DAY TRIP FROM CLUJ - TURDA SALT MINE,TURDA GORGE :)

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Stop At: Salina Turda, Aleea Durgaului 7, Turda 401200 Romania

Turda Salt Mine it’s probably one of the most important and interesting places to see in Transylvania.

According to the top of the most spectacular sights to see out there made by the site businessinsider.com, Turda Salt Mine is situated on the 22th place. Salina Turda, located in Turda, Romania, is home to an underground theme park that's nestled inside one of the oldest salt mines in the world. 

The salt mine, which dates as far back as the 17th century, was used for everything from a cheese storage center to a bomb shelter in WWII.

Today, it has been transformed into an incredible underground theme park. The attraction includes everything from an amphitheater to a Ferris wheel. We will also find a mini golf course and ping pong courts. The tour starts at 8 o'clock in the morning with a pickup from your accommodation in CLuj-Napoca. We will travel a distance of 31 km to Turda Salt Mine. We will have a guided tour in English and afterwards we will have free time to take advantage of the facilities of this theme park. List of activities: Ferris Wheel, Mini Golf, Bowling, Boating on the underground lake, Pool table and Table tennis. Around 13 o'clock we will head to the second attraction. 

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Cheile Turzii - Turda Gorge, Str. Dr. I.Ratiu 45 A, Cluj-Napoca 401091 Romania

After visiting the salt mine, we will take 30 minutes minibus ride close to Turda Gorge. The canyon is nearly 3 km long, with 300 m high walls sculpted in weathered limestone. Walking the gorge's length takes roughly 1½ hours each way. Bring the camera because you will be impressed with the work that a river did inside a mountain in hundreds of millions of years. At first sight, you will see two rocky massifs, which were once one and which were separated by erosion of Jurassic limestone rock by the river.

We will find here a wild karst panorama, with high cliffs and steep with sharp ridges, rock towers, long paths for walking, climbing routes, hiking trails and dozens of caves, almost all of them of small size. The Gorge is a complex geological, biological and archaeological preserve. Many of the caves were inhabited by prehistoric man since the Neolithic. This small and wild canyon has a unique fauna and flora. More than 1000 plants and animal species (some of them rare or endangered, like wild garlic or eagle rock), birds, butterflies, fish, amphibians and some mammals (foxes, weasels, Martens) live here. Turda Gorge is accessible for all age tourists, adults, and children. There are areas where you just enjoy walking near the water, hearing always its flow, but there are also portions of the path where you have to keep holding to the metal string attached to the stone wall. Turda Gorge has more than you can wish for: an accessible footpath, a small river, a canyon, some caves, climbing rocks, spots where you can have a picnic by the river. After the hiking trail, we will head to the village Rimetea where we will serve a warm Romanian Traditional meal. In the evening we will take you back to your accommodation in Cluj-Napoca. 

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Szekelyko, Rimetea Romania

Village Rimetea where we will serve a warm Romanian Traditional meal. In the evening we will take you back to your accommodation in Cluj-Napoca. 

Duration: 2 hours