Low even if compared to most other mountains in Romania (