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-RUMANIA- 'Transilvania, los Cárpatos, Moldavia, Bucovina y las Ciudades Fortaleza'

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Distance
1,223 mi
Elevation gain
58,497 ft
Technical difficulty
Easy
Elevation loss
58,684 ft
Max elevation
6,710 ft
TrailRank 
45 5
Min elevation
6,710 ft
Trail type
One Way
Moving time
one day 20 hours 20 minutes
Time
9 days 19 hours 44 minutes
Coordinates
9245
Uploaded
July 26, 2023
Recorded
July 2023
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near Sărindăreanca, Județul Ilfov (România)

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Romania is one of the twenty-seven sovereign states that make up the European Union. It is located at the intersection of Central and Southeast Europe, and has a coastline on the Black Sea. It is bordered by Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and Moldova to the northeast and east, and Bulgaria to the south. With 238,391 km²,1 Romania is the ninth largest country in the European Union by area, and has the seventh largest population in the European Union with more than 19 million inhabitants. Its capital and most populous city is Bucharest, the tenth largest city in the European Union.

Romania, crossroads of Western, Byzantine and Eastern influences. A country rich in history and also with a troubled past.

The Romanian culture, the language, are a mixture of the Mediterranean and the Eastern world, Russian and Turkish

From Bucharest we will head to Brasov, a city founded by Saxon settlers. We will enter the mountains of the Carpathians, we will know Bran and the misty hills where Count Dracula's castle stands. Going down to the plains, cities like Sighisoara await us. At the foot of the Făgăraș mountains we will visit Sibiu, one of the fortified cities of Transylvania.

We go into Moldavia and Bucovina, a region full of Orthodox Monasteries, many of them declared World Heritage Sites.

A country of legends and myths like the hackneyed Count Dracula and much more recent events that have shaken European history, but above all with an extraordinary variety of landscapes.

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PictographCar park Altitude 319 ft

Aetopuerto OTP de Bucarest

PictographOvernight Altitude 237 ft
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Hotel Parliament

PictographWaypoint Altitude 289 ft
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Por lo centro de bucarest

PictographWaypoint Altitude 304 ft
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Calle peatonal por el centro bucarest

PictographPhoto Altitude 262 ft
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Parlamento

People's Palace, current seat of Parliament and work of the Ceaucescu regime. Curiously, the second largest building in the world after the Pentagon in the US.

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PictographPhoto Altitude 266 ft
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Plaza de la victoria

PictographMuseum Altitude 295 ft
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Museo de la Aldea.

Village Museum located outdoors in the Herăstrău Park, where we will immerse ourselves, taking a pleasant walk, through the culture and traditions of the Romanian people, through its traditional architecture. It is one of the first ethnographic museums in the world and the second in the open air after Stockholm. With an area of one hundred thousand square meters, made up of some 340 buildings, including houses, farms, churches and mills, as well as some 50,000 everyday objects that perfectly recreate Romanian villages from different regions, so that when you go through it, you travel through all of Romania, a good introduction into the traditions and cultures of this fascinating country.

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 300 ft
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Plaza revolucion

PictographWaypoint Altitude 263 ft
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Parlamento

PictographWaypoint Altitude 246 ft

Catedral ortodoxa

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,848 ft

Atravesando los Carpatos

PictographWaypoint Altitude 3,376 ft

Predeal

The small town of Predeal sits in a beautiful valley surrounded by forests and mountains. It is a mountain vacation spot of Romanians. Countless trails start from here, while due to its strategic position, we are very well located to enjoy the entire region.

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PictographTree Altitude 2,789 ft
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Parque nacional Piatra Craiuloui

Piatra Craiului National Park. This Park keeps inside extensive forests of fir trees, beech trees, populations of bears... and some curious rock formations. We will make a walking route of about five hours passing through the rural villages of Măgura and Moeciu.

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,625 ft
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Aldea de Moiecu de Jos

PictographCastle Altitude 2,489 ft
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Bram 'castillo del conde dracula'

One of its main attractions is visiting the castle, the museum of popular architecture and the market for handicrafts. The castle, built in the 13th century by the religious order of the Teutonic Knights who came from Palestine, to protect the southeastern border of Transylvania from the attack of Cumans and Patzinaks originating from the Central Asian steppes, is presented as the castle of Count Dracula. It is thought that Vlad Tepes himself, the former prince of Wallachia, was in his dungeons where he spent a few days in prison on his way to prison in Budapest. However, its spectacular location and imposing architecture could well have inspired Bram Stoker to describe the environments of his famous novel. Located in a magnificent setting, the castle is the prototype of the medieval fortress of Transylvania. Lastly, it was the summer residence of the last kings of Romania. From its high towers we can see a magnificent landscape while dreaming of the legend...

