Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains are mountains in Central Europe from Poland to Romania.
Regions[edit]
- Eastern Carpathians
- Southern Carpathians
- Western Romanian Carpathians
- Beskids in Poland
- Tatra Mountains in Poland and Tatra National Park Slovakia
- Low Tatras, Malá Fatra, Veľká Fatra and others in Slovakia
- Gorce in Poland
- Pieniny in Poland and Slovakia
- Bieszczady in Poland, Ukraine and Slovakia
- Gorgany in Poland, Ukraine and Slovakia
Cities[edit]
Important cities and towns in or near the Carpathians are, in approximate descending order of population:
- Vienna (Austria)
- Kraków (Poland)
- Bratislava (Slovakia)
- Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
- Braşov (Romania)
- Sinaia (Romania)
- Košice (Slovakia)
- Oradea (Romania)
- Bielsko-Biała (Poland)
- Miskolc (Hungary)
- Sibiu (Romania)
- Târgu Mureş (Romania)
- Baia Mare (Romania)
- Tarnów (Poland)
- Râmnicu Vâlcea (Romania)
- Uzhhorod (Ukraine)
- Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)
- Piatra Neamţ (Romania)
- Nowy Sącz (Poland)
- Suceava (Romania)
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin (Romania)
- Reşiţa (Romania)
- Žilina (Slovakia)
- Bistriţa (Romania)
- Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)
- Deva (Romania)
- Zlín (Czech Republic)
- Hunedoara (Romania)
- Zalău (Romania)
- Przemyśl (Poland)
- Sanok (Poland)
- Alba Iulia (Romania)
- Zaječar (Serbia)
- Sfântu Gheorghe (Romania)
- Turda (Romania)
- Bor (Serbia)
- Mediaş (Romania)
- Poprad (Slovakia)
- Petroşani (Romania)
- Negotin (Serbia)
- Miercurea Ciuc (Romania)
- Făgăraş (Romania)
- Odorheiu Secuiesc (Romania)
- Petrila (Romania)
- Sighişoara (Romania)
- Zakopane (Poland)
- Câmpulung Moldovenesc (Romania)
- Gheorgheni (Romania)
- Vatra Dornei (Romania)
- Rakhiv (Ukraine)
Other destinations[edit]
Understand[edit]
Get in[edit]
Major airports for getting into this region are in Vienna, Bratislava, Kraków, Budapest, Belgrade and Bucharest.
Get around[edit]
See[edit]
There quite couple of world heritage sites in this region, some directly related to the mountains and others just set against the backdrop of them.
- The Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians in Slovakia and Ukraine, listed together with Ancient Beech forests in Germany
- The Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine
- Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
- Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
Do[edit]
The Carpatian mountains are a popular destination for hiking and mountaineering. In the winter, skiing is also a popular activity.
