Sovata is a resort for all seasons, recognized at European level since 1850. The lakes with chlorinated water and soda - and sludge them - have therapeutic properties for many diseases, particularly for gynecological diseases. Surrounded by wooded hills with beech, oak, elm, chestnut, pine and oak, and the Salt Mountain, the resort offers excellent opportunities for rest and relaxation. It is subalpine climate with cool summers and mild winters.

Sovata lakes are famous for both therapeutic effect and the phenomenon heliothermic. Above the salt water, there is a layer of fresh water from rainfall. This layer of fresh water with the salt water do not mix, but remains on the surface, acting as a thermal insulator. Thus, the lake water temperature varies depending on the accumulation of solar heat in salt water. Bear Lake is the only helio-thermal lake in Europe and the largest in the world!