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Hello all, I've got an opportunity to go to Toplita, Romania for a couple of weeks this summer & wondered if anyone knows if there's walking/hiking round there (or any outdoor stuff really, canoeing or biking would be good too!). I've found out there's a ski resort nearby so there's presumably hills, but google isn't telling me much else.

Thanks

In reply to Lost_steve:

try google map or satellite and you'll probably see the landscape.

In reply to Lost_steve:
I've only once been in the general area so can't tell you much from experience, but i'm pretty sure you can do anything from general touristy stuff to hard core adventure climbing (even some bigwall if you're so inclined: https://plus.google.com/photos/113174798958208215194/albums/571690222963551... ). Also some ice climbing but mostly in the winter .

So, what's around there:
The Praid Salt mine: http://www.salinapraid.ro/programe/museum
The Bicaz Gorges ("Cheile Bicazului"): http://www.cheilebicazului-hasmas.ro/en/index.php with everything from trekking to sport climbing to multi-pitch (less bolted, more like pitons + your own rack for backup). Trekking map of the area: http://www.stanfords.co.uk/Home/Product-Detail/Gurgiu-and-Hasmas-Mountains_...
The Ceahlau masiff: http://www.stanfords.co.uk/Home/Product-Detail/Ceahlau-Massif_9789632025124... . Older maps: http://softconsulting.cluj.astral.ro/public/kirandulasok/00_Harti/Ceahlau/
Tha Calimani mountains on your doorstep: http://softconsulting.cluj.astral.ro/public/kirandulasok/00_Harti/Caliman/ (maps and books)
I think there's canyoning and rafting around there but can't put my finger on it.

Stuff further away:
http://www.cffviseu.ro/content/en
http://www.parcrodna.ro/
http://www.romaniatourism.com/painted-monasteries.html


If climbing would be interesting i'll provide additional links. If you want aditional details (like transport) i'll search for it.
If you're one of those mythical, well off westerners then i guess you could hire somebody from : http://bucovinaguides.ro/ or ask the http://www.agmr.ro/ for a recommendation. But then you'll be living in Toplita, a city i had to locate through google maps , so probably not the case.

State railways: http://www.cfrcalatori.ro/
Aproximate bus timetables (but asking the locals is probably better): http://www.autogari.ro/
Links to private railways timetables: http://tren.transira.ro/
Unofficial railway rail operators map: http://tren.transira.ro/index_files/harta/Romania_rail.jpg

In reply to IoanTataru:

Wow! Thanks that is a load of brilliant info. No need for climbing info but that certainly gets me started. Unfortunately I'm not a mythically well-off westerner though I wouldn't mind being!

Thanks again

In reply to IoanTataru:

I'm lost_steve's girlfriend; just wanted to say thank you to you too, this is really helpful. I'm going to be in Toplita for 2 weeks at an artists' residency but I'll make sure to do some walking too. It's really hard to source this info so I really appreciate your message

Have a good day.