Ciucas Mountains in the winter

Ciucas mountains are dotted with landforms of exceptional beauty, fashioned in limestone and conglomerates. Rising up to a height of 1, 954 m and extended over 200 sq. km only, these mountains present an extraordinary rich and varied relief, rarely encountered in the Romanian Carphathians. The upper part reveals a unique association of towers, needles, columns, mushrooms, bare rocks and sphinx-like forms. The crests and steeps bordering them make it appear less accessible.