Transfagarasan Highway Balea Lake and Carta Monastery from Brasov

4.9 (45 reviews) 8–9 hours Free cancellation

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Transfagarasan Highway Balea Lake and Carta Monastery from Brasov — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Transfagarasan Highway Balea Lake and Carta Monastery from Brasov, photo 2 — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

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 .

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At a glance

Duration: 8–9 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 7 people
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English
Operated by: Discovery Transylvania

Ages: Children (4–11 years) · Adults (12–85 years)

What is included

Included

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

Not included

Not included: Lunch
Not included: Tickets at the cable car (20euro round trip) ( November 1th to July 1th))
Not included: Entrance fees: Entrance fee at the Monastery

Itinerary

Transfagarasan Highway

2 hours Admission included

It 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
Le Lac Balea

2 hours Admission not included

It is a glacial glacial lake situated at an altitude of 2034 m in the Fagaras mountain .Surrounded by mountains offers a miraculous view around it .It has a maximum depth of 11 m and its peels can be seen, how to swim trout.In winter, near the lake, you are building the ice hotel, an ice church and an igloo.

we can visit them and try rooms and cool ice beds.
Carta Monastery

one hour Admission not included

We will visit this beautiful monastery built in the late Gothic style, by the Cistercian monks who came to Transylvania from Burgundy - France

Meeting point and pickup

The operator picks every participant up from their accommodation or the points below.

Pickup points

Monarch House
Mer Guest House B&B
Hotel Casa Viorel jacuzzi & saunas
Budux Delux Vila
Pensiunea Zenit
Vila Gloria
Seven Inn
Classic Inn By Radacini
Elexus Poiana Brasov
Schuster Boarding House
Radisson Blu Aurum Hotel, Brasov
Relax in Style Boutique Hotel

and 105 more pickup points

We will come pick you up from your hotel/accomodation.

Cancellation

Free cancellation

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

If you cancel	You get back
At least one day before	100%
Less than a day before	0%

The operator may cancel if the weather does not allow it; you then get another date or your money back.

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