natural wonder
Scarisoara Ice Cave
Cave in the Apuseni mountains holding one of the largest underground glaciers in Europe, with a wooden stair descent.
37 km · about 40 min drive
Hunedoara County, Romania · Europe
Baia de Criş sits on the route: 10 minutes from Ribiţa, 37km from Scarisoara Ice Cave.
Baia de Criş is a town located in Hunedoara County, Romania. With a population of 2,987, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Baia de Criş sits in Romania, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Bucharest time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Baia de Criş to your route.
Baia de Criș (German: Altenburg; Hungarian: Körösbánya) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Crișana, Romania, close to the small town of Brad. It is composed of nine villages: Baia de Criș, Baldovin (Báldovin), Căraci (Karács), Cărăstău (Karasztó), Lunca (Lunka), Rișca (Riska), Rișculița (Riskulica), Țebea (Cebe), andRead more
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The village of Țebea is where the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan started in 1784, and marks the death place and burial site of Avram Iancu.
The village of Lunca Moților keeps the wooden Church of the Assumption, with good folk paintings by master Nicolae (1829), from Lupșa Mare, in the interior. The building now belongs to the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant.
At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 2,176, of which 91.18% were Romanians.
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Baia de Criş is located in Hunedoara County, Romania, Europe. The coordinates are 46.1667 latitude, 22.7167 longitude.
Baia de Criş has a population of approximately 2,987 people, making it a town in Romania.
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natural wonder
Cave in the Apuseni mountains holding one of the largest underground glaciers in Europe, with a wooden stair descent.
37 km · about 40 min drive
castle
One of the largest and most impressive Gothic-Renaissance castles in Europe, perched above a river in Hunedoara, Romania.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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