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Transfagarasan Highway Balea Lake and Carta Monastery from Brasov

4.9(49)Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 49 reviews9 hFree cancellationBy Discovery Transylvania
Transfagarasan Highway Balea Lake and Carta Monastery from Brasov

About this activity

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 .

What's included

  • ✓Professional guide
  • ✓Transport with luxury van mercedes or similar cars
  • ✓Pickup and drop-off at your hotel from Brasov

Not included

  • ✕Lunch
  • ✕Tickets at the cable car (20euro round trip) ( November 1th to July 1th))
  • ✕Entrance fee at the Monastery

Good to know

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • 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

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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