Nearest city Sinaia Address Romania Phone +40 245 772 640 | Website www.bucegipark.ro Area 33 ha Established 1974 | |
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Location Romania
In the administrative territory of counties:
Braşov
Dâmboviţa
Prahova Similar Hotel Peștera, Sfinxul, Cabana Babele, Peleș Castle | ||
The Bucegi Natural Park (Romanian: Parcul Natural Bucegi) is a protected area (natural park category V IUCN) situated in Romania, in the administrative territory of counties Braşov, Dâmboviţa and Prahova.
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Location
The Natural Park is located in the south-central part of Romania, in the Bucegi Mountains of the Southern Carpathians.
Description
The Bucegi Natural Park with an area of 32.663 ha was declared protected area by the Law Number 5 of March 6, 2000 (published in Monitorul Oficial Number 152 of April 12, 2000) and represents a mountainous area (caves, pit caves, canyons, ridges, sinkholes, valleys, waterfalls, pastures and forests), what shelters variety of flora and fauna. The park is famous for its Babele and Sphinx features.
Habitats
Beech forests, bushes, alpine limestone grasslands, alpine rivers and the herbaceous vegetation, mountain hay meadows, springs, limestone rocky slopes and seminatural dry grasslands.
Natural reserves
Protected areas included in the park: Abruptul Mălăiești - Bucșoiu - Gaura (1.634 ha) and Locul fosilifer Vama Strunga in Brașov County; Cocora Cave and Cheile Urșilor (307 ha) in Dâmbovița County; and Abruptul Prahovean Bucegi (3.478 ha) and Colții lui Barbeș Mountains (1.513 ha) in Prahova County.