Caves in Romania: the ones you can visit, by area, with a map
37 caves in Romania you can visit, by area: Bears' Cave, Scărișoara, Women's Cave, Ialomița, Polovragi. What is open now, tickets, map, what to bring.
Guides to caves
The caves open to visitors, by area and by criterion: which ones you can visit, where the ice caves are, how to link the Apuseni caves into one route, which is the largest and the longest, which is closest to your city, which are closed and why, and how stalactites and stalagmites form.
7 guides
Ice caves and underground glaciers in Romania: Scărișoara, Focul Viu, Vârtop, Borsec
Four ice caves can be visited: Scărișoara (the largest underground glacier, over 10,500 years old), Vârtop, Focul Viu and Borsec. Tickets, season, melting.
Apuseni caves: a 2–3 day route through Bihor and Alba
13 caves to visit in the Apuseni Mountains, ~350 km from Oradea to Gârda de Sus: Meziad, Bears' Cave, Padiș, Scărișoara. Order, distances, what is closed.
The largest cave in Romania and the other records: the longest, the deepest, the oldest show cave
Longest: Wind Cave, over 42 km. Deepest: Avenul de sub Vârful Grind, −815 m. Largest halls: Humpleu. Plus the oldest show cave and the ice cave record.
The nearest cave to Bucharest, Brașov, Cluj, Sibiu, Oradea and Timișoara: distances for a day trip
Ialomița Cave is 160 km from Bucharest, Valea Cetății 18 km from Brașov, Vadu Crișului 55 km from Oradea, Românești 100 km from Timișoara. Distances, times.
Famous caves in Romania you cannot visit: Movile, Topolnița, Vântului, Coliboaia, Peștera cu Oase (and what to see instead)
Movile, Coliboaia, Cu Oase, Cloșani and Piatra Altarului are closed; Topolnița and Tăușoare need a permit; Wind Cave is open with a caving guide.
Stalactites and stalagmites: what they are, how a cave forms and where to see them in Romania
Stalactites hang from the ceiling, stalagmites grow up from the floor. They usually grow less than 10 cm in 1,000 years. How caves form and where to see them.