TOURISTIC OPPORTUNITIES AND MUCH MORE

·  Sacarâmb/Geoagiu Resort (11 km away, across the mountains);

· Orastie–Sarmizegetusa (the area of Dacian citadels);

· Mount Retezat chain (“energetic gate” from the Western side of the country).

    1. Infrastructure. In order to arrive to the studied area, you have to follow the asphalted road, coming from the West part of the country: Deva–Soimus-Certej-Sâcarâmb. The asphalted road lasts for about 2,5 km, till the "downtown" of Sacaramb; to reach the location of the complex, you should follow the paved road.  In the area of the complex, the road continues its way towards East, on un unpaved road - forestry road - that connects Sacaramb to Geaogiu resort, till it comes to the county road Dj 705, that connects Hunedoara County to Alba County, near the commune Balsa. This road was proposed for the financing of the project enforced with the designing and modernization since 2005. It has already been entirely classified as a county road, enforced by the Government Decision no. 900/1996.  
    The road has a double function:
- a strategic (military) function, meant for penetrating the mountains - by a connection road Deva-Geoagiu-Deva, towards Alba County and Apuseni Mountains;
- tourist function, as it connects Sacaramb to the already known circuit of Geoagiu-Bai spa: well-known for its thermal waters, used for curing ever since the Dacian-Roman period (also called Germisara).

    While we travel the region, we shall find wonderful sceneries. Therefore, paving the road is perfectly explained. The access to the area meant for establishing the complex, shall be accomplished on two straps, connected to the road that allows the access from "Sacarâmbul de jos" to „Sacarâmbul de sus”, where he complex shall be built. 
    If we consider all endowments that shall be established in the area meant for leisure and pleasure, we can consider it to begin from the border of the road that leads to Geoagiu-Bai.

    “Sacarâmb is situated in Hunedoara County, on the right bank of the river Mures, Northern from the town of Deva. It belongs to the localities lied in the mountain chain called Setras, from the Metallic Mountains, in Ardeal Region. It lies at 24 km from Deva. It is situated at 23° 01' 45" longitude and 45° 57' 45" latitude from the meridian of Ferro Island. Heading for the Northern part of the region - from Deva - the village is easy to be found, up in the mountains, like a conglomerate of small white houses and three churches (nowadays, one of the churches lies in ruins, as it was hit by a thunder in 1970, n.n. AP). It looks like a bas-relief on a fairytale-blue background. 
    According to I. Steinhausz (1904) the village is situated at an altitude of 750 m from the seabed. Sacarâmb lies in an open basin towards the Eastern side. It is very picturesque and travellers consider it to vie with the most beautiful regions in the world, for its geologic fame. All those who are charmed by the fairytale landscape shall find a wonderful view when reaching Sacaramb by climbing up the peaks here. It is worth "fighting" against the difficulties of such climbing. Down, the winding silver waters of the river Mures, the villages spread all over its valley, the town of Deva and its lights - seem to be Venice, as seen from the heights of Sacaramb. In the distance, the gigantesque Mount Retezat, lies in the Northern part, meanwhile, if you watch it from the Gurguiata top (1085 m), you can see the rugged relief of The Country of Moti people ("Tara Motilor").” [Armeanca, 1932: 7-8]

    Such a wonderful landscape was appropriate for the development of the locality: The most famous attribute was the golden ore - of pure quality - called "sacarâmbita." 
    The monograph, written by Pavel Mogosan (1994-2002), contains the most complex description of the locality:
         “Sacarâmb belongs to the commune of Certejul de Sus, from Hunedoara County. The altitude from the Black Sea bed is somewhere between 600 and 1,000 m. It lies on the Setras mountain chain, in the Southeast side of the Metal Mountains.  Sacarâmb was famous in world literature, not only due to its gold ore, but also more due to the existence of „METALLUM PROBLEMATICUM", “AURUM PARADOXUM", also known as SACARÂMBIT.

