Hotels at Ghimbav booking.com

Ghimbav

Booking.com

Ghimbav

General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.5064,Lat: 45.6682
Elevation	559 meter above sea level
Local time	9:37:03am
Name province/region	Braşov
Name Subregion	Ghimbav

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Codlea	5.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cristian	5.5 km	South
3 Vulcan	7.4 km	SouthWest
4 Colonia 1 Mai	7.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Braşov	8.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	144 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Chişinău	Moldova	299 km	NorthEast
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	376 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 287 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Olt, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Pecineagu (2.7 km² at a distance of 33 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Cetăţii with a height of 1105 meter (at a distance of 22.2 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 192.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 270 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 100%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Inner Eastern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 130 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bra?ov-Ghimbav International Airport (U.C.) (at a distance of 4.4 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.2 km2

2.8%

Agriculture

66.3 km2

84.4%

Urban area

8 km2

10.2%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ghimbav in country Romania

Ghimbav at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	77 km	WestNorthWest
2 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	82 km	NorthWest
3 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	129 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lunca Brsei	RO	4 km	North

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Ghimbav
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Ghimbav
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ghimbav

Type of weather in Ghimbav	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	979 mb
Humidity:	53 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	05:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:27 Europe/Amsterdam