# Tourist attractions in Brașov County

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Brașov county sits in the south-eastern corner of Transylvania, where the Eastern Carpathians meet the Southern ones: the Bârsa Land, a wide basin, is ringed by the Bucegi, Piatra Craiului, Postăvaru and Ciucaș Mountains, while to the west the Făgăraș Land spreads out beneath the highest ridge in the country. Brașov, with its old Saxon centre squeezed between the walls and Mount Tâmpa, is the most visited city in the region; Făgăraș, Codlea, Râșnov and Zărnești are small towns with fortresses and access to the mountains. The list of things to see in Brașov county is long: castles, fortified churches, trails and resorts.

[Bran Castle](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/castelul-bran) remains the best known, but the [Black Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-neagra), the largest Gothic church in Romania, and the Council Square give the measure of the city. A few kilometres away, [Râșnov Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-rasnov) keeps watch from its hill, and the fortified churches of [Prejmer](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-prejmer) and Viscri, both on the UNESCO list, show how the Saxon villages defended themselves. [Făgăraș Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-fagarasului), with its moat and museum, rounds off a two- or three-day tour.

## Tourist attractions

32 attractions

- [Bran Castle](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/castelul-bran) — Castles and palaces · Bran, BV · 120 lei · 1 – 1½ hours · Top 20
  A medieval fortress built by the people of Brașov on a rock in the Bran Pass, later Queen Marie's summer residence and known around the world as “Dracula's Castle”.
- [Făgăraș Citadel](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-fagarasului) — Fortresses and fortifications · Făgăraș, BV · 30 lei · 1½ – 2 hours · Top 20
  A moated, bastioned fortress in the centre of Făgăraș, seat of the princes of Transylvania in the 17th century and now home to the Făgăraș Land Museum.
- [Râșnov Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-rasnov) — Fortresses and fortifications · Râșnov, BV · 10 lei · Top 100
  A medieval peasant fortress on a rocky hill above Râșnov, looking out to the Bucegi and Piatra Craiului mountains; the upper enclosure is under restoration, but the Fortress Garden and Báthory Tower are open.
- [Seven Ladders Canyon](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/canionul-sapte-scari) — Waterfalls · Săcele, BV · 25 lei · 2½ – 3 hours · Top 100
  A narrow limestone gorge in the Piatra Mare Mountains near Brașov, with seven rock steps climbed on metal ladders and walkways; at the top you can ride a zip line back down.
- [Prejmer Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-prejmer) — Monasteries and churches · Prejmer, BV · 30 lei · 1 – 1½ hours · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 100
  One of the largest Saxon fortified churches: a Gothic church on a cross-shaped plan, ringed by an oval wall with over 270 refuge rooms reached by timber galleries.
- [Rupea Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-rupea) — Fortresses and fortifications · Rupea, BV · 20 lei · 1 – 1½ hours · Top 100
  A Saxon peasant fortress climbing in tiers up a basalt hill above the town of Rupea, first recorded in 1324 and restored in 2010–2013, with wide views over the Transylvanian hills.
- [Viscri Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-viscri) — Monasteries and churches · Viscri, BV · 20 lei · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 100
  A small white church on the hill above the village, grown from a 12th-century Romanesque chapel and ringed by walls, towers and grain galleries, in a Saxon village that has survived almost intact.
- [The Black Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-neagra) — Monasteries and churches · Brașov, BV · 30 lei · 45 min
  Romania's largest Gothic church, built by the Saxons of Brașov between 1383 and 1477; inside are the 1839 Buchholz organ and a rare collection of Anatolian carpets.
- [Black Tower](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/turnul-negru-brasov) — Fortresses and fortifications · Brașov, BV · 30 min
  A square 15th-century watchtower perched on a rock outside Brașov's western walls, with a glass pyramid roof and a platform looking out over the old town and the Black Church.
- [Council Square (Piața Sfatului)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/piata-sfatului-brasov) — Monuments and historic sites · Brașov, BV · Free · 1 – 1½ hours
  The main square of old Brașov, lined with merchants' houses and dominated by the Council House, the old town hall with its watchtower, now the County History Museum, with Tâmpa as a backdrop.
- [Strada Sforii (Rope Street)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/strada-sforii) — Monuments and historic sites · Brașov, BV · Free · 10 min
  A passage 1.1–1.35 m wide in Brașov's old town, recorded in the 17th century and counted among the narrowest streets in Europe; closed for repairs since November 2025.
- [White Tower](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/turnul-alb-brasov) — Fortresses and fortifications · Brașov, BV · Free · 45 min
  A 15th-century horseshoe-shaped defence tower perched on a rock above the Graft, with one of the best views over Brașov's old town.
- [Brâncoveanu Monastery of Sâmbăta de Sus](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-brancoveanu-sambata-de-sus) — Monasteries and churches · Sâmbăta de Sus, BV · 1 – 1½ hours
  Orthodox monastery founded by Constantin Brâncoveanu below the Făgăraș Mountains: the church rebuilt in 1926–1946 on its old foundations, an icon museum and a new Brâncovenesc-style precinct.
- [Brașov Fortress (Cetățuia)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatuia-brasovului) — Fortresses and fortifications · Brașov, BV · Free · ½ – 1 hours
  A bastioned fortress on Citadel Hill, north of the old town, built to stop enemies firing on Brașov from the heights; the interior is closed for works, but the walls and the view can be enjoyed from the paths on the hill.
- [Brașov Zoo](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/gradina-zoologica-brasov) — Zoos and aquariums · Brașov, BV · 35 lei · 1½ – 2 hours
  The zoo in the Noua district, at the foot of the forest, enlarged to 10 hectares after the 2012–2014 modernisation, with tigers, lions, bears, sea lions, penguins and a planetarium on site.
- [Bratocea Pass](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/pasul-bratocea) — Scenic roads · Brașov County · Free · ½ – 1 hours
