Bucegi National Park and the Sphinx

The town of Busteni is very popular with fans of mountain recreation. It is located in a beautiful place, under a high mountain range - Bucegi National Park, with many hiking trails and wonderful views. Use cable car Busteni - Babele (schedule) to go to the top. The place is quite popular, we arrived in the morning and waited for more than an hour.




The cable car comes to a height of 2200 meters. At the top are several interesting stone formations, formed due to weathering.






The most interesting stone has the shape of a sphinx, if viewed from a certain side.


Most tourists walk only to the sphinx, but there are other hiking trails.


The most popular ones are the ascent to the Omul Mountain (2505 m, 1.5 hours one way, follow the sign of Cabana Omu) and a walk to the "Cross to the Nameless Heroes" monument (2325 m, 3 km one way), established in 1928 on the top of Mount Karaiman, in honor of those who fell in the First World War.


Getting there: Parking coordinates N 45 24.567 E 25 31.620. Take the train to Buşteni station, then 1.5 km walk to the cable car. Or on any bus between Bucharest and Brasov to Buşteni.