Let's travel together #323 - Cheile Tureniului (Tureni Gorges, Romania)

This post is going to be really different.

Not from what I usually post on here, but about what my trips usually look like.

In fact, until not long time ago I used to think that if I fail reaching a destination then it's a big loss and I should keep looking for a new way to achieve my goal of the day instead of stepping back. Thinking twice, this might be both a good and bad thing, but after my experience from a few years back that some of you might remember about (this post), well, my trips took a whole new turn.

In fact, ever since that experience, we stopped feeling like we were invincible but rather kept reminding to ourselves that mountains only forgive one mistake. Hence why, while a different Gabriela would see this trip a fail a while ago, today I feel it more like bliss.

What I'm talking about, is known under more names.
Such as, if you read about Cheile Turneni, Cheile Turenilor, Cheile Copandului, Cheile Tureniului, Cheile Turului, or Tureni Gorge, it's all about the same place.
However, on the map, you will find it under Cheile Tureniului name, and it represents a high national area of interest for Romania that covers a total surface of 25 hectares.
While Romania has quite a lot of gorges, each with its unicity and beauty, Tureni Gorges are well known for the wild part that was entirely created by the river who dug into 100-150 tall stone walls and created a little walkthrough but which in most of the cases is filled with water.
That makes the whole trip turn into a next level adventure where tourists have to either walk through the water or climb the stones that are arranged with various climbing accessories.
However, a unique touch is given by the whole scenery where even if stones are what keep the courius ones into a hug, these are decorated with more natural colors, temporary waterfalls, and wild caves, all of them dating since the Jurassic Age.

All of this information, along with the researches made between 1985-1988 that revealed 53 past shelters used since the Middle Neolithic, contributed on our curiosity to finally cut it down from our must-see list.

So during our road trip in, and around Cluj, from 2023, we ended up in this place, being entirely guided by the GPS as there are not a lot of people who venture in this place and so not much information was available on the internet back then.

The beauty we were welcomed with once we arrived left us speechless. It almost felt like we got rewarded before making any efforts to discover this part of the world.

However, while it was very easy to get distracted from our plans of the day because of the scenery, we quickly reminded what we were there for. Though, things got complicated pretty quick when we realized we are on top of the stones we were supposed to walk through and that there are over 100 meters that we should descend.

As we really wanted to make this trail, we started looking for different options to make our way down.

The fact that there were no marks and every single path was incredibly steep, made us always get back to where we started and look for a new way. But as much as we tried, all were ending the same sooner or later.

The confusion began from having the name of the place searched on Google Maps that brought us to this place, but which, somehow, seemed like the end of the trail.

In the meantime though, this one was adjusted from Cheile Tureniului to Panorama Cheile Tureniului where panorama stands for panoramic view, adding one more point on the map on the other side of the gorges which is now entitled Cheile Tureniului - way of access, that was completely missing during our visit.

So based on these things I am really happy we didn't take any more risks and after a while, we decided to just stop and spend a while enjoying the view that deserved our whole time.

In fact, our survival instincts felt like a piece was missing from our puzzle and none of us was ready for real to face another risk that who knows how would have ended this time.

I will leave down below a picture with how these gorges look like if you make it within the stones, though. We are not strangers from these activities and that's why we made our way towards Tureni Gorges, but sometimes is really important to know when to stop.

Tureni Gorges are located on the northern side of Turda, Cluj county, and you can access them either from Tureni or Copăceni. Tureni is where we ended up and a strong equipment of climbing was needed, while if you start your trail from Copăceni everything is a lot easier, needing just the minimum equipment is recommended to have with you in the mountains: hiking boots, trekking poles, and a helmet.

Other articles from my Romania Tour 2023:

• The Blue Lagoon of Cluj (Laguna Albastră)
• Ciucaș Waterfall... or beer? (Cascada Ciucaș)
• The Sequoia Tree from Romania
• Șapte culori ale Pământului (The 7 Colors of the Earth, Romania)
• The Gypsy Palaces of Huedin, Romania
• Lacul Tarzan (Tarzan Lake of Romania)
• Gresiile de pe Stânca Dracului (The Devil's Rock)
• Cetatea Trascăului (Trascău Fortress)
• Grădina Zmeilor (The Garden of Kites)
• Tarnița Lake and Tarnița Dam
• Piatra Corbilor (The Raven Stone)
• Mihai Vodă Monastery and His Graveyard
• Fortress of Bologa (Cetatea Bologa)
• Pădurea Hoia-Baciu (World's Most Haunted Forest)
• Cheile Tureniului (Tureni Gorges)

more coming soon...

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