Top 5 Places to See Around the Transfagarasan Highway
Transfagarasan is well known as the paradise for adventure seekers. Places around the highway are the ideal location for any adventure tours. Experience nature and history in one go. Cycling Tours on the Transfagarasan highway is one of the most sought after tours that cyclists enjoy.
The highway, the second largest in Transylvania area, offers a smooth road for cyclists to head up to 2100m to reach the peak of the Carpathian Mountain Ranges.
All through the journey you get to encounter various medieval villages and towns nestled in the Carpathian Valley. These towns give a glance of Romanian history along with the spectacular architecture of the buildings, some offers mystery to solve.
The second attraction of the area is the woods with their mesmerizing beauty and chances of wildlife encounter. Finally, it’s the lagoons and lakes located in such height.
At Martin Adventures, we help tourists with fully guided and supported cycling Transfagarasan tours. And many tourists find the following places as the Five Go-to places to visit around the Transfagarasan Highway.
Cycling on the Transfagarasan road is not a one day job or adventurous activity. It is ideally a 6 days tour with cycling taking you to the peak of Carpathia. While on this cycling tour a tourist crosses many attractions starting from Bucharest as he rides on the highway with the sharp hair-pin bends. The 5 must see attractions in this area are the below.
1. The Bucharest People’s Palace: As the cycling tour starts from the Capital city of Romania, Bucharest, make sure that you don’t miss out the parliament building, People’s Palace in this area. This a prime tourist spots for being the second largest Parliament building after the Pentagon.
2. The Lake Balea: The glacier of Lake Balea Offers unimaginable beauty of nature to the entire tourist who reach up to the peak of the Carpathian Range. The usual route for cycling ends in the region of Lake Balea, situated at a height of 2034m. This lagoon at such a height is no wonder an oasis of beauty after the hectic cycling schedule of the tourists. This lake is totally out of the world thing being located in such an area.
3. The Bran Castle in Brasov: The Bran Castle, famous as the castle of Vlad the Impaler or rather the legendary Count Dracula is no wonder a prime tourist spot. Every adventure seeker will love to visit this castle for its long legends of the Dracula. Visit the castle and get ready to unravel the mystery that Romania hides inside it.
4. Travel to Saxon Area in Sibiu: The Medieval Town of Sibiu offers the classic Saxon architecture building to the tourists. This is the area of the Romanian History. Famous for the UNESCO- World Heritage building in this area, Sibiu is widely visited by the people travelling to Transfagarasan to explore the baroque chambers, castles, churches and citadels.
5. Underground Theme Park- Salina Turda: The Turda Salt mines are famous for being the largest amusement park located underground with the special domes of amusement. This is also an important place that cyclist will like look at while touring Transfagarasan.
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