Borsec SPA is situated at a 26 km distance from the town of Toplita, along the national road connecting Toplita to Piatra Neamt, in the Borsec Bassin, in the north-western part of Harghita County. The spa is at an altitude of 900 m above sea level, which, together with the massive coniferous forests surrounding it explains its special microclimate of a benefactor character. Besides the natural scenery of a rare beauty, the quality of its mineral waters assures Borsec Spa a privileged position among spas in Romania and abroad.

The fame of the mineral waters of Borsec dates back to the 16th century. Documents from this epoch prove that the mineral water from Borsec was transported by carts in wooden casks to the royal court in Alba lulia in the year 1594. Owing to the curative effect and empirical experience the mineral waters from Borsec were bottled in sealed pitches which then were put into sacks and were transported on horseback to Transylvania, Moldavia, Wallachia and Hungary beginning with the 18th century.

At the end of the 18-th century the healing fame of the mineral waters gives Borsec renown.At the beginning huts are built, then chalets and primitive bathing establishments which make it possible for many patients to come here and cure the illnesses they suffer from. There are records from 1767 which say that "Borsec is the place where desperate patients from the country and from abroad gather during the summer".

There are over 15 sources of carbo gaseous natural mineral water at Borsec. Their chemical composition is almost similar , stable, their flow varies. In the terms of the flow and quality sources no. 1 and 2 are the most important ones. Besides the natural sources there are drilled ones which show the potential of mineral water resources.

Through their composition these waters have curative effect on diseases of the digestive system (stomach, intestines, biliary canal), kidneys, urethra as well as on the peripheral circulatory system. The main characteristics of mineral waters from Borsec are the low contents of minerals, the high concentration of free and very stable CO2 and also the very small content of iron, which makes Borsec one of the best quality table waters.

In the year 1803, the citizen Valentin Gunther from Vienna, after drinking the waters of Borsec recovered from an illness considered incurable. Back to Vienna he suggests to a relative of his, Anton Zimmetshausen, a counselor of the municipality that they should start trading the Borsec mineral water. For this reason they had to lease Borsec - a small hamlet at that time - from the communities of Lazarea and Ditrau which owned Borsec.

He brings workers speciaIized in glass manufacture from Austria, Bavaria, Bohemia and Poland. The names of these workers have survived in their descendants like Siller, Talmaier, Birman, Kamenitzki, Fokt, Eigel, a.s.o. 1806 marks the beginning of the industrial bottling of the miner al water in bottles made at Borsec. In the first year 3 million litres of mineral water were bottled and were transported by carts to all four corners, even to Vienna. The water of the sources no.1 and 2 was collected in a well, then it was poured into bottles which were corked and waxed for tightening. It is interesting that the bottling was done on sunny days only when the atmospheric pressure was the highest, consequently the contents of CO2 was at the maximum.

The industrial bottling of the mineral water has continuously been functioning since 1806 up to the present. There were two short periods of stagnation during the two world wars. The tradition was continued by "Regina Apelor Minerale Borsec S.A." and presently by Romaqua Group S.A. - Borsec. The bottling technology has become more up-to-date, more efficient bottling lines have been set up.