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.

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DAY 1

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

Where to stay in Curtea de Argeș

We haven’t checked a hotel here yet. Browse hotels in Curtea de Argeș and check the parking before you book.

Day 1 in Google Maps

DAY 2

Curtea de Argeș to Novaci

West along the foot of the Carpathians by Râmnicu Vâlcea and the painted monastery at Horezu to Novaci.

Where to stay in Novaci

We haven’t checked a hotel here yet. Browse hotels in Novaci and check the parking before you book.

Day 2 in Google Maps

DAY 3

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

Day 3 in Google Maps

Before you go

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