Identity summary
2 to 4 days
Spring · Summer · Autumn
Recommended car
City · Heritage · Countryside
Variable accessibility
Modular rhythm
General presentation
Alba Iulia et Hunedoara
Baroque citadel, Gothic castle, Transylvanian history and easy access to villages and hills.
The discovery of Alba Iulia and Hunedoara is based around the Citadelle of Alba Iulia, Castle of Corvin and Deva. The stay thus alternates between urban life, heritage and the countryside, which gives a concrete picture of the destination beyond its only best known site.
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For a stay of 2 to 4 days, it is better to balance visits and travel times. Also to be anticipated: sites spaced and can be visited in short steps. A car is usually the easiest way to connect the different sectors. Accessibility varies from site to site and deserves to be verified step by step.
Strengths and constraints
Strengths
- Citadelle d'Alba Iulia
- Corvin Castle
- Deva
- Mureș Valley
Before you choose
- Spaced sites
- Useful car
- Can be visited in short steps
Places worth visiting
A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.
World Heritage
Paysage minier de Roșia Montană
Roșia Montană keeps in the Apuseni Mountains the traces of a gold mining started in the Roman era. Galleries, underground networks, mining installations and mountain village tell a long history of gold, between ancient technique, modern exploitation and landscape marked by the mine.
Culture and heritage
Citadelle d'Alba Iulia
The citadel of Alba Iulia Impressive by its baroque doors, bastions and wide pedestrian spaces in the former fortification. It concentrates Romanian cathedrals, museums and national memory in a legible site, pleasant to walk through.
Castle
Château de Corvin
Corvin Castle, in Hunedoara, offers drawbridges, Gothic towers, large halls and courtyards in a very theatrical setting. Despite its popularity, the site retains real power thanks to its stone volumes, its bridges and its implantation above the ravine.
Town or village
Deva
Deva The city is located at the foot of a volcanic hill crowned by the ruins of its fortress. Alba Iulia and Hunedoara, with a gazebo that opens largely to the valley of Mureș and the surrounding reliefs.
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