, for example.
More than 50% of the mineral resources have low mineralization - less than 0.5 g/litre, which makes them suitable for drinking every day.
The mineral springs in Bulgaria are exclusive state property. The Ministry of Environment and Water is responsible for them.
It is said that one of the reasons why the first Christian emperor Constantine the Great uttered the phrase: "Serdika is my Rome", were the mineral waters of today's Sofia. Our capital is after the richest in the world of mineral waters. 8 of the 9 known types of mineral waters are found on 1200 sq. km. The first records of the oldest spring, at Central Bath, date back to the beginning of the 4th century BC.
Written June 28, 2023
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Heather e
35 contributions
Sep 2023 • Couples
Fresh water in the middle of the city of sofia Bulgaria. So healthy and clean! This has eliminated the need to buy bottled water.
Written September 4, 2023
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Ellh C
214 contributions
Dec 2022 • Friends
The best part is that you can get free mineral water. Be careful, it's quite hot. It's near the centre.
Written January 13, 2023
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martinov10
Green Bay, WI86 contributions
Jun 2021 • Family
This is a beautiful old history place with healthy 9.3-9.5 ph water coming from the ground in the middle of the downtown Sofia . Great place to fill some water and just take a break in the park near by .
Written June 22, 2021
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Inspire587709
784 contributions
Nov 2019
It's a delight to drink fresh, warm srping water from many spigots (and fill my bottles). Locals go (drive) here, bringing huge water jugs, containers. Open 24x7. Located next to Banya Bashi Mosque and tram stops.
Written December 24, 2019
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Neil K
Liverpool, UK828,711 contributions
Dec 2019 • Friends
Mineral Water Springs was a place that fascinated me on our recent weeks holiday in Sofia.
When the city of Serdica was established as a Roman settlement ,a major reason was the fact that these mineral waters were here ,the Roman's with their love of hot springs and mineral waters took advantage of this phenomenon and thus the foundations of this city were born.
I found it amazing the amount of locals armed with all manner of receptacle to fill,we saw 100's of people filling bottle after bottle to use for domestic use I suppose, it was interesting and nice to see the spring water being used by the locals and not having a fancy label stamped on a plastic bottle and sold to tourists.
Mineral Water Spring is easy to locate on Ul Ekzarth Yozif ,its right by Banya Bashi Mosque.
Well worth checking out if your in the area.
When the city of Serdica was established as a Roman settlement ,a major reason was the fact that these mineral waters were here ,the Roman's with their love of hot springs and mineral waters took advantage of this phenomenon and thus the foundations of this city were born.
I found it amazing the amount of locals armed with all manner of receptacle to fill,we saw 100's of people filling bottle after bottle to use for domestic use I suppose, it was interesting and nice to see the spring water being used by the locals and not having a fancy label stamped on a plastic bottle and sold to tourists.
Mineral Water Spring is easy to locate on Ul Ekzarth Yozif ,its right by Banya Bashi Mosque.
Well worth checking out if your in the area.
Written December 8, 2019
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mar1c
Zagreb, Croatia115 contributions
Nov 2019 • Solo
It is so nice that you can try mineral water straight from the ground. And temperature is really impressive, it's going out around 37 degrees
Written November 29, 2019
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FairCityFrasie
Perth, UK1,941 contributions
Nov 2019
Located at the back of the Banya Bashi mosque, it is not really an exciting tourist visit but one that reminds the visitor of one of the reasons why today's Sofia developed on the site. The hot water mineral springs and baths brought the Romans in search of spiritual and physical healing and the rest is history. I was unaware of this before I went around central Sofia with a guide. Feel the heat from the water and have a drink on the city - you won't be alone as many locals come armed with truckloads of plastic bottles, collecting water for their domestic purposes - its most probably better than their household tap water.
Written November 27, 2019
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