Trip from 🇸🇰 to 🇷🇴 13 July 2025 #30

🇷🇴 🚗⛰️🌲 Seventeen years old car, nearly 1700 km ahead of us, and a little red Dacia Sandero ready for another adventure. Two countries, two legendary mountain roads, countless adrenaline-packed moments—and yes, the check engine light joined the trip too 😃. Despite nearly cooking the brakes on the descents and the engine heating up in the scorching summer mountains (it was “only” 50 °C inside the car), the Sandero proved itself once again. Like a trusty old Swiss watch, it just kept going. The Transfăgărășan – Romania’s “Road to the Sky” Our first challenge was the iconic DN7C. Winding its way through the Făgăraș Mountains, it climbs to 2042 m above sea level, making it the second-highest road in Romania. Dozens of dramatic hairpins 27 viaducts and 5 tunnels, including the country’s longest at 884 m Breathtaking sights: a glacier lake, a waterfall, the Vidraru Dam—and even a few bears along the roadside It’s easy to see why this route is called the “Road to the Sky.” Every turn reveals a new jaw-dropping panorama. The Transalpina – The King’s Road Next came the DN67C, known as the Transalpina or the “King’s Road.” This is Romania’s highest drive, topping out at 2145 m at the Urdele Pass. Stretching across 148 km, it links four regions—Gorj, Vâlcea, Sibiu, and Alba—while offering endless mountain views that make you forget how small your car feels against the vast landscape. The Journey Our route: Slovakia 🇸🇰 → Hungary 🇭🇺 → Romania 🇷🇴 → back through Hungary 🇭🇺 → home Hot air, steep climbs, overheated brakes, and a stubbornly glowing engine light couldn’t stop our Sandero. Against all odds, it carried us across two of Europe’s most spectacular alpine roads, proving that sometimes the best adventures happen when you take an old car and just go. ------------------------ 🎞️ Video by EngineNotDead 🌍 Location: 🇸🇰 / 🇭🇺 / 🇷🇴 📅 Date: 13 July 2025 ------------------------ #romania #hungary #transalpina #transfagarasan #dn7c #dn67c #roadtoheaven #kingsroad #slovakia #dacia #daciasandero