Romania, Carpathians
Transfăgărășan
Distance
151 km
Time
3h 10m
Driving score
9.3
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Why drive it
Built as a military insurance policy, the Transfăgărășan is now Europe's most theatrical strip of tarmac, glacial lake at the top, viaducts hanging in mid-air below.
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Road width
- Two lanes, narrow at the summit
- Surface
- Good, degraded on the north ramp
- Best direction
- Bâlea Lac southbound
- Best time of day
- Early, closed at night in season
- Best season
- July to October
- Elevation
- 2,042 m
- Community rating
- 4.7 / 5
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The journey
Route highlights
Start
Cârțișoara
Fuel before the climb
Photo Spot
Bâlea Waterfall
The famous switchback stack
Mountain Pass
Bâlea Lac
2,042 m, glacial lake and tunnel
Finish
Curtea de Argeș
Monastery and dinner
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