Pine and beech forests - real columns towards the sky 

    Then, the decline began. From more than 2,000 houses, today there are only about a tenth. People from neighbourhood towns could come here and build their modern holiday residences, determined by the beauty of those places and the purity of the air here. Perhaps, an investor willing to understand that Sacaramb can shine again like gold could come here, too. 
    The explanatory complaint written by mister Alexandru Pavel Tokar, President of SETRAS Deva-Romania, could be his source of inspiration. Nature offers all the needed cures for maintaining human health, some of them very rare. On the steep slopes of Sarcau, there are wild flags, and in stony places there are real carpets of wild pelargonium, species of blue gentian and vinca minor. Downstream, on a square of 10-15 km, there are springs of mineral water: carbon-gaseous and thermal.   
    Studies prove that their springs are here, under Sacaramb Mountain. The beauty of silvery beech trees, the silence of these places and the pure cosmic energy make you feel like you were in a temple..." Among the qualities of the drinking water, we shall point out the potential redox, the capacity of water to decrease the number of oxides. There are negative ions in the water, that is to say, free electrons that connect free radicals.  
    The measurements made with the device called Hanna Instruments, at several springs in Sacaramb, came to the following results: + 56, + 59 mV = value pH of human blood. 
    Comparing to: 
- drinking water in most of the towns + 480 mV; 
- spring water from high mountains – 200 up to – 400 mV; 
- still mineral water, between + 60 and + 250 mV. 

    Based on already-mentioned monographic aspects, several arguments are in favour of the establishment of "The Health and Leisure Complex". An intuitive formulation contained all these arguments and "The European Society Radiance Technique and Spiritual Harmony (SETRAS)" supported them. From 1994, the society proposed the establishment of "The International Health Center", as "a device" for using complementary therapies. The President of the Society, Mister Alexandru Pavel Tokar, presented these aims in an article from a widely known magazine: 
    “SETRAS supports the argument that it is he ideal location for connecting to universal energy (...). Here, we have a huge center that represents a very important channel of communication with the Universe. The vibrations of the place are very high and good for human health. Specialists in radiant technique, that have accomplished several measurements at Sacaramb, explain the highest concentration of good energy (700 times bigger than in a usual site) by the existence of the former volcanic cone where the locality is situated. Due to its pyramidal shape, it gathers pure cosmic energy. The massive layers of gold and noble metals that, on one hand, allow terrestrial energies to penetrate and on the other hand, amplify pure cosmic energy by reflection reflect this energy. 
    

Radi-esthesics specialists call Sacaramb THE TEMPLE OF MOTHER GODDESS. They have identified one of the tops of "The Triangle of Life": Manipura (ocean of energy corresponding to the solar plexus). The other two tops have to be situated in the Rarau Mountains (The Centre of the Heart) and Sumleu (The Center of the Crown)." 

    In 1803, Andreas Stütz described the area as follows: "The big/new lake is situated upwards the locality, towards East, among the hills and its volume is of 980,000 buckets. The volume ensures the functioning of all needed devices, for 14 days. It is the "pair" of the Lake Faierag, only that the latter lies higher, in a beautiful and merry place, surrounded by grasslands and a grove. From its dam, there is an open view towards the forests of Varmaga and the hereabouts hills. When we get close to Sacaramb, the horizon goes farther; we have stayed here for a little while, till the sunset, and we had no reason to regret it. The scenery is fantastic: coloured in Italian red. These kinds of sceneries are rare: pure air, clean and transparent atmosphere, the sky coloured in red and yellow. On the right side - higher mountains (Csertas mountain chain), seen in the distance - a game of lights and shadows, with their red tips and green forests (different shades of green). In the horizon, Hateg Mountains with their snowy tips. Down beneath us, Sacaramb and its residences and mine buildings, seem microscopically: tens of smaller and bigger hills; on the right-side: Mures River and its silvery waters, meandering towards Banat Region." 

2. Compatible function of the area. 
The types of functions appropriate for this area will be those of a spa: 
 - accommodation, by developing the agro-mountain tourism (including food supply);
- social function correlated to the idea of „human optimisation”: medical, leisure and treatment, pleasure; 
- cultural-education function, recovering cultural traditions (folk, by establishing an International Cultural Center and an UNESCO Center for Transylvania Region) with therapeutic value; tourism, public food supply, sports (the locality is declared as "Landscape Reservation", including the "Reservation of White Beech Seeds" - called „The Silver Forest”); 

    New functions appeared following the integration of the locality in the vast tourist circuit (SETRAS organizes every year "International Camps for Complementary Therapies" - 9th edition in 2005).