The GREATEST Driving Road in the World?! | Driving the Transfagarasan Highway Vlog | Romania Travel

Travel Vlog #118 | Transfagarasan, Romania #romania
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The Transfagarasan Highway is Romania's most well known road and arguably the most beautiful! Top Gear magazine voted on the Transfagarasan as the GREATEST driving road in the world, & it lives up to the hype! We stopped at the Balea waterfall, cable car, & at the highways highest point there is a beautiful lake named Balea Lake. We stopped many times to learn this history and take in the views, and even saw THREE BEARS! We stopped at Vidraru Dam to marvel the engineering, and we were also able to view Vlad the Impaler's, AKA Dracula, ACTUAL castle - Poenari castle!
Even though google says you can complete this drive in 2 hrs and 40 minutes, it took us all day, & we think this video shows why :)
See ya Sunday in Bucharest!
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Starting the Transfagarasan Drive
01:41 - Balea Cascada/Cable Car
02:54 - Balea Lake
04:27 - Garden District
04:51 - Streetfood!
06:06 - Some history!
08:06 - Balea Lake Round 2
09:12 - BEARS!!
11:00 - Vidraru Dam
13:06 - Poenari Castle
13:46 - Arriving in Bucharest
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[@RomaniaSteve]

Me and my wife drove this road in June 2017. Took our breath away!! We absolutely love Romania.

[@AshleyandChristian]

Same here! One of our favorite countries I have to say

[@kingdom_of_impor]

​@@AshleyandChristiani love in Romania!

[@kingdom_of_impor]

​@@AshleyandChristiani meant live

[@cheeseflavoredsoda3262]

Such a cool video! Romania looks amazing! I can't wait to visit! Thank you, guys!

[@AshleyandChristian]

It is so amazing! Thanks for watching ☺️

[@kaylaandmarkalan]

Holy dam! 😂 The views from that gondola looked amazing! So cool that you guys saw the bears…but how random that they send emergency notifications for that!

[@AshleyandChristian]

Definitely made the gondola worth the extra detour! We definitely were not expecting the emergency alert to translate to bears 😂

[@lsd8497]

It's obviously not the most beautiful road in the world but it definitely is one of them. I would suggest you to visit Transalpina and Cheile Bicaz but to be honest there are so many incredible places to see that you need at least a month only to tick the box let alone actually seeing them. The country is very diverse and it's a hidden gem by all accounts.

[@AshleyandChristian]

We’ll add those to our list! Even expanding beyond Romania there’s SO many beautiful drives. Switzerland, Canada, Argentina to name a few. So much to explore!!

[@jordankowalczyk6950]

Z jakiego miesiąca jest Wasza relacja ?

[@AndreiMihaiGratie]

Howdy. Beautiful video blogs. If you arrive in the Crisana area (Oradea, the city is gorgeous), let me recommend you to visit the Baile Felix Resort with the famous thermal water lilies, with the wooden Orthodox Christian church. Apollo thermal beach. Also in the Crisana area, near the Beius town, is the Bears Cave

[@AshleyandChristian]

Thank you!! And thank you for the recommendations ☺️

[@AndreiMihaiGratie]

@@AshleyandChristian, with pleasure, anytime...

[@florincristia3692]

Bravo! feĺicitarii! (Un vampir din Brasov)Transilvania!

[@saby74pz]

Very good pronounciation în romanian

[@AshleyandChristian]

Wow thanks! That's usually not a compliment we get 😂😅

[@saby74pz]

I wish you best luck în the world

[@KiLLuminati.]

​@@AshleyandChristian for americans or "strangers", is ok!❤️

[@Tashie777]

I am so excited about going here in June! Your videos are inspiring my direction!

[@AshleyandChristian]

That’s so great to hear! I hope you have a wonderful time 🤗

[@hxdtrwsuytfgbfr4428]

Pretty cool !

[@AshleyandChristian]

So cool!!

[@danvision5086]

*WONDERFUL !!*

[@AshleyandChristian]

Thank you!!!

[@Wu12071]

Omg ❤️😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@superstrongr]

It’s not fog it’s the clouds.

[@bcm-n7244]

It's a good thing and big up for you guys that you are promoting the beauty of my country because our incompetent corrupt politicians don't understand how much gold is in tourism! Thanks !

[@AshleyandChristian]

We loved Romania! We did enjoy the smaller tourist crowds compared to other places, but I definitely think your country needs to be promoted more

[@Sunoco5383]

Gretings from Kassel Germany

[@AshleyandChristian]

Hello! 🤗

[@bloomingwinds4174]

Which is the best time to visit

[@AshleyandChristian]

We visited in August! It was a good time

[@RVForLife365]

June July August if you want warmer climate or if you like snow and sky then December January Feb

[@Arthur142]

If you mean just this road, then in Summer, it is usually closed during the rest of the year due to snow.

[@ioanamadalinamersoiu5970]

❤️

[@PopescuSorin]

5:12 mmmm! delicious

[@AshleyandChristian]

It was so good!!

[@oviros]

trans fu-gu-rush-an,might help to pronounce it

[@AshleyandChristian]

We tried so hard 🥲

[@3wL7]

@@AshleyandChristian Try saying "Fu-gu-rush" (the accent goes on "rush") and than put "trans" in front of it and "an" at the end.

[@rednic1957]

@@AshleyandChristian :)

[@kidalcoholic4092]

You could atleast try to pronounce the names right.

[@sebit9731]

No need to be rude. As Americans, they tried their best and they are both so nice.