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,916 ft
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Brasov

This is one of the oldest cities in Transylvania, founded by the Saxon Germans in the Middle Ages, having from its origins a great commercial activity as it was the common point of three States: Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania. Its historic center is cute and small. The city surprises with its careful architecture where fortunately the abstraction of the so-called "progressive architecture" of the communist regime of Ceaușescu did not arrive. The buildings and urbanism of the old town have been quite well preserved. In addition to the architecture, the atmosphere of the city is unique: surrounded by forests, large squares with lively terraces such as Sfatului Square, pedestrian streets, breweries, beautiful cafes such as "La Cafeteca" where we encourage you to have a coffee from the many that have a pleasant atmosphere and good music... Other places of interest are: Old Town Hall, the pedestrian Republicii street, the Orthodox Cathedral, the Municipal Museum...

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PictographLake Altitude 3,287 ft
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Lacu Rosu

Lacu Rosu or Red Lake, in the vicinity of the Cheile Bicazului National Park.

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,562 ft
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Desflladero de Bicaz

natural area of the Bicaz Gorge, towards the region of the monasteries

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PictographReligious site Altitude 1,673 ft
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Monasterio Monaret

PictographReligious site Altitude 2,069 ft
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Monasterio moldovita

PictographReligious site Altitude 1,816 ft
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Monadterio Sucevita

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,154 ft
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Campulung

In the valley of Moldavia, at the foot of the Rarău mountains is Câmpulung Moldovanesc. The city is in the so-called "land of bison" where the voivode Dragos founded his kingdom in the 14th century. Area of extensive forests has the Museum of Wood and the curious Museum of the Spoon. It is an ideal place in the heart of the Monasteries region.

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PictographPhoto Altitude 3,307 ft

Por el paso del borgo

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,191 ft
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Bistrita

Bistrița, where the aforementioned novelist Bram Stoker narrates some chapters of his famous novel about Dracula: "Before me," says the protagonist Harker, "was an old gentleman, freshly shaven, except for his whitish mustache, dressed in black from head to toe, not the slightest shade of color anywhere. He held in his hand an ancient silver lamp whose flame burned without any protective glass screen, flickering in the draft and casting long, flickering shadows around it. It is another medieval city with a small historic quarter,

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,155 ft
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Sighisoara

monumental and walled medieval city. Surely from this afternoon we can begin to enjoy the magical corners of this legendary city. Numerous lively terraces in summer, little bars with excellent wines, restaurants with traditional cuisine... one of the most charming cities in Transylvania, together with Brașov and Sibiu. Of Roman origin in the 12th century it was occupied by the Saxons who baptized it with the name of Schöessburg. The medieval city consists of two well-differentiated areas: the lower and the upper. From the first one you pass to the second through a neighborhood that stretches along the slope of the mountain, on the top of which stood the village with sumptuous buildings, towers and defense walls. Walking through the citadel is like going back to the Middle Ages: towers, bastions, walls. The Clock Tower, the Town Hall, the Orthodox Cathedral, the Sighișoara Towers…

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,020 ft
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Targu mures

capital of the ethnically Hungarian majority area, it is a city of refined details. Although in decline after the arrival of communism, it still preserves different public buildings such as the charming Palace of Culture or the Town Hall itself, a delight for the eyes.

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,245 ft
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Biertran

another of the interesting towns in the area. Archetype of the Saxon way of life, this small town of 3,000 inhabitants shows us the way of life of this historic town that occupied a good part of Transylvana as a human shield against invasions from the East. With its fortified church (S XIV) on the UNESCO list and the bucolic rural landscape that surrounds us, it will not take us long to understand the reason for the Saxon roots in these lands.

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,410 ft
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Sibiu

Sibiu is among the Romanian cities that best preserve their medieval architecture. In 2007 it was the European Capital of Culture, which meant that a large part of the city was renovated and rehabilitated. Sibiu is divided between the "upper city" located on the hill and the "lower city". It is advisable to stop at the Plaza Mayor and visit one of the many art galleries, the Bruckenthal Museum, get lost in the labyrinth of stepped streets flanked by old wooden houses, drink beer on a terrace or in its hundred-year-old cellars... or enjoy a a cafe with rich cakes and chocolates in beautiful “cafés” like the “Café Wien”. Other places with greater interest in the old city are the Evangelical Church and the Orthodox Cathedral, the Passage of the Stairs and the well-preserved walls and bastions. Sibiu was one of the best fortified cities in Transylvania, a set of towers and turrets transports us to another era. From the top of the towers we will see in the background the mountains of the Western Carpathians, the so-called Făgăraș mountains.

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PictographLake Altitude 6,689 ft
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Lago balea

PictographWaypoint Altitude 4,662 ft
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Paltinini

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,835 ft
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Rasinari

PictographReligious site Altitude 962 ft
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Monasterio de Caiza

Comments  (2)

  • p.garbo Jul 28, 2023

    Hola Carmen. Soy Paco (compañero de viaje) Gracias por compartir la ruta ☺️

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    #CAR# Jul 28, 2023

    Gracias a ti por compartir la avemtura' ire subiendo las rutas senderismo

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