Route library · Carpathians, Romania
Romania: the Transfăgărășan and the Transalpina
Three days from Sibiu over Romania’s two great Carpathian roads, open only in high summer.3 days · 2 nights · starts in Sibiu, finishes in Sibiu
Best months: Jul to Oct, when every pass on it is normally open. For: cars and motorcycles.
The planner works out real road distances and daily driving times, adds hotels along the way and lets you change any stop.Sibiu to Curtea de Argeș
South to Cârțișoara and up the Transfăgărășan’s northern hairpins to Bâlea Lake, through the tunnel and down past the Vidraru dam.
Passes and roads: Transfăgărășan
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Curtea de Argeș to Novaci
West along the foot of the Carpathians by Râmnicu Vâlcea and the painted monastery at Horezu to Novaci.
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Novaci to Sibiu
The Transalpina north over the Urdele Pass, Romania’s highest road, down to Sebeș and back to Sibiu.
Passes and roads: Transalpina
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