Padiș is a high karst plateau in the heart of the Apuseni. The road in is gravel for the last six kilometres, the air gets noticeably thinner, and the plateau opens up into a wide bowl of meadows, sinkholes and Norway spruce. Cabana Tisa sits on the western rim, with a single front porch that faces sunset.
The ice-cave detour. Scărișoara is forty minutes away by car. Ștefan will draw you a map on the back of an envelope, point at the only safe parking spot, and tell you the right time of day to go (early, before the tour buses). The cabin itself is small, warm, full of books, and has surprisingly fast Starlink.
- · Starlink Wi-Fi
- · Wood stove
- · Library of cave maps
- · Pets welcome
- · Hiking poles
- · Detailed local maps
Ștefan is a geologist who has spent twenty years mapping the limestone karst of the Apuseni. The cabin started as his weekend base for cave research, and slowly turned into a place to host friends. He still keeps the cave maps on the wall — they make excellent winter reading.
A few of the sights within easy reach of this house.
The cultural capital of Transylvania — Hungarian baroque, the country's best food scene.
A high karst plateau in the heart of the Apuseni — sinkholes, springs, scattered shepherd huts.
A 13th-century salt mine that looks like a Bond villain's lair — boats, a Ferris wheel, underground.
A 75,000-cubic-metre glacier inside a limestone shaft — Europe's second-largest underground ice block.