Route recommendations
1. 5-Day Route in Romania: Transfăgărășan and Transalpina
Total Distance: Approximately 900 km; Total Driving Time: Approx. 14 hours
Day 1: Bucharest - Sibiu
Distance: Approx. 300 km
Driving Time: Approx. 4 hours
Day 2: Sibiu - Curtea de Argeș (Transfăgărășan)
Distance: Approx. 150 km
Driving Time: Approx. 2 hours
Day 3: Curtea de Argeș - Rânca
Distance: Approx. 100 km
Driving Time: Approx. 2 hours
Day 4: Rânca - Sibiu (Transalpina)
Distance: Approx. 150 km
Driving Time: Approx. 2 hours
Day 5: Sibiu - Bucharest
Distance: Approx. 300 km
Driving Time: Approx, 4 hours
2. 6-Day Route in Romania: Eastern Carpathians
Total Distance: Approximately 1060 km; Total Driving Time: Approx. 17 hours
Day 1: Bucharest - Lake Bicaz
Distance: Approx. 350 km
Driving Time: Approx. 5 hours
Day 2: Lake Bicaz - Miercurea Ciuc
Distance: Approx. 150 km
Driving Time: Approx. 2 hours
Day 3: Miercurea Ciuc - Lake Sfânta Ana
Distance: Approx. 100 km
Driving Time: Approx. 2 hours
Day 4: Lake Sfânta Ana - Sibiu
Distance: Approx. 230 km
Driving Time: Approx. 3 hours
Day 5: Sibiu - Retezat (camping in Retezat Mountains)
Distance: Approx. 230 km
Driving Time: Approx. 3 hours
Day 6: Retezat - Bucharest
Distance: Approx. 260 km
Driving Time: Approx. 4 hours
3. 7-Day Route: Maramureș and Transfăgărășan
Total Distance: Approximately 1,300 km; Total Driving Time: Approx 20 hours
Day 1: Bucharest - Cluj-Napoca
Distance: Approx. 450 km
Driving Time: Approx. 5 hours
Day 2: Cluj-Napoca - Maramureș
Distance: Approx. 100 km
Driving Time: Approx. 2 hours
Maramureș - Baia Mare - Săpânța (Merry Cemetery)
Distance: Approx. 100 km
Driving Time: Approx. 2 hours
Day 4: Săpânța - Sighetu Marmației - Lake Bâlea (Transfăgărășan)
Distance: Approx. 350 km
Driving Time: Approx. 5 hours
Day 5: Lake Bâlea - Sibiu
Distance: Approx. 160 km
Driving Time: Approx. 2 hours
Day 6: Sibiu - Rânca (Parâng)
Distance: Approx. 120 km
Driving Time: Approx. 2 hours
Day 7: Rânca - Bucharest
Distance: Approximately 120 km
Driving Time: Approx 2 hours
4. Castles and Fortresses Route in Romania (5 days)
Total Distance: Approximately 940 km; Total Driving Time: Approx. 14 hours
Day 1: Bucharest - Bran
Distance: Approx. 170 km
Driving Time: Approx. 2 hours and 30 minutes
Day 2: Bran - Brașov
Distance: Approx. 30 km
Driving Time: Approx. 40 minutes
Day 3: Brașov - Sibiu
Distance: Approx. 150 km
Driving Time: Approx. 2 hours
Day 4: Sibiu to Alba Iulia
Distance: Approx. 100 km
Driving Time: Approx. 1 hour and 30 minutes
Day 5: Alba Iulia to Cluj-Napoca and return to Bucharest
Alba Iulia to Cluj-Napoca
Distance: Approx. 140 km
Driving Time: Approx. 2 hours
Cluj-Napoca - Bucharest
Distance: Approx. 450 km
Driving Time: Approx. 5 hours
5. Carpathian Mountains Route (5 days)
Total Distance: Approximately 1040 km; Total Driving Time: Approx. 15 hours
Day 1: Bucharest to Sinaia
Distance: Approx. 130 km
Driving Time: Approx. 2 hours
Day 2: Sinaia to Bran
Distance: Approx. 40 km
Driving Time: Approx. 1 hour
Day 3: Bran to Făgăraș Mountains
Distance: Approx. 200 km
Driving Time: Approx. 3 hours
Day 4: Făgăraș Mountains to Retezat Mountains
Distance: Approx. 270 km
Driving Time: Approx. 4 hours
Day 5: Retezat Mountains to Bucharest
Distance: Approx. 400 km
Driving Time: Approx. 5 hours
