The Red Lake - 29 km
“Maybe you can find greater phenomenon, but there is no more beautiful, more attractive between mountains.” (Orbán Balázs, Describing the Szekler Region)



The lake is one of the most wonderful lakes of the country, the natural rarity of Szeklerland, because of the remains of a fir-wood lying under the lake. It is a naturally barricaded lake formed in 1837 as a result of a rockslide from Gyilkoskő into the rivulet Bicaz. The tradition says that by the time of the catastrophe there were on the rock shepherds and the rockslide has whirl them into the river, this is the origin of the lake’s Hungarian name (“Gyilkos” – it means killer). Other tradition says that one winter the ice break in under the people and fell and died there together with their animals.

The Bicaz Gorge - 32 km
This is the biggest stream in the Eastern Carpathians. Walking across to the gorge you can see 200-300 m high stones above, and in the narrow valley, near the road there is the Bicaz rivulet, which has a descent of 200 m to the exit of the stream. This place is a paradise for alpinists; the view of the perpendicular stone walls is unforgettable.



The Sugó Cave - 13 km
In the cave there is asbestos, after people found there bones, they discovered three entrances of the cave. You can approach the cave with car to 500 m distance.



The Lázár Castle - 6 km
This is one of the most beautiful renaissance buildings from Transylvania, the ancient castle of the Lázár family, one of the most wonderful aristocratic housing from the 17th Century. Here grew Bethlen István, long-ago monarch of Transylvania. Today the building is a monument, in one of the towers there is a museum. The castle is situated at 200 m distance of the center of Lăzarea village.

Tusnad Băi - 85 km
The only town in the South-Ciuc basin is well-known in the country and abroad due to its medical baths and mineral waters. There can be organized many trips, to Sólyomkő, Tuşnad Stream, to Vártető from Tusnad, and Saint Ana’s Lake.



Saint Ana’s Lake - 100 km
This is the only lake in a volcanic crater in Europe which is big and whole. It is a wonderful sight between pinewoods. The form is almost a perfect circle; the water is fresh and very clean. The lake is situated at 950 m high above sea level. This is the most visited sight from Transylvania, today is a nature sanctuary.



Praid - 51 km
Well-known because their salts mine, this is a typical settlement between mountains. The visitors and people with asthma are taken into the mine with bus. Here is an asthma-treatment center. The other sight of the village is the thermal salted bath. It gets the water from 2200 m deep; the 46 C degree water is coming there with free fall, in a quantity of 46000 liter/day.



Sovata - 58 km
It is a holiday-resort, famous in all Europe. Its most precious treasure is the Bear-Lake, which is the biggest hot-water lake in the country. The shape is of an outstretched bear-skin; probably this is why the lake is called Bear-Lake. The water is very salted; the quantity of salt inside the water is approximately 66 thousand ton. The temperature is also remarkable; it is warmer at the bottom: at 0.5 m deep has 31.8 degrees C, but at 1.5 m deep has 66.5 degrees C. The valley of the lake is wind-free, opened at the southern part, very sunny, and the air is dust-free, so you can have an undisturbed recreation.