Tourist attractions in Ocna Şugatag

-documentary attested since 1355

-archaeological evidence (wood and stone tools, bark rope, wood engenering and installations) place human existence and salt harvesting as early as Stone Age

-as a result of salt mining and trade development Ocna Sugatag became a treasure, first for the Hungarian Empire and later on for the Austro-hungarian empire

-many XVIII century document mention the existence of multiple salt mines/galleries in Ocna Sugatag and the fact that the salt from here was exported in various regions of the Austro-hungarian empire but also in other European countries

-salt mining stoped in 1951 and many mines/galleries collaped giving birth to the famous salty lakes, the ones that made Ocna Sugatag a well-known balneo-climatic resort

-don't miss the weekly cattle fair that takes place here