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Brasov: Transfagarasan Highway, Balea Lake & Carta Monastery
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Overview
- Experience the most spectacular road in Europe-Transfagarasan highway .
- Explore Balea Lake, a glacial lake situated at an altitude of 2,034 metres in the Fagaras Mountains
- We will visit the beautiful Cistercian monastery in the Carta village
Activity location
- Brasov
- Brasov, Județul Brașov, Romania
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Brasov
- Brasov, Județul Brașov, Romania
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What's included, what's not
- Transport in a luxury Mercedes V-Klass or similar
What's included What's included - English-speaking guide
What's included What's included - Maps
What's included What's included - Refrigerator with cold water on board
What's included What's included - Assistance throughout your tour
What's included What's included - WiFi on board
What's included What's included - Pickup and drop off from all hotels in Basov
What's included What's included - Tickets to the cable car (November 1-July 1)
What's excluded What's excluded - Lunch
What's excluded What's excluded
What you can expect
Your tour will begin as you are taken from your hotel in Brasov by a professional guide. Once having departed Brasov, you will travel to the most spectacular road in Europe: Transfagarasan.
You will stop first and visit the Carta Cistercian Monastery .the monastery was built at the beginning of the 13th century, in the Gothic style, by the Cistercian monks who came to Transylvania from Burgundy, France.
You will then continue to the mountains which host the Transfagarasan Highway, the most spectacular and beautiful mountain road in Europe. The road has been featured on the UK motor show Top Gear, and traverses up through the mountains uniting Transylvania with Valachia. Whilst there you will experience great scenes, noisy waterfalls, and with some luck you may even see wild animals such as the brown bear or black goats.
Moving onward, you will travel to the Balea Glacier Lake, where you will have lunch at the Lake Balea Chalet. You can then take a walk around the lake, and in summer can also climb up the slope near the lake. From the top of this ridge you will have wonderful pictures with the peaks of the surrounding mountains and the lake and cottage Balea.
In the winter between December and March you can visit the ice hotel, as well as the neighbouring ice church. You will later return to Brasov in the evening, with wonderful memories of your trip into the sky.
During the winter between November and July, we will go up by van to the hotel Cascada Balea 1446m (above the road is closed due to snow), from where we will take the cable car up to Lake Balea. The price of the cable car (100 lei - 24 euros uphill) + descent) is not included in the price of the tour.
Location
Activity location
LOB_ACTIVITIES LOB_ACTIVITIES - Brasov
- Brasov, Județul Brașov, Romania
Meeting/Redemption Point
PEOPLE PEOPLE - Brasov
- Brasov, Județul Brașov, Romania