The Transfagarasan Road
The Transfagarasan road - north side The Transfagarasan Road The Transfagarasan Road (national road 7C) is the best way of crossing the Fagaras Mountains with a car The road has 2 lanes. On the south it starts at the Vidraru Dam, then it goes up in a sinuous road up to the Balea Lake at 2034m. The road continues down on the north side in The Fagaras Depression. From the north the road splits from the national road no.1 and it goes through the Cartisoara Village and enters the massif through a point called "Glajarie", continuing to the Balea Cascada Hotel and The Balea Lake (35km from the national road no.1). The passing between the north and south sides is being done through a long 887m long tunnel. The Transfagarasan road - south side