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Grota cu Aburi

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Grota cu Aburi, or the steam cave, is near Baile Herculane.

It is approached by climbing the mountain behind the Roman Hotel of Herculane.

Alex at the signpost to Grota cu Abari, the Steam Cave.



Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 2006

Views on the way up to Grota cu Abari.

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 2006

This panorama on the way up to Grota cu Abari shows the valley in which Baile Herculane is situated.

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 2006

At the Grota cu Aburi, steam issues from a hole in the stone, and makes a very loud noise.

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 2006

Roman Hotel and Cerna river at Herculane, over the W border of Oltenia County at about 120 km W from Filiaşi

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 2006

The statue of Herculane in the middle of the town of Herculane

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 2006

Water source at Herculane, with hot water used to treat many diseases since Roman times there.

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 2006

Views of the left bank of the Danube between Herculane and Drobeta Turnu Severin, in the west part of Oltenia County, with monuments and the Iron Gates hydroelectrical factory.

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 2006

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