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Things to do in Lacu Roșu

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Ninety seconds on Lacu Roșu

A lake formed in 1837 when a landslide dammed the Bicaz, drowning a spruce forest whose trunks still stand out of the water. It sits at 980 metres in the Hășmaș mountains on the border between Transylvania and Moldavia. The gorge starts a kilometre below it and the road runs through the bottom of it, which makes this the rare piece of spectacular Carpathian scenery that can be seen from a car. Walking it early is better, before the coaches and the stalls.

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Things to do

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  1. Bicaz Gorge

    Canyon · 2.5 hr

    An eight kilometre limestone gorge cut by the Bicaz, with walls rising about 300 metres and narrowing to a slot at the Gâtul Iadului where the road runs under overhangs. It is a major rock climbing area and the road is the walkway.

  2. Hășmaș National Park

    Park · 5 hr

    The national park covering the gorge, the lake and the Hășmaș ridge behind them, about 6,600 hectares, with the Piatra Singuratică hut and the Old Hășmaș summit on the main circuit.

  3. Red Lake

    Lake · 1.5 hr

    A landslide dammed lake formed in 1837, about 12 hectares, named for the red iron-bearing sediment the Roșu brook carries into it. The petrified spruce trunks standing in the shallows are what is left of the drowned forest.

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