Carpathian Mountains are a mountain range belonging to the great central mountain system of Europe. Carpathian basin included between Vienna and the Danube gorge formed an arc with a length of 1500 km in Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Romania and Serbia.

The name comes from the Dacian tribe of Carpi, who lived in Moldova, the eastern slopes of the Carpathians, a name which, in turn, probably came from an Indo-European word meaning stone.

The highest peak is Gerlach whole Carpathians, 2655 m, in Slovakia and in Romania is Moldoveanu Peak, with 2544 m, situated in the Fagaras Mountains of Southern Carpathians.

Unlike the Alps, the Carpathians have large mountainous and their heights in the form of large areas covered with grassland. Carpathians belongs to the largest volcanic chain in Europe. Along with a large crystalline rocks and volcanic sedimentary rocks have an extension, giving a relief with gentle slopes.

Carpathians begin on the Danube near Bratislava. They surround Transcarpathia and Transylvania in a large semicircle, continues southeast, and end on the Danube near Orsova, Romania. The total length of the Carpathians is 1500 km, and the mountain chain width varies between 12 km and 500 km. The greatest width of the Carpathians corresponds with the highest altitude. Mountain chain is the largest width in hilly Plateau of Transylvania, and at the foot of the Tatra Mountains (the highest height of the Carpathians, with Gerlach know, which is 2 655 m altitude, the territory of Slovakia on the border with Poland. It covers an area 190 000 km2 and, after the Alps, is the most extensive mountain range in Europe.

U can find many 5 star hotels or lower standards all over in the Carpatian Mountains chain and have a great vacation any time of the year, specially in winter when all is covered in snow. Settle your self at pension Dracula for a mystic vacation any time wich was named after Vlad Tepes also knowned  as Dracula.