The Fagaras Mountains provide a stunning backdrop for the amazing Lake Balea Ice Hotel. Its remote location can be reached only by cable car in the winter making it an exclusive 10-14 room hotel. Set ...

Formerly endangered by the illegal clear-cutting of forests and excessive hunting, Southern Carpathia’s magical Fagaras Mountains are now center stage of efforts in Romania toward establishing a new ...

More than 300 athletes from 12 countries gather on Saturday, at over 2,000 meters altitude in the Fagaras Mountains, at Balea Lake, where a unique competition will take place in Romania, the 2X2 Race ...

For Romanian mountaineers, climbing the country’s highest peak is practically mandatory. We meet Coco in the historic Saxon town of Sibiu. Coco is tall, strong as an ox, has black, curly hair and is ...

The Fagaras Mountains include some of the most extensive old-growth forest in Europe, where there are plans to create a new ...

Three tourists climbing Romania’s Făgăraș Mountains died this past weekend in separate accidents after slipping hundreds of meters down steep, ice-covered slopes. According to the mountain rescuers, ...

FAGARAS MOUNTAINS, Romania - On the spiny ridge of Romania's southern Carpathian mountains, cool streams tumble down gorges, providing a stirring sight to visitors and a vital source for aquatic ...

It looks like it's straight from the pages of a story book, but this mini castle does in fact exist. Nestled at the heart of the Fagaras Mountains in Romania, in a region known as the Valley of the ...