{"id":16364,"date":"2012-11-08T15:09:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T20:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightstalking.com\/?p=16364"},"modified":"2020-03-26T05:25:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T09:25:44","slug":"a-grand-trip-the-transfagarasen-pass-and-conclusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightstalking.com\/a-grand-trip-the-transfagarasen-pass-and-conclusions\/","title":{"rendered":"A Grand Trip – The Transfagarasen Pass and Conclusions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Fans of the BBC series, Top Gear will recognize the Transfagarasen Pass as the greatest driving road in the world. It is a 93km stretch of alpine tarmac, ordered by the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1970, its construction cost the lives of 40 soldiers. It crosses the beautiful Fagaras mountains and at its highest point rises some 2034 meters above sea level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n