We met geotrekking treasure hunters from Gheorgheni, Miercurea Ciuc and Targu Mures in Rastolita. We entered the Calimani Mountains with an off-road vehicle, along the Rastolita and Tihu streams. As it turned out, the well-worn forest road can also be traveled by car for a good distance.
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Airport nearby Transilvania International Airport (TGM - Recea, Ro), 88 km away from With snowshoes in the Tihu creek valley - Rastolita.
Photos of nearby places
The Old Women of Gurghiu stone mushrooms, Batrana Peak (16 photos) 30.2 km away. The Old Women of Gurghiu (Babele Gurghiului) stone mushrooms, Batrana Peak (Varful Batrana). In the Gurghiu Mountains, 10 km from Toplita, near the peak Batrana, there are several groups of strange rocks.
Borsec spa resort (9 photos) 36.8 km away. Borsec is one of the most beautifully situated resorts in the Eastern Carpathians. It consists of two parts: Lower Borsec and Upper Borsec, the latter being the actual resort area.
Bears cave, Ice Grotto - Borsec (12 photos) 37.3 km away. The Bears' cave is actually a deep rock fissure with a path leading into it. Local belief long considered it to be the habitat of bears, which is where the name comes from.
Stalactite Cave - Round Chair Hill, Borsec, Giurgeu Mountains (24 photos) 37.4 km away. The Stalactite Cave on the Round Chair Hill is the longest cave formed in travertine in the country. Its formation was mainly influenced by an open system of diaclases, which fragmented the travertine, with the contribution of infiltrated rainwater being essential in the transport and dissolution of limestone.
Sugo Cave - Giurgeu Mountains (60 photos) 62.8 km away. The Sugó Cave is located at the western foot of Sipos Stone (1566 m) at an altitude of 1064 m above sea level. It consists of a system of passages with four levels, totaling 1021 m in length and a level difference of -60 m.
Videos of nearby places
Via ferrata Bear Cave adventure and climbing zone - Borsec 37.3 km away. The Bear Cave in Borsec is a vast natural formation, scattered with rocks and deep crevices. Access to the cave's cavities is through a series of narrow formations resembling canyons, surrounded by giant fir trees and rocks with interesting shapes.
Falco Tinnunculus via ferrata, the ascent - Falcons Rock, Corbu 45.2 km away. Falco Tinnunculus (Common kestrel) via ferrata (E), the ascent - Falcon's Rock, Corbu. Over Corbu village in Harghita County, on the rocks of Falcon's Rock (Piatra Soimilor), which belong to the Bistrita Mountains, five via ferrata routes have been established.
Hot air balloon parade 2015 - Campu Cetatii 48.2 km away. This year, the Hot Air Balloon Parade was organized in Campu Cetatii for the tenth time. Unfortunately, the weather only allowed for flying on Saturday morning and evening.
Other places
Iskar gorge Lyutibrod Temnata dupka cave Lakatnik 465.6 km away. The Iskar is the longest purely Bulgarian river, the oldest river in the Balkans, and a right tributary of the Danube. The river is 368 km long, with approximately 150 km consisting of a gorge.
Balázs Hill Lookout Western Mecsek The Balázs hill lookout, located at an altitude of 320 meters, offers a beautiful view of Lake Pécs and the wooded mountain ranges of Western Mecsek. The original lookout, built in 1975, was destroyed by fire, and it was rebuilt in 2001 using a metal structure, which was renovated in 2014.
Dino Parc Rasnov 169.5 km away. On June 12, 2015, one of the largest dinosaur theme parks in the region opened in Rasnov, where we can see 45 life-sized dinosaurs. The facility is located directly next to the Rasnov Fortress, which is one of the best-preserved Transylvanian Saxon peasant fortresses.
Tureni Gorge iron path 119.3 km away. Tureni Gorge iron path visiting route (Via ferrata Cheile Tureni), Trascau Mountains.
Rossloch Klettersteig Leopoldsteiner See The D/E difficulty Rossloch via ferrata is situated at the top of the 900-meter-high Seemauer cliff, overlooking the Leopoldsteiner See in the western part of the Hochschwab mountain range. It is designed for experienced via ferrata climbers, and complements the already impressive Emperor Franz Joseph via ferrata, as the two routes can be connected.
Poenari citadel Arges valley 197.1 km away. The Poenari citadel is located on the southern slope of the Fagaras Mountains, on the western side of the Transfagaras road, in the Arges Valley, about 4 km from the Vidraru Lake dam. Along a steep incline, a concrete staircase leads up to the castle, which is built atop a mountain.
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