Places worth to visit in Romania

Retezat range, one of the highest ranges of the Carpathians mountains, is characterized by rocky landscapes and massive cliffs. You can see there many glacial lakes and the cows that graze at an altitude of over 2000 meters. These mountains are very scenically gorgeous, relatively easily accessible and well (as for Romania) developed. Higher peaks of “Mountains Cut” (as it can be directly translated from the Romanian name) are covered or by grassy meadows or by rocky rubble. Under the peaks, in the deep valleys, you can find a lot of small hidden lakes. However, ponds are usually located at the end of the valleys and they are as well the result of glacier action. Due to the height Retezat is the third among the mountain ranges of Romania (after Fogaraszach and Parangu) with the highest peak of Peleagą (2509 m). The next peaks aren’t much lower and of course they are equally interesting – Papus (2508 m), Retezat (2482m) and Varful Mare (2463 m). By the way ‘varful’ in Romanian means peak. Nature in Retezat is so rich that its area since
1935 is declared as national park. Since 1979 Retezat is on the UNESCO biosphere reserves list. The animal world represents bears and marmots, which are difficult to see due to the large number of tourists in the mountains. The only strictly protected nature reserve is in part of Gemenele.