Rimetea
Rimetea (Torockó)
A well-preserved Hungarian village where white-walled houses with green window frames line the foot of Sekler Rock, and the sun appears to rise twice at dawn.
Rimetea (Hungarian name: Torockó) was once an iron-mining and smelting town. Its 19th-century houses, with white stone walls and green wooden windows, have been carefully preserved, and in 1999 the village received the Europa Nostra heritage conservation award from the European Union. Beside the village, Sekler Rock (1,128 m above sea level) creates a curious phenomenon: the sun rises from behind the mountain, is blocked again by the peak, and then rises a 'second time.' Visitors can hike for about 1.5–2 hours to the summit of Sekler Rock for views over the village, or tour the village's ethnographic museum and blacksmith workshop. Guesthouses serve Hungarian dishes. The village is about 60 km from Cluj-Napoca, roughly a 1-hour, 15-minute drive.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Turda Gorge
- Salina Turda
- Alexandru Borza Botanical Garden
- Reformed Church on Farkas Street
- Cluj Central Park
- Tailors' Bastion
- Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania
- Union Square & St. Michael's Church