Via Transilvanica

Registration for The Via Transilvanica Maraton 2025 is open!
Registration for The Via Transilvanica Maraton 2025 is open!

Until the 1st of March, you’ll get a 20% discount for your registration. Prices for participation will gradually increase over the coming months - so if you've been waiting for a sign, here it is! Sign up for one of the races: marathon, half-marathon, mountain-bike, e-bike or cross-country.

 

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The Official Via Transilvanica Shop
The Official Via Transilvanica Shop

Visit shop.viatransilvanica.com to discover useful hiking products that will inspire you to hit the trail and that you’ll proudly use. Every order is a direct contribution to the maintenance of our trail!

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Via Transilvanica in National Geographic
Via Transilvanica in National Geographic

The story of the path that unites was featured twice in National Geographic: in the top "The 25 best places in the world to travel to in 2025", and in the article written by Monica Suma and illustrated by Paolo Verzone - an authentic portrait of our trail and one of the most delightful reads about VT we had lately.

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About Via Transilvanica

Via Transilvanica, the "road that unites", is a 1,400 kilometer long distance trail, a tourist route that crosses Romania diagonally from Putna to Drobeta Turnu Severin. It's designed for hiking, cycling and horse riding. Via Transilvanica is marked with painted markers, signposts and at every kilometer, there is an individually carved andesite stone, therefore all these milestones can probably become the longest art gallery in the world, which accompanies travelers along the way.

The trail crosses ten counties (administrative units of the country): Suceava, Bistrița-Năsăud, Mureș, Harghita, Sibiu, Brașov, Alba, Hunedoara, Caraș-Severin and Mehedinți and is divided into seven cultural-historical regions: Bucovina, Highlands, Terra Siculorum, Terra Saxonum, Terra Dacica, Terra Banatica, Terra Romana. In total, Via Transilvanica crosses 107 administrative-territorial units in Romania, and highlights the natural and cultural heritage of each region.

Via Transilvanica is a long-distance trail inspired by the history of other such trails in Europe, North America and beyond. But above all, it is a social project, so the focus is on the community. The project aims to bring to light places in the country, seemingly forgotten by the world and largely depopulated due to economic limitations, and bring them to life. This revival is due to the backpackers who, after a long day on the trails, expect a minimum of hospitality and at least one welcoming face to share stories with. This is what the road that unites is all about.

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Our recommendation before starting to hike the VT trail

1. Download the guide, find out what hiking on Via Transilvanica is all about!
1. Download the guide, find out what hiking on Via Transilvanica is all about!
2. See which region or maybe regions you want to discover
2. See which region or maybe regions you want to discover
3. Prepare your itinerary
3. Prepare your itinerary
4. Prepare your backpack
4. Prepare your backpack
5. Download the gpx tracks and upload them to an app on your phone
5. Download the gpx tracks and upload them to an app on your phone
6. Safe travels!
6. Safe travels!

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