BBC’s ‘Top Gear’ called this, ‘The Best Road in the World™.’ And who are we to argue? It is a 150km mountain pass in Transylvania built for the odious Romanian dictator Ceaucescu as an escape route in case of a Soviet invasion. Hundreds of workers are said to have died in its construction. The road twists and turns, and climbs to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) (that’s nearly twice the height of Snowdon - British readers), and it is only open for three months of the year due to snow.
There were four of us (Sue, Val, Mick, me) in a wholly unsuitable hire-car. It was September, and it was jolly cold at the top. But what the heck. The Transfăgărășan is a glorious, outrageous, and utterly bonkers switchback road, occasionally terrifying, with unbelievable views – well worth the long and rather dull drive north from Bucharest.
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