Caves

Peștera Muierilor, or Peștera Muierii (Romanian for “The Women’s Cave”, or “The Woman’s Cave”), is an elaborate cave system located in the Baia de Fier commune, Gorj County, […]

Scarisoara Ice Cave houses the second biggest underground glacier in south-eastern Europe. This makes it one of the most important caves in Romania. In some cases, the glacier […]

Known as the most imposing and splendid lime formations in Romania, Cetatile Ponorului (Fortress of Ponor) lie in the Apuseni Mountains, more specific, in the Northern part of […]

The cave of the living fire glacier is located in Apuseni National Park at an altitude of about 1165 m, hosting the third largest glacier in Romania, with […]

Peștera Vântului (Wind Cave) is the largest cave in Romania, with a length of almost 52 km (total length of passages). It is situated in the Pădurea Craiului […]

High up in the mountainous Bucegi Natural Park just south of Brasov, the tiny white Orthodox monastery of Ialomicioara sits underneath a sheer cliff face; it was built […]

Limanu cave is located in the southern part of Romania, the village Limanu. Limanu cave is not far from the village. Prominent historian Vasile Parvan Keiris identified the […]

Bears’ Cave (Romanian: Peștera Urșilor) is located the western Apuseni Mountains, on the outskirts of Chişcău village, Bihor County, northwestern Romania. It was discovered in 1975 by “Speodava”, […]