  The pass where the DN1A crosses from the Teleajen valley into the Bârsa region at 1,263 m, below the Ciucaș Mountains: a mountain road between Cheia and Săcele and the trailhead for Ciucaș Peak.
- [Bunești Fortified Church (Bodendorf)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-bunesti) — Monasteries and churches · Bunești, BV · 30 min
  The Evangelical church of Bunești (Bodendorf), a late 13th-century basilica ringed by a wall with towers and the villagers' grain chambers, with a narrow, tall interior full of painted galleries.
- [Catherine's Gate](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/poarta-ecaterinei) — Fortresses and fortifications · Brașov, BV · Free · 20 min
  The only surviving medieval gate of Brașov's walled town, a white tower of 1559 with four corner turrets and the town's coat of arms; next to it, the neoclassical Șchei Gate of 1827–1828.
- [Cincșor Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-cincsor) — Monasteries and churches · Cincșor, BV · 45 min
  A Gothic Saxon church from 1421, enclosed by walls, four defensive towers and a second ring of fortifications, in the middle of a village by the Olt with the Făgăraș Mountains behind it.
- [Cristian Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-cristian) — Monasteries and churches · Cristian, BV
  A Saxon church fortress in the Burzenland, near Brașov: a 19th-century Neoclassical church ringed by a double medieval wall with eight surviving defensive towers.
- [Criț Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-crit) — Monasteries and churches · Criț, BV · 30 min
  A 19th-century Lutheran church with an 1813 organ, enclosed by an oval 15th-century wall, on a hill in the middle of a quiet Saxon village a few kilometres off the DN13.
- [First Romanian School](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/prima-scoala-romaneasca) — Museums and memorial houses · Brașov, BV · 20 lei · ½ – 1 hours
  The old school in the courtyard of St Nicholas' Church in Șcheii Brașovului, now a museum: a classroom with wooden benches, a replica of Coresi's printing press and Romanian books five centuries old.
- [Hărman Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-harman) — Monasteries and churches · Hărman, BV · 20 lei
  A 13th-century Romanesque basilica enclosed by 12 m walls with seven towers, with the tallest bell tower in the Burzenland and a chapel of 15th-century Gothic frescoes.
- [Homorod Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-homorod) — Monasteries and churches · Homorod, BV · 45 min
  A 13th-century Romanesque hall church with an eight-storey keep above the old choir, two rings of walls and fragments of medieval wall paintings, a few kilometres from Rupea.
- [Mount Tâmpa](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muntele-tampa) — Mountains and trails · Brașov, BV · 45 lei · 1½ – 2 hours
  The wooded 960 m mountain that rises straight out of central Brașov: the “BRAȘOV” letters, views over the old town, a nature reserve, marked trails and a cable car from its foot.
- [Poiana Brașov](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/poiana-brasov) — Resorts and thermal baths · Brașov, BV · Free · 5½ – 6 hours
  Romania's best-known ski resort, above 1,000 m beneath Postăvaru: 12 slopes, cable cars almost to the summit and, in summer, forest trails and views over Brașov.
- [Rucăr–Bran Pass](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/culoarul-rucar-bran) — Scenic roads · Brașov County · Free · 1 – 1½ hours
  The pass between Piatra Craiului and the Bucegi: the DN73 climbs from Rucăr onto the Fundata plateau, over the Giuvala Pass at about 1,260 m, and descends to Bran past hamlets scattered on the ridges.
- [St Nicholas Church in Șchei](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-sfantul-nicolae-din-schei) — Monasteries and churches · Brașov, BV · 45 min
  The Orthodox church of the Romanians of Șcheii Brașovului, built from 1495 on the site of a wooden one, with Gothic-Baroque towers, painted façades and Nicolae Titulescu's grave in the churchyard.
- [Tamina Waterfall](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cascada-tamina) — Waterfalls · Brașov, BV · Free · 2½ – 3 hours
  A chain of five waterfalls in a narrow limestone gorge in the Piatra Mare Mountains, above Timișu de Sus; reached in about an hour's climb on the blue-stripe trail.
- [Valea Cetății Cave](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/pestera-valea-cetatii) — Caves · Râșnov, BV · 35 lei · ½ – 1 hours
  A lit cave on the slopes of Postăvarul, between Râșnov and Poiana Brașov, with a great hall over 20 m high, visited with a guide and sometimes used for concerts.
- [Weavers' Bastion](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/bastionul-tesatorilor) — Fortresses and fortifications · Brașov, BV · 10 lei · 45 min
  The best-preserved bastion of Brașov's city walls, built by the weavers' guild in the 15th and 16th centuries, with timber galleries on four levels and a model of the medieval town.
- [Zărnești Bear Sanctuary](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/sanctuarul-de-ursi-zarnesti) — Zoos and aquariums · Zărnești, BV · 95 lei · 1 – 1¼ hours
  The Libearty Bear Sanctuary, on 69 hectares of forest near Zărnești: home to more than 120 brown bears rescued from captivity, visited only on guided tours. It is not a zoo.

## Localities

- [Bran](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/bran)
- [Brașov](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/brasov)
- [Bunești](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/bunesti)
- [Cincșor](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/cincsor)
- [Cristian](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/cristian)
- [Criț](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/crit)
- [Făgăraș](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/fagaras)
- [Homorod](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/homorod)
- [Hărman](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/harman)
- [Prejmer](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/prejmer)
- [Rupea](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/rupea)
- [Râșnov](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/rasnov)
- [Sâmbăta de Sus](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/sambata-de-sus)
- [Săcele](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/sacele)
- [Viscri](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/viscri)
- [Zărnești](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/zarnesti)

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