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Extract from the Turda Travel Guides:
TURDA
(Torda) lies 30km south of Cluj along the main DN1. The modern Turda, with its 58,000 mainly Magyar inhabitants, produces chemicals and building materials, and is ringed by filthy factories. Beyond these is a surprisingly elegant centre, but the main reasons to come to the town are to visit the spectacular
Turda gorge
, 8km to the west, and to explore the Aries valley beyond in the foothills of the Apuseni mountains.
Turda was once one of the wealthiest towns in the country, as the grand stone houses lining its streets bear witness. On the broad main street, Piata Republicii, stand two Gothic chur... read the whole Turda Travel Guides...
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