The letters' terrace
Right behind the BRASOV letters.
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The mountain that spells the city's name: Tâmpa rises 960 metres directly above the old town, white BRASOV letters on its slope in the Hollywood manner — and the summit is Transylvania's finest view: red roofs and the Black Church straight below your feet, the walls tracing the town's shape as it was built, the plain running to the Bucegi mountains. The cable car from a square at the foot near the Weavers' Bastion climbs in three minutes, or the winding forest path takes an hour up without real difficulty — the area is a nature reserve where bears sometimes appear at the edges, so keep to the path. At the top, the letters' terrace from behind, a small café, and trails branching into the forest. Sunset from the top then the last cable car down, or the walk with a torch: Brașov's favourite evening ritual.
Right behind the BRASOV letters.
An hour up through beech — bears at the edges.
The roofs redden, then the square lights up below.
Aleea Tiberiu Brediceanu, Brașov
TâmpaA mountain rising to about 960 metres directly above Brașov, standing behind the2 minutes walk4.6
Weavers' BastionThe most complete survivor of Brașov's walls: the Weavers' Bastion at the south-7 minutes walk4.5
The Tâmpa Cable CarA cable car climbing from the edge of Brasov's old town to the summit of Mount T8 minutes walk3.9
The Beth Israel SynagogueBrașov's synagogue stands in a side lane near the Șchei Gate, and its front is a10 minutes walk4.5
The Șchei GateThe Șchei Gate is a stone triumphal arch of three openings at the southern end o11 minutes walk4.6They sometimes appear at the town's edges scavenging; keep to marked paths by day and never feed them, and incidents are very rare.
The best formula: three minutes up, then forty minutes down the serpentine path through the trees to the Weavers' Bastion.