Klausenburg: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Nature

The Cheile Turzii is a complex nature reserve of geological, faunal, floral, archaeological and speleological significance. It stretches for approximately 3 kilometres; its walls reach heights of up to 300 metres. The Cheile Turzii also offer numerous climbing and mountaineering routes of all difficulty levels.

The Stufărişurile de la Sic is an avifaunal nature reserve in the village of Sic in the Fizeş Valley. It provides a habitat for a great variety of migratory waterbirds and forms a mosaic of reed beds, salt meadows, steppes, wet meadows, marshes and ponds.

Geographical Location

Cluj County lies in the north-western half of Romania at the intersection of the three natural regions of the Apuseni Mountains, the Someșan Plateau and the Transylvanian Plain.

Cluj County has a public road network of 2,454 kilometres, including 342 kilometres of national roads. Railway lines with a total length of 232 kilometres also run through Cluj County.

Visitors to Klausenburg may wish to rent a holiday apartment.

Culture and History

The “Romulus Vuia” National Ethnographic Park in Cluj-Napoca is Romania’s first open-air museum and was founded on 1 June 1929. The collections of the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania comprise 41,542 original artefacts. Most originate from rural Transylvania and date from the 17th to the 20th century; they reflect the cultural environment of the Romanian, Hungarian, Saxon and Roma populations.

The “Bánffy Castle from Bonţida” is a representative architectural monument of Transylvanian Baroque. The park and lake behind it are suitable for picnics and recreation.

Nicula Monastery has an uninterrupted monastic history spanning several hundred years. Every year on 15 August, on the occasion of the patronal feast “Adormirea Maicii Domnului”, Transylvania’s largest Orthodox pilgrimage event takes place at Nicula Monastery. Stained glass developed into a school of its own in Nicula; the monastic craft was learned by the villagers.

In Sic, the predominantly Hungarian community continues to preserve ethnographic traditions. The Sic Dance Museum displays a collection of 460 pairs of boots used for traditional dances. It is housed in restored traditional buildings; the ensemble also includes a barn built in the traditional style.

The Turda Museum of History was founded in 1943 in the former salt customs building in Turda, which also served as a temporary residence for the princes of Transylvania. The museum preserves 30,000 objects representative of all historical periods.

The Terezia Mine in Salina Turda contains an underground lake where boat trips are possible 112 metres deep inside the salt mine. Salina Turda offers modern leisure facilities as well as treatment options.

Visitor Information

The National Centre for Tourism Information and Promotion Cluj organises free guided tours of Cluj-Napoca’s historic centre lasting from one to three hours, Monday to Friday between 08:00 and 16:00.

Other places: Tureni, Floreşti, Cluj-Napoca, Dej, Beliş, Turda, Câmpia Turzii, Margau, Huedin, Mărişel, Maia, Gilău, Gherla, Moldovenești, Ciurila, Poieni, Valea Drăganului, Negreni, Petreștii De Jos, Nădăşelu, Apahida, Luna De Sus, Mihai Viteazu, Someșu Rece, Sic, Băișoara, Muntele Băişorii, Frata, Săvădisla, Satu Lung, Bica, Dealu Negru, Baciu, Suatu, Lunca Vişagului, Jucu de Sus, Someșu Cald, Smida, Comuna Mărgău, Sancraiu, Rasca, Comuna Gârbău, Comuna Fizeșu Gherlii, Comuna Măguri - Răcătău, Iara, Izvoru Crişului, Jucu de Mijloc, Săcuieu, Lungești.

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