bâlea lac

A large avalanche occurred in the Bâlea Lac tourist area, at an altitude of over 2,000 meters in the Făgăraş Mountains, announced Salvamont Sibiu. And mountain rescuers from Hunedoara County warned on Thursday of the major avalanche risk in…

With over 5 million users in Romania and one billion globally, Instagram is considered the most influential social network for the tourism industry. The gorgeous photos posted by influencers and its other users on Instagram serve as…

A large avalanche hit the Capra Chalet on Transfagarasan alpine road and the parking lot in front of the cabin during the weekend, according to the information provided by the Facebook page "Avalanches in the Carpathians". 57 people,…

Scenes from the movie "Legend of the Eyes", starring Willem Dafoe and Emily Watson, were filmed at Bâlea Lac. The Romanian-American team transformed Nicolae Ceaușescu's former hunting lodge, called "Paltinu", into a film set. The…

A 3-cm snow layer has laid down in this beautiful region of Romanian mountains after heavy snowfalls over the past weekend: on National Road 7C Transfagarasan, on the way from Balea Lac to Balea Cascada in Sibiu County. It is not the…

A big avalanche has broken the merchants' wooden cottages in the parking near the chalets at Balea Lac, over 2,000m altitude in Fagaras mountains following heavy snowfall in the past days. Fortunately, there have been no victims, but…

Heavy snowfall was registered Wednesday morning on Transfagarasan road, with strong wind gusts, the road workers were trying to remove the snow to keep the road open for traffic. Meteorologists say it will continue to snow on Wednesday…

As the BBC Top Gear named Transfagarasan “the most spectacular road in the world”, other brands have decided to use the road to present their own models. Subaru of America has announced it wants to set a new speed record on the high…

Four tourists were accommodated in the hotel ice hotel in Romania, at Bâlea Lac on the coldest night of this year. On Wednesday, two Romanian and two American tourists slept over in the Hotel of Ice, located at over 2,000m altitude in the…

“Enchanting town plazas that date back to medieval times, rolling hills as far as the eye can see, castles cloaked in the mystery of Count Dracula, craggy mountain vistas, and a seemingly infinite array of fortresses and churches. And…