The Bicaz Gorge (

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: ''Cheile Bicazului'', Hungarian: ''Békás-szoros'') is a gorge in

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, located in the north-east part of the country, in Neamț and

Harghita Harghita (, hu, Hargita megye, ) is a county ( județ) in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea Ciuc. Demographics 2002 census In 2002, Harghita County had a population of 326,222 and a populatio ...

counties. It is situated in the central part of the

Hășmaș Mountains The Hășmaș Mountains ( Romanian: ''Munții Hășmaș''; Hungarian: ''Hagymás-hegység'') are limestone and sandstone massifs located in Romania, in the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathian Mountains. They belong to th ...

, and it is part of the

Cheile Bicazului-Hășmaș National Park The Cheile Bicazului - Hășmaș ('' Bicaz Gorges - Hășmaș Mountains'') National Park is located in north-eastern Romania, in the Eastern Carpathians mountain chain. The reservation territory is part of Neamț and Harghita counties. The pa ...

.Park Presentation / Contact
Cheile Bicazului-Hășmaș National Park The gorge was excised by the waters of the river

Bicaz Bicaz ( hu, Békás) is a town in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania situated in the eastern Carpathian Mountains near the confluence of the Bicaz and Bistrița Rivers and near Lake Bicaz, an artificial lake formed by the Bicaz Dam on the ...

and it serves as a passageway between the Romanian provinces of

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and

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. It is a noted location to see the wallcreeper, an uncommon cliff-dwelling bird. National road passes through the gorge. The road along the of ravines, often in serpentines with rock on one side and a sheer drop on the other, is one of the most spectacular drives in the country. Also within the gorge is

Lacul Roșu Red Lake is a natural dam lake in Harghita County, Romania. It is located in the Hășmaș Mountains, on the upper course of the Bicaz River, and lies at the foot of the , near the Bicaz Gorge, at a distance of from Gheorgheni and from Bicaz ...

(the Red Lake), with its traditional cabins, hotels, and its famous lake (situated at altitude) caused by a landslide in the 19th century. Cheile Bicazului is one of the main

rock climbing Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and ...

sites in Romania. File:Chei Bicaz 047.jpg File:Chei Bicaz 044.jpg File:Bicaz Garganta.JPG File:BicazGorge_Romania_18Apr2019-1115_R1000376_By_NosyLens.jpg File:BicazGorge_(RedLake)_Romania_Spring_2019_By_NosyLens.jpg

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360° Panorama of Bicaz Gorge
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Pictures from Bicaz Gorge

Bicaz Gorge art images
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