Via Transilvanica was named one of National Geographic's top 25
destinations in the world for 2025 — alongside Brașov itself.
TIME magazine listed it among the world's greatest places in 2024.
Over 30,000 hikers walked it in 2024 alone. This tour puts you
on it, with a guide who knows the section that most visitors
never find.

The walk starts at Pietrele lui Solomon — Solomon's Rocks — at
the edge of Șchei, the oldest Romanian district in Brașov.
Archaeologists found Dacian citadel remains here. Every spring,
thousands of locals gather at this spot for the Junii Brașovului
procession — one of the oldest living traditions in Transylvania.
The trail begins where the city's history begins.

From Șchei, the path climbs through the forest that defines
Brașov's skyline from below. Your licensed national guide provides
context throughout — the Saxon colonisation of Transylvania, the
fortified cities, the Romanian communities that lived beneath
the walls for centuries, and the landscape that shaped all of them.

The route follows Via Transilvanica markers through Drumed Vechi
— an ancient forest path that connects the old Romanian villages
below Postăvarul. The trail is marked with the distinctive
andesite milestones that appear every kilometre along the full
1,400 km of Via Transilvanica — individually carved by Romanian
and international artists. Each one is a work of art. Each one
marks progress.

The ridgeline above Brașov opens to views across the Bârsa valley,
the Piatra Craiului ridge, and the Bucegi range. On a clear day,
the full arc of the Southern Carpathians is visible from a single
point. Your guide names them one by one.

The new Terra Borza Teutonica section — inaugurated in June 2025 —
connects this ridge directly to Viscri, Bran, Zărnești and 14
other communities across Brașov county. This tour walks the
Brașov segment — the starting point of that entire connection.

On request, Daisy — a Carpathian mountain dog — joins the walk.
Confirm when we contact you the day before the tour.