# Tourist attractions in Cluj County [Romania](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/attractions) › [Transylvania](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/region/transilvania) Cluj county runs down from the Apuseni Mountains, the Vlădeasa, Gilău and Muntele Mare ranges, towards the Transylvanian Plain, with the Someșul Mic and the Arieș as its axes. Cluj-Napoca, the county seat, is the largest city in Transylvania, a university centre with a Gothic and Baroque old core and an intense cultural life; Turda is the town of the salt mine, Dej that of the salt mines and the Someș, and Huedin the gateway to the mountains. What there is to see in Cluj county divides naturally between the city, the Apuseni and the salt-mine area. [Turda Salt Mine](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/salina-turda), with its huge chambers fitted out for visitors, is the place almost everyone who comes here looks for; next to it, the Durgău Lido and the salt baths are for summer. In the city, the [Bánffy Palace](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/palatul-banffy-cluj-napoca), home of the Art Museum, is one of the most important Baroque buildings in Transylvania, and at Bonțida, [Bánffy Castle](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/castelul-banffy-bontida) is being restored and hosts events. Towards the Apuseni, [Lake Tarnița](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/lacul-tarnita) and the [Vălul Miresei Waterfall](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cascada-valul-miresei), in the Vlădeasa Mountains, are the most popular day trips. ## Tourist attractions 10 attractions - [Turda Salt Mine](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/salina-turda) — Salt mines · Turda, CJ · 75 lei · 2 – 2½ hours · Top 20 A salt mine worked from the Middle Ages until 1932 and turned into a spectacular underground park: a Ferris wheel, a lake with rowing boats, an amphitheatre and salt walls 120 m below ground, near Cluj. - [Bánffy Castle in Bonțida](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/castelul-banffy-bontida) — Castles and palaces · Bonțida, CJ · 15 lei · 1 – 1½ hours · Top 100 Transylvania's largest Baroque aristocratic residence, gutted in 1944 and being brought back to life by an award-winning training site; neo-Gothic façade, lapidarium and an exhibition on Miklós Bánffy. - [Bánffy Palace in Cluj-Napoca](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/palatul-banffy-cluj-napoca) — Castles and palaces · Cluj-Napoca, CJ · 16 lei · Top 100 The finest Baroque palace in Transylvania, built between 1774 and 1785 on Cluj's Union Square, with classical statues along its attic; it houses the Art Museum, with five centuries of Romanian and Transylvanian painting. - [Vălul Miresei Waterfall](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cascada-valul-miresei) — Waterfalls · Răchițele, CJ · Free · ½ – 1 hours · Top 100 A roughly 30 m, two-tiered waterfall at the foot of the Vlădeasa massif, on the Stanciului valley near Răchițele; the water fans out over the rock like a veil, and in winter the frozen wall is an ice-climbing spot. - [Băile Cojocna](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/baile-cojocna) — Resorts and thermal baths · Cojocna, CJ · 50 lei A lido with two salt lakes formed where old salt mines caved in, 24 km from Cluj-Napoca, plus an indoor pool of warm salt water that stays open all year. - [Durgău Salt Lakes](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/strandul-durgau) — Resorts and thermal baths · Turda, CJ · 40 lei A summer lido on two salt lakes formed in collapsed old salt pits, 100 m from the Durgău entrance of the Turda Salt Mine. The very salty water keeps you afloat; the mine is visited separately. - [Ocna Dej Salt Mine](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/salina-ocna-dej) — Salt mines · Dej, CJ A working salt mine near Dej, where salt has been dug since Roman times, with an Orthodox church carved into the salt about 80 m down. Not currently open to visitors. - [Băile Sărate Turda Lido](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/strandul-baile-sarate-turda) — Resorts and thermal baths · Turda, CJ Turda's historic lido, on the Roman Lake, a salt lake formed in old salt workings in the Băile Sărate district. The town's spa was born here around 1840. - [Lake Beliș-Fântânele](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/lacul-belis-fantanele) — Lakes · Beliș, CJ · Free A reservoir about 13 km long on the Someșul Cald in the Apuseni Mountains, at almost 1,000 m; in dry summers the ruined church of the drowned village of Giurcuța de Jos rises from the water. - [Lake Tarnița](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/lacul-tarnita) — Lakes · Gilău, CJ · Free A reservoir almost 9 km long on the Someșul Cald, about 30 km from Cluj-Napoca, with wooded slopes, a 97 m arch dam and sailing or kayaking on the water. ## Localities - [Beliș](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/belis) - [Bonțida](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/bontida) - [Cluj-Napoca](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/cluj-napoca) - [Cojocna](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/cojocna) - [Dej](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/dej) - [Gilău](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/gilau) - [Răchițele](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/rachitele) - [Turda](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/turda) --- Full page: https://peplaiuri.ro/en/county/cluj Other languages: Română: https://peplaiuri.ro/judet/cluj.md · Deutsch: https://peplaiuri.ro/de/kreis/cluj.md · Italiano: https://peplaiuri.ro/it/distretto/cluj.md Source: Pe Plaiuri (https://peplaiuri.ro/en) — Guide to tourist attractions in Romania