The palm of God and the Heavens door - Fundatura Ponorului mountain village | Video
One of the most picturesque places in Romania, one of the most beautiful mountain villages, and a photographer's paradise. Fundatura Ponorului is located in the Ponor Stream Valley, part of the Gradistea Muncelului - Cioclovina National Park, in the Sureanu Mountains. Access is off the Hateg-Petrosani road, towards the villages of Ponor and Ohaba-Ponor. The road is paved up to the village of Federi.
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Airport nearby Caransebeş Airport (CSB - Caransebeş, Ro), 73 km away.
Photos of nearby places
Natural bridge next to the Banita Stone Quarry (12 photos) 13.6 km away. Although the Banita Stone Bridge is not far from the road that passes through the village, it is located beyond the railway line, so its approach is a bit cumbersome. We can go around the railway line on Carierei Street, and then we have to walk a few meters from the stone quarry.
Banita Gorge - Banita (16 photos) 15.6 km away. The approximately 250 m long gorge, similar to the Corcoaia Gorge, is truly spectacular. According to assumptions, it was formed by the collapse of a cave passage ceiling, and then the erosion formed spectacular karst formations in the limestone.
Boli Cave - Banita (20 photos) 15.8 km away. The main cave passage is approximately 460 m long, with an entrance portal that is 10 m high and 20 m wide at its base. In the 1960s, bridges were built over the underground stream flowing through the cave.
Parangul Mare peak (16 photos) 37.1 km away. Chamois saddle (Saua Caprelor), Carja mountain shelter (Refugiul Carja) - Carja peak (Varful Carja) - Stoienita peak (Varful Stoienita) - Gemanarea - Parangul Mare peak.
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Videos of nearby places
Crivadia Gorge 10.3 km away. The Crivadia Gorge is located next to the village of Crivadia, which belongs to Banita. Access is difficult, and the hike is made through the streambed, with water up to the waist at its narrowest point.
Banita Gorge and Banita rock bridge 15.6 km away. They say about this place that only very few people know about it, but that's not true. In fact, most nature lovers have heard of it, seen pictures taken here, even if not everyone has been able to come here.
Boli Cave - Banita 15.8 km away. The Boli Cave is located 6 km north of Petrosani, on the road that connects Hateg with the Jiu Valley. Here, the railway line that connects the two parts of Hunedoara County passes through, featuring a total of 66 curves and 8 tunnels.
Sheepdogs - Govora sheepfold - Retezat mountains 22.3 km away. On the second day of my weekend Retezat hike, I visited a sheepfold on the Lancita Ridge. To my great disappointment, they didn't make cheese or curd here.
Billy-goat lake, Closed Gates - Retezat Mountains 27.3 km away. The most unique ridge trail of the Retezat Mountains is the Closed Gates.Below, at an altitude of 2070 m above sea level, is the Billy-goat lake.
Other places
Kossuth Rock Harghita Bath 213.6 km away. Kossuth Rock - Harghita Bath (Harghita-Bai), Harghita Mountains.
Leopoldsteiner lake Eisenerz, Steiermark Leopoldsteiner See is located in Styria, 4 km northwest of the town of Eisenerz. It lies at an elevation of 628 meters above sea level in the western part of the Hochschwab mountain range, at the foot of the Seemauer cliff.
Rosina via ferrata Silberkar Gorge, Ramsau am Dachstein The Rosina via ferrata is the most difficult via ferrata in the Silberkar Gorge (Silberkarklamm), has a D difficulty rating, and it is a vertical masterpiece. After a short suspension bridge above the stream, it leads up the rock wall next to the gorge waterfall, all the way vertically.
Falco Peregrinus via ferrata Falcons Rock, Corbu 254 km away. Falco Peregrinus (Peregrine falcon) via ferrata (B/C) - Falcon's Rock, Corbu.
Via ferrata Shpellat Peja 396.8 km away.
The two niches with the visor Nochevo 439.5 km away. Dvete nishi s kozirkata (The two niches with the visor) - Nochevo.
The Cave of Thieves Apata 185.1 km away. The Cave of Thieves (Pestera Hotilor, Tolvajos), located in the Olt Gorge at Racos, is situated at the source of the Tepeu creek. From the karst spring that emerges from the cave, one of the branches of the creek originates.
Acapulcos spur via ferrata 161.6 km away. Acapulco's spur (Pintenul lui Acapulco) via ferrata (B/C) - Montana Land, Suncuius.
Other destinations
Gornjak via ferrata and Kudelinovs fortress Zdrelo 192 km away. Difficulty level C/D, total length: 400 m, height difference: 330 m, year of construction: 2019, total length of the route to Kudelinov's fortress: 1100 m. Access to the via ferrata is free.
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