Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear called the Transfagarasan Highway “The best road in the world” and you can see why. Looking from above it looks like a child’s perfect Scalextric set as it impossibly winds up over the Transylvanian Alps and leaves you marvelling at the effort and engineering skill that have been put into making it. Great fun to drive and a must if driving your way from Transylvania to Bucharest.
Key thing to be aware of is the limited opening times – the most interesting piece of the route and the tunnel through the pass is closed late October/early November to late June or early July due to snow. So this is really a summer / early autumn activity.