Located between Olt and Fagaras mountain Fagaras Country
(as it is written in historical documents) is legendary land.
It is surrounded on all the sights by natural beautyes: Fagaras
Mountain in south, Tarnavelor Plateau in north, Persani Mountain
in east, Racos Pass in north-east and in west Sibiu Depression.
See the map
We find Fagaras Country in documents
for the first time in 1922, and that suggest the permanence of
autochthon population on this land.
The fortress – stretching on over 5 hectares
the Castle-fortress Fagaras is over 660 years old. The architectural
complex compound form a castle with 4 towers in corners and fortified
inside, thick walls dotted with watch paths and shooting holes.
Brancoveanu Monastery – located on Sambata
Valley at the foot of Fagaras Mountains near Sambata de Sus village
exist one of the most beautiful foundation of Martyr King Constantin
Brancoveanu.
Near Vad village we find natural reservation Narcissus
Glade; the beauty of this flowers is a joy occasion in
April and May.
Fagaras Mountain- the highest in Romania nicknamed "Transylvanian
Alps" are outstanding by their wilderness. Here you will
find natural reservation of rhododendrons Piatra Caprei (Chamois’s
Stone). Fond of mountain trips have here a large chain of chalet.