"Lacul Rosu ( Red Lake )" Romania Things to Do Tip by ovidiu_nan

Lacu rosu, all-season health and holiday resort of national importance - a component of the town of Gheorgheni (Harhita county), situated in N central Romania, in a depression surrounded by the Suhard, Tarcau, Hasmas and Giurgeu Mountains (Eastern Carpathians), on the shore of the natural storage lake called Lacu Rosu, elevation 980 m, 73 km N of the municipality of Miercurea-Ciuc (seat of Harhita county. Due to its position the resort of Lacu Rosu is sheltered against strong winds, having a tonic-stimulant montane climate with cool summers (July average temperature 15°c) and cold winters (january average 7°C below). Annual average temperature about 5.5°C, average precipitation 1,000 mm annually.