Small-Group Day trip Transfagarasan road and Poienari Fortress from Brasov
Highlights
Brasov
Group Tour
10 Hours
MODERATE
English
Description
We visit Poienari Fortress, the real Vlad Tepes' Residential Castle, and drive on the Transfagarasan highway.Built as a strategic military route, it is the second-highest paved road in Romania and is considered by some to be the most dramatic.
Driving on Transfagarasan Highway is known as "the Road to the Sky", "the Road to the Clouds", "the Best Driving Road in the World" and even "A spectacular Monument to Earth-Moving Megalomania"!
IMPORTANT:
!!!Due to some construction works on the road, the tour might take longer than usual!!!
When the Transfagarasan road is closed (November 1 - June 30), we drive up to the Balea Waterfall (no visit to Poienari Fortress and Vidradu Dam).If the weather conditions allow, we take the cable car up to the Balea Lake (extra 20 euro/person).We also visit the ruins of the Cistercian Abbey of Carta and the amazing Sambata de Sus Monastery.
Itinerary
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Driving on Transfagarasan Highway as know as "the Road to the Sky", "the Road to the Clouds", "the Best Driving Road in the World" and even "A spectacular Monument to Earth-Moving Megalomania"
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We hike to Balea Waterfall - the highest step-waterfall in Romania, more than 60 metres tall.
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Balea Lac is a natural glacier lake at 2040m, 360 meters long, 240 meters wide and 11 meters deep.
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It is said that the name "Fagaras" is coming from the word "fagar", an old word which represents a large old beech forest.
In ancient times, the bottom part of the Fagaras Mounatins were covered with Oak [sensitive content]w remains "Dumbrava Vadului", where, among the oak trees, we have daffodils (Narcissus stellaris), locally known as coprine.
In Fagaras Mountains there is "Mioarelor" galcial lake (2282 m), the highest glacial lake in the Carpathian mountains.
In Fagaras Mountains there are 8 of the 14 peaks of the Carpathian mountains that reach the altitude of 2500 m: Moldoveanu (2544 m), Negoiu (2535 m), Coltul Vistei Mari (2527 m), Lespezi (2522 m), Cornu Caltunului (2510 m), Vanatoarea lui Buteanu (2507 m), Hartopu (2506 m) and Dara (2500 m).Here there are over 42 peaks with altitude between 2400 and 2500 m.
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It was completed in 1966 on the Argeș River and creates Lake Vidraru.The arch dam was built with the primary purpose to produce hydroelectricity.The dam's height is 166 meters, the arch length 305 meters and it can store 465 million cubic meters of water.The reservoir has a total shoreline (perimeter) length of 28 km.
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Visit Poienari Fortress, the real Vlad Tepes' Residential Castle.Access to the citadel of Poienari is made by climbing the 1,480 concrete stairs.
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.