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Rimetea, Romania
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Things to do in Rimetea

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Ninety seconds on Rimetea

A Hungarian speaking village of whitewashed houses with green shutters at the foot of a limestone crag, restored through the 1990s with Hungarian heritage money and given a Europa Nostra award for it. Every house on the main street matches the next. The crag above it is called Piatra Secuiului, and the village is where people come to see the sun rise over it twice on the same morning, because it clears the ridge, drops behind the second summit and comes up again.

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Things to do

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  1. Colțești Citadel

    Fortress · 1.5 hr

    A ruined thirteenth century castle on a rock spur four kilometres south, built by the Thoroczkay family and slighted by Habsburg troops in 1704. Two towers still stand and the walk up takes half an hour.

  2. Piatra Secuiului

    Viewpoint · 3.5 hr

    The limestone crag standing 1,129 metres over the village, climbed in about two hours on a marked path from the square. It is the reason the village exists where it does and it is a rock climbing area as well.

  3. Vălișoara Gorge

    Canyon · 2 hr

    A limestone gorge below the village with bolted climbing routes on both walls and a road running through the bottom of it. It is short, sunny and busy at weekends.

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