Transfagarasan Highway Balea Lake and Carta Monastery from Brasov
Transfagarasan Highway Balea Lake and Carta Monastery from Brasov
You will be taken from your hotel in Basov by a professional guide and you will go to the most spectacular road in Europe - Transfagarasan. We will stop first and visit the Carta Monastery built in the late Gothic style, by the Cistercian monks who came to Transylvania from Burgundy - France.Transfagarasan Highway is the most spectacular and beautiful mountain road in Europe, enough to feature on the UK motor show Top Gear, Transfagarasan Highway might just be “the best road in the world” as Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson claimed. It's a road going up in the mountains and unites Transylvania with Valachia.
Great scenes, noisy waterfalls, Glaciar Balea lake, will make you feel great up there and forget about the stress of the city.During the winter, between the months of November and July, we will go up by van to the hotel Balea Cascada 1446, from where we will take the cable car (from here up the road is closed due to snow). The price of the cable car is not included .
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Transfagarasan Highway
It's a road going up in the mountains and unites Transylvania with Valachia. Great scenes, noisy waterfalls, Glaciar Balea lake, will make you feel great up there and forget about the stress of the city
2 hoursLe Lac Balea
we can visit them and try rooms and cool ice beds.
2 hoursCarta Monastery
We will visit this beautiful monastery built in the late Gothic style, by the Cistercian monks who came to Transylvania from Burgundy - France
1 hourIncluded
- Transport with luxury van mercedes or similar cars
- Professional gude
- Pickup and drop-off at your hotel from Brasov
- Maps
- Entry/Admission - Transfagarasan Highway
Not Included
- Lunch
- Tickets at the cable car ( 20 euro up and down) ( November 1th to July 1th))
Good to Know
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- Between November 1st and July 1st, after 1460 the road is closed, here at Hotel Balea Cascada we will climb our car and then we will take the cable car to Lake Balea. The tickets from the cable car are not included in the ticket price. Cost of about 12 euros up and down
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 7 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Tickets & Cancellation
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.