Rural Wonders Tour: Explore Turda Salt Mine, Turda Gorge, and Rimetea Village from Cluj-Napoca

Embark on a full-day rural adventure from Cluj-Napoca to explore the Turda Salt Mine, Turda Gorge, and Rimetea Village. Discover Romania’s industrial heritage, marvel at the natural beauty of the Turda Gorge, and savor traditional cuisine in Rimetea village.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Rex Matia Corvin Statue - Pick Up Location
  • Salina Turda - We will travel a distance of 31 km to Turda Salt Mine. We will have a guided tour in English and afterwards we will have free time to take advantage of the facilities of this theme park. List of activities: Ferris Wheel, Mini golf, Bowling, Boating on the underground lake, Pool table…
What's Included
  • Entry/Admission - Rimetea Monastery
  • Entry/Admission - Salina Turda
  • Entry/Admission - Turda Gorge
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Parking fees
  • Use of Hiking Sticks
What's Not Included
  • Traditional Lunch in Rimetea Village
Additional Information

Experience three essential countryside sights on this single-day tour, encompassing Turda Salt Mine, Turda Gorge, and Rimetea village, originating from Cluj-Napoca. Discover the area’s industrial past through the 400-year-old salt mine, followed by a scenic perspective of Romania’s renowned rural landscape at Turda Gorge. Savor local cuisine in Rimetea…

Location
"Matthias Rex" Monument
Piața Unirii
Please wait for the guide in front of the statue. (King Matthias Corvinus riding a horse ) Near the Gothic Church of St. Michael Monumentul Matia Corvin
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Irinadf6758jy
May 11, 2025
Perfect, well balanced tour with some of the best attraction points around Cluj - Very interesting, well balanced, absolutely-worth-it tour! We started with Turda salt mines, which are looking like sci-fi movie set; continued with a 9km hike in a canyon with stunning views and finished with a great lunch at historic village in a mountain valley. Tudor is a great guide, I felt comfortable with him as if he was a close friend. 100% recommended!
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Brenda
May 11, 2025
One of the best tours I’ve ever taken in any country - Every part of the tour was interesting and exceptional and different from the other tours offered in the area. Tudor (our guide) was so knowledgeable and the hike was beautiful. He catered to the abilities of the group. 10 out of 10, I would recommend. I wish I was staying Cluj longer to try another one of his tours. It was great for solo travelers.
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Yonathanc694
May 6, 2025
An amazing adventure - I had an amazing experience with Tudor. Firstly, he is very knowledgeable and professional, but he's also very relaxed and relatable. He knew a lot about each of the places we visited and was able to answer any questions I had. The tour was very well planned and we had enough time at each place to really experience it. We packed a lot into that day, but it never felt rushed. The tour was excellent value for money as all entrance fees were included and we saw a lot. On the day I went there was only me and one other participant, so it felt like a private tour. Also, Tudor knew that the gorge would be very busy with families on the day we went so he modified the tour to take us on a less well-known, but just as beautiful hike. Overall I had a great experience and would highly recommend this tour, or any tour with Tudor or his wife Manuela.
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Sara
May 4, 2025
A guide that will make you fall in love with Romania - What can I say, Tudor the guide is sympathy made per person! A really enjoyable day discovering small treasures, his love for Romania feels loud and clear and manages to transmit it to the great, what a guide has as his goal! The hiking was wonderful, the salt minera is a jewel, but the best thing was the company! Super recommended experience.
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Ralph_van
Apr 25, 2025
Active in Transylvania - Tudor gave us a great tour of the salt mine and the beautiful nature of Transylvania during a walk through nature. The following visit to a small village gave nice insight to historical local life. Great way to spend an active day around Cluj!
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No677
Apr 23, 2025
1.000.000 times better than i could even imagine. Book it. Just Do it. - So informative, fun, amazing experience, great food beautiful people. What shall i say, i had some expectations, but this Trip was way better in every single aspect. Everything was way better than i thought it could be. 1000x times i would recommend it.
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Kathl486
Apr 20, 2025
Enjoyable day - very well planned and comfortable trip, out guide was tudor. he brought us to explore the salt mines, followed by a short hike to turda gorge. views in the gorge were amazing. when we reached the peak, we were able to take in the stunning views of the gorge. had a very nice Romanian lunch introduced by our guide in remetea tudor was very experienced and, made sure that I was safe from the hike as i was travelling alone. he explained the history of the destinations very clearly, and the trip was very enjoyable!
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Mar_langer
Apr 13, 2025
Varied day tour - Thank you for the good tour and that it was carried out despite missing more registrations and not exactly the best weather. Since I was in Romania for a business trip, I only had this Sunday to see a bit of the country. I am really glad that I did this varied tour and can only recommend Curly as a tour guide.
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Ryokon171
Apr 3, 2025
Great one day trip from Cluj Napoca - First of all, Tudor was very friendly, knowledgeable and helpful with us throughout the day. So thank you so much, Tudor, we had a really great time! Our first stop at Salina Turda (salt mine) was a lot more spectacular than I expected and it was wonderful to hear about the history of the salt mine which I didn't know anything about. We really enjoyed the three hours hike after that. The scenery was something I had never seen before, the view from the ridge of the mountain was absolutely beautiful, totally worth hiking up the hills! Tudor provided us of a stick, which helped me a lot! We enjoyed the lunch stop as well, the food and the local wine was super good and reasonable priced, which would not the case in the other remote area in the other countries I have visited. Visiting the monastery and the small village called Rimetea made me understand a little more about the life and culture in the country and made me want to come back to Romania again and see more places. Thank you Tudor again, I would love to come back for another hiking trip!
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Jasonwy9937yo
Apr 2, 2025
Curly Tour March 2025 - Amazing mix of activities on this tour! Tudor is very knowledgeable and has a great personality. I feel like he really listens and cares for the people he guides. He tailors the day to best suit the group and everything felt so well planned out!
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From $101
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).