DESCOPERĂ ZONA
Ghidul Râșnov–Bran
Cetăți, trasee, pârtii și locuri alese de noi în jurul Râșnovului.

At the foot of the mountains of Țara Bârsei, Râșnov carries its peasant citadel atop a rock, between Bran and Brașov. A well hewn into…

The point from which all of Brașov's distances are measured, with Turnul Trâmbițașilor keeping watch from 50 metres up and colourful…

The meadow beneath Postăvarul where, in 1895, the first skiing in Romania took place has become the country's best-known mountain resort…

The rock face bearing the giant letters "BRAȘOV" is more than a holiday snapshot: it is Tâmpa, the mountain that watches over the city from…

A single limestone ridge, some 25 kilometres long, rising above Zărnești: this is where the Piatra Craiului pink grows, a flower found…

A whitewashed peasant fortress hidden among the hills of Transylvania, north-east of Brașov: Viscri preserves defensive towers, a "bacon…

A ring of water fed by the Olt, on which swans glide, a tower with walls three metres thick, and a fortress that no one has ever taken by…

151 kilometres of switchbacks climbing to some 2,042 metres, a tunnel carved into the heart of the Făgăraș Mountains and a glacial lake…

The city at the foot of Mount Tâmpa carries its crown right in its name: Corona, Kronstadt, Brassó. Discover the Black Church, the Council…

At the foot of the narrowest limestone ridge in the Carpathians, Zărnești is the town where the trails towards Piatra Craiului begin. Stone…

Known as the "watchtower of the Bârsa Land", the Piatra Mare massif rises proudly next to Brașov, with its peak reaching nearly 1,844 m…

A peasant refuge fortress on Fortress Hill that in more than 300 years fell only once — not in battle, but when its water spring was cut…

The largest Gothic church in south-eastern Europe owes its name to a fire: the flames of 1689 blackened its walls. Inside, an organ with…

At the foot of the Bucegi Mountains, in Sinaia, hides the first castle in Europe to be lit entirely by its own electricity. King Carol I's…

Three geological wonders on the same hill in the Perșani Mountains: a volcano that last spat lava more than a million years ago, basalt…

A cable car in the centre of Brașov that rises to Mount Tâmpa, offering a panorama over the city and access to the trails at the summit.

A thin wall of white limestone, tens of kilometres long, with a peak of 2,238 m and a flower that grows nowhere else on Earth: Piatra…

A limestone gorge on the edge of Brașov, where the legend of a fleeing king intertwines with the traces of a real Dacian fortress. The…

Known as the "sentinel of Brașov", the Postăvaru Massif watches over Țara Bârsei from 1,799 metres, with the Cristianul Mare peak rising…

Known around the world as "Dracula's Castle", Bran is in fact a customs fortress dating from 1377, and later the beloved residence of Queen…

A Saxon peasant fortress surrounds a Gothic church built by the Teutonic Knights: 12-metre walls, hundreds of tiny chambers hidden in the…

Smaller, warmer and more personal than Peleș, Pelișor in Sinaia is the only Art Nouveau castle in Romania and the beloved home of Queen…

Few cities in Europe can boast two royal railway stations, and Sinaia is one of them. Here, among platforms steeped in history, kings came…

A museum dedicated to the history of Brașov, well suited to a cultural walk through the town centre.