Rupea

Brașov County · Romania
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Photos: Rupea Fortress: a Saxon refuge on a basalt crag

Rupea is a town in Romania.

Population: 4,907 (2021).

Here and nearby on the site: 1 sight.

Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia

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What to visit

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Rupea Fortress: a Saxon refuge on a basalt cragCastleRupea Fortress: a Saxon refuge on a basalt cragRupeaunder 1 km from the centreRupea Fortress (Cetatea Rupea; German Burg Reps, Hungarian Kőhalmi vár) stands on a basalt hill about 120 metres high on the western edge of the small town of Rupea,...Viscri Fortified Church: a UNESCO Saxon villageChurchViscri Fortified Church: a UNESCO Saxon villageViscri10 km from the centreThe fortified Evangelical church in the village of Viscri (German Deutsch-Weißkirch, Hungarian Szászfehéregyháza) is perhaps the most photogenic of the Saxon...Dârjiu Fortified Church: the «Bacon Fortress», UNESCOChurchDârjiu Fortified Church: the «Bacon Fortress», UNESCODârjiu18 km from the centreThe fortified church in the village of Dârjiu (Hungarian Székelyderzs) in Harghita County is one of the few fortress churches of Transylvania built not by the Saxons...

Craft nearby

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Pálinka Jamy distillery: fruit pálinka in Odorheiu SecuiescWine & tastingsPálinka Jamy distillery: fruit pálinka in Odorheiu SecuiescOdorheiu Secuiesc29 km from the centreOdorheiu Secuiesc (Hungarian: Székelyudvarhely) is a historic town in the Târnava Mare valley in the west of Harghita County, long regarded by the Székelys as their ...

Getting there from Ukraine

Border crossings

  • Porubne – Siret — road and pedestrian, 24/7
  • Diakivtsi – Racovăț — road and pedestrian, 24/7 No freight traffic.
  • Krasnoilsk – Vicovu de Sus — road and pedestrian, 08:00–20:00 Cars up to 3.5 t and pedestrians only; not 24/7.
  • Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației — road and pedestrian, 24/7 Passenger traffic only: vehicles up to 3.5 t with up to 9 seats, pedestrians.
  • Diakove – Halmeu — road, 24/7 No pedestrian crossing.

By car

Chernivtsi – Brașov ≈395 km, ≈7 h 03 min (via Diakivtsi – Racovăț); Rakhiv – Brașov ≈419 km, ≈7 h 24 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Uzhhorod – Brașov ≈522 km, ≈8 h 39 min (via Diakove – Halmeu). Times without border queues, our road routing (GraphHopper, OSM).

Checked 03.11.2026; border crossing hours and timetables change — check before you travel.