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Balea Glacier Lake

Fagaras Mountains, Sibiu, Romania
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Ranked #3 of 18 attractions in Sibiu
Type: Bodies of Water
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Bucharest, Romania
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 April 2013

One of my favorite places in Romania winter (cable car) or summer (drive up). Just a mile high, on a clear day the views are spectacular. Can get overly touristy in summer, best to get up to the top early if going by car. The cable car (from Bâlea cascada on the north side) is the only way up in... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 February 2013

It is not in Sibiu, you may need to drive on the most beautiful road in the country for few hours. Nice wiew, hight altittude on the top of the mountains

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London
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 February 2013

Thankfully we had an overnight stay booked at the lake as otherwise we may have been disappointed. The day we arrived the sky was clear blue, the snow was fresh and powdery and the views were magnificent. We arrived by cable car so could watch the cityscape disappearing beneath us as we ascended past the waterfall and marvelled at the... More

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Iasi, Romania
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 February 2013

The view is wonderful, it's a nice place to stop and go hiking (with appropriate equipment) or simply to admire nature in the mountains (at approximately 2042 m altitude). Take care, it can be pretty cold there, even if the temperature in the rest of the country is high. Sometimes there is snow there in August.

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Medias, Romania
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 February 2013

You don't have to be a mountain expert to get here. to road up to the lake is a real pleasure itself. the landscape is surreal and the fresh air is like nowhere else in the world!

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Medias, Romania
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 February 2013

This is a special place,beautiful indeed and I highly recommend to go there,in every season. If you want a nice weather you definitly have to go on June-July.

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Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 January 2013

Very nice place to visit, the views are great, the road up to it was amazing, just watch for the rapidly changing weather.

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 January 2013

Best time to go visit is in June...there is still snow but you can count on nice weather to enjoy the outdoor views.

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Bucharest
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 December 2012

The waterfall, the snow whiter than everywhere, the black goats loving each other on the lonely mountain peaks...

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Bucharest, Romania
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 November 2012

The single glacier lake in Romania is our unique place where can feel the strong union beetwen sky and earth. To look at silver surface at lake can hypnotize , it seems like the earth generates the sky! It is magnificent! The magic moments are all the time, inthe very fresh air we can feel the smell of ancient times,... More

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