Turnu Roșu
Photos: Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro (Wikimedia Commons); Turnu Roșu: the village centre — Leontin l, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons); Turnu Roșu: St Nicholas Church — Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro (Wikimedia Commons)
Turnu Roșu (“red tower”; German Rothenturm, Latin Rubra Turris) is a village and the seat of the commune of the same name in Sibiu County, Transylvania, on the bank of the Olt, 24 km south of Sibiu, at an average altitude of about 450 m. It is first recorded in 1453; the 2021 census counted 1,825 inhabitants.
The village stands at the entrance to the Olt gorge of the same name. On the hills around it, where limestone has long been quarried, fossilised sea creatures were found; the place called Lunca lui Cercel is a geological reserve of Eocene limestone.
On the site the trail “Turnu Roșu station – Corbului Saddle” starts at the railway station — the approach to the western end of the Făgăraș Mountains; “Făgăraș main ridge: Olt Valley – Tămașului Saddle” continues along the ridge.
Getting there from Ukraine
The nearest place we have road figures for is Sibiu (≈22 km from here in a straight line): Rakhiv – Sibiu ≈390 km, ≈5 h 33 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Ivano-Frankivsk – Sibiu ≈524 km, ≈7 h 52 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației). Times are without border queues, by our road routing. Romanian national roads require an electronic vignette (rovinieta).
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikidata, OpenStreetMap, Karpaty.rocks data. More on Wikipedia
What's nearby
Trails nearby
All trails
ModerateOne-dayMarkedTurnu Roșu station Corbului SaddleElevation profile369–1 566 m9.5 kmascent 1 197 m≈ 5 h walkingunder 1 km from the centre
ModerateOne-dayMarkedSebeșu de Sus Suru HutElevation profile494–1 433 m8.2 kmascent 938 m≈ 4 h walking4.7 km from the centre
HardMulti-dayMarkedFăgăraș main ridge: Olt Valley Tămașului SaddleElevation profile358–2 525 m93.1 kmascent 6 545 m7 km from the centre
ModerateTwo-dayMarkedAvrig Valley Făgăraș main ridgevia Suru HutElevation profile553–1 945 m12.6 kmascent 1 390 m≈ 6 h walking9.1 km from the centre
ModerateOne-dayMarkedCâinenii Mici Plaiul GrebleștiElevation profile350–1 076 m7.8 kmascent 726 m≈ 3.5 h walking13 km from the centre
ModerateOne-dayMarkedBârcaciu Hut Lake AvrigElevation profile1 408–2 005 m4.3 kmascent 644 m≈ 2.5 h walking15 km from the centrePeaks nearby
All peaks
PeakSurualtitude 2 281 m12 km from the centre1 trail to the topSuru (Romanian: Vârful Suru) is a 2,281 m summit in the western part of the Făgăraș Mountains in the Southern Carpathians, in Sibiu County.
PeakCiorteaaltitude 2 427 m16 km from the centreCiortea (Romanian Muntele Ciortea, German Hohe Scharte, Hungarian Csortea) is a mountain in the western Făgăraș with three close summits, the highest of which, Ciortea...
PeakȘerbotaaltitude 2 331 m20 km from the centre2 trails to the topȘerbota (Romanian: Vârful Șerbota, Hungarian: Serbota-csúcs) is a 2,331 m summit on the main ridge of the Făgăraș Mountains in the Southern Carpathians, west of Negoiu...What to visit
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Huts, shelters and springs nearby
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
Rakhiv – Sibiu ≈390 km, ≈5 h 33 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Ivano-Frankivsk – Sibiu ≈524 km, ≈7 h 52 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Chernivtsi – Sibiu ≈435 km, ≈8 h 00 min (via Diakivtsi – Racovăț). Times without border queues, our road routing (GraphHopper, OSM).
Checked 03.11.2026; border crossing hours and timetables change — check before you travel.
