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Cascada Bâlea

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Cascada Bâlea situată între vârfurile Moldoveanu și Negoiu din Munții Făgăraș. Se află pe teritoriul județului Sibiu, Comuna Cârțișoara.

Cascada Bâlea este numită și Urlătoarea Bâlei. Cu o cădere de 60 de metri fiind cea mai mare cascadă în trepte din România și care marchează treapta inferioară a circului glaciar Bâlea.

Din Lacul Bâlea apa glaciară pornește de la o altitudine de peste 2000 de metri, curge repede, iar la altitudinea de 1200 de metri formează o impresionantă cascadă.

Vârfurile Moldoveanu (cu o înălțime de 2544 metri) și Negoiu (2535 metri) care susțin cascada, oferă la rândul lor peisaje spectaculoase.

Opening times

Programul de funcționare al telecabinei de la Bâlea Lac spre Bâlea Cascadă este următorul:

Luni - Duminică 09:00 - 17:00

Lungimea traseului este de 3,700 de metri

Public transport

Accesul se poate face pe Transfăgărășan până la cabana Bâlea Cascadă iar de acolo se merge pe jos aproximativ o ora, pe un traseu marcat cu punct roșu.

De la Bâlea Lac se poate urca la Cascada Bâlea și cu telecabina.

Adult:

  • urcare - 35 ron;
  • coborâre - 35 ron;

Copii între 2-12 ani:

  • urcare - 15 ron;
  • coborâre - 15 ron.

Copii până la 2 ani:

  • gratuit

Directions

Distanțe și rute față de principalele orașe:

  • București (A1) - Pitești (DN7C) - Transfăgărășan (DN7C) - Cârțișoara - Cabana Bâlea Cascadă - 243km;
  • Timișoara (DN6) - Remetea Mare (A1) - (DN68A) - Săcămaș (DN7) - Mintia (DN76) - (A1) - Sibiu (DN1) - Scoreiu (DN7C) - Transfăgărășan - Cârțișoara - Cabana Bâlea Cascadă - 334km;
  • Iași (DN28) - (DN2) - Bacău (DN11) - Târgu Secuiesc - Brașov (DN1) - Făgăraș - Arpașu de Jos (DN7C) - Transfăgărășan - Cârțișoara - Cabana Bâlea Cascadă - 423km;
  • Craiova (DN65) - Balș - Găneasa (DN64) - Râmnicu Vâlcea (DN7) - Tălmaciu (DJ105G) - Avrig (DN1) - după Scoreiu dreapta pe (DN7C) -Transfăgărășan -  Cârțișoara - Cabana Bâlea Cascadă - 256km;
  • Cluj-Napoca (DN1) - Turda (DN1) - Aiud - Alba Iulia - Lancrăm (A1) - Sibiu (DN1) - după Scoreiu dreapta pe (DN7C) -Transfăgărășan -  Cârțișoara - Cabana Bâlea Cascadă - 237km.

Coordinates

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45.626511, 24.612354
DMS
45°37'35.4"N 24°36'44.5"E
UTM
35T 313880 5055324
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Strada Principală 55
557075 Transfăgărășan, comuna Cârțișoara, județ Sibiu
+40 269 521 620 http://www.comunacirtisoara-sibiu.ro E-mail: cartisoara@yahoo.com
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