Transfagarasan Highway Tour from Brasov: Discover Balea Lake and Carta Monastery

Embark on a breathtaking tour of the Transfagarasan Highway from Brasov. Explore the stunning Balea Lake and visit the historic Carta Monastery. Book now!

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Transfagarasan Highway - 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…
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Transport with luxury van Mercedes or similar cars
  • Pickup and drop-off at your hotel from Brasov
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Tickets at the cable car (20euro round trip) ( November 1th to July 1th))
  • Entrance fees
Additional Information

A skilled guide will fetch you from your Basov hotel, taking you on a journey to the most awe-inspiring road in Europe - Transfagarasan. We’ll make our first stop at the Carta Monastery, an exquisite late-Gothic masterpiece constructed by Cistercian monks who migrated from Burgundy, France to Transylvania.
Transfagarasan Highway, popularized by the…

Location
Transfagarasan Highway
Dn 7C, Sibiu and Arges County
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Bethan_c
Dec 8, 2025
T. Highway tour in the snow - Our driver picked us up in a very comfortable car, with heated seats, which is great for the time of year we were visiting. December is cold, and there was a lot of snow, so make sure you have appropriate clothing! You don’t need hiking or snow boots unless you want to do a little climbing for views and pictures. In December, you won’t see bears lining up at the side of the road like you might at other times of the year and the views are very dependable on the weather. In extreme weather or wind the cable car is unlikely to run. We were very lucky and although it was super misty, the cable car was in operation. We didn’t get to enjoy full views on the cable car due to the mist, but when we reached the lake the sun came out and it was very beautiful. Sunglasses are recommended as the glare of the snow made it really hard to open our eyes for pictures 😆 Our guide was very knowledgeable and told us lots about the history of the places we drove through or stopped at. Make sure you fully understand the pros and cons of the time of year you visit - all seasons will have very different things to offer! We would like to come back in the summer to get full benefit of the views, see the bears, and see the lake when it is not frozen over. That said, seeing this area in the snow was a very unique experience and it was a really breathtaking view. And whilst you may not get bears, there are lots of friendly dogs around the cable car 🚠 Top stars for the guide who was great and took lots of pictures of us 🤣
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Patrick_k
Aug 4, 2025
Must do!! Incredible! - Such an incredible experience! Way better experience than if we would have journeyed ourselves. We enjoyed the road, a short hike, the monastery, and got tons of incredible pictures! It was also great to just relax with my wife while our guide navigated the traffic.
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Elena_s
Jul 3, 2025
Tour to Transfagarasan road - The trip on Transfagarasan road to the glacial lake was absolutely amazing! Our tour guide Viorel was great, very friendly, knowledgeable and one of a kind driver. He did everything to make our day the most enjoyable and memorable. We would highly recommend Viorel and this tour.
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Maria_p
May 4, 2025
Excellent transfagarasan tour experience - it was a great experience, great explanations, excellent tour, very complete, everything on time, we really enjoyed it
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59steliani
Jan 5, 2025
Amazing views. I highly recommend this tour company. - We had a great time during this trip. Guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. We went with car until Balea Waterfall, but unfortunately cable car was closed due to severe wind. Since we couldn‘t take cable car to Balea Lake, guide offered us an alternative trip and on top of Carta Monastery, we visited also Sighișoara Fortress and Viscri village.
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Amanda_s
Nov 6, 2024
Lovely day! - Our guide Claudiu is very knowledgeable and gave great information and time with options of activities at stops. He provided a prompt and safe drive up and down the mountain. He even gave a recommendation for dinner near where we stay. It was a great day and recommend those who can to see these sights. The pictures just don't do it justice.
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Roshni2011
Oct 8, 2024
Transfagarasan day tour - Transfagarasan Road, Balea lake Carta Monastery with Discovery Transylvania. An exhilarating experience blessed with perfect. Traian did a perfect job. Lunch at a trout farm was the icing on the cake.
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Alfredo
Oct 8, 2024
Great experience - The Transfagarasan road is spectacular. The views are amazing. You have to drive with caution but it is not dangerous. It's very well marked. And you see bears in their natural habitat. Lake Bakea is nice, it's on the top
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886duncanb
Aug 20, 2024
Beautiful scenery - amazing road - We really enjoyed this trip. We started quite early as the Highway can get really busy and were rewarded with lots of easy stops to take in the stunning views as the road climbed ahead of us. Truly an amazing place and we enjoyed wandering around by Lake Balea at the top once we’d left the various stalls behind. The peace, tranquility and quite different beauty of the Monastery on the way back only added to our day. Claudiu was a super driver for the trip. He was knowledgeable, kind and helped make this a trip to remember. Thank you.
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Vetgirl2004
Jun 30, 2024
Would highly recommend this tour company - Great communication during booking process. Fun day. Hotel pick up and drop off, comfy transport. Traian was an excellent guide, full of knowledge so I learnt a lot about the area. Great views. We even got to see a bear too!
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From $104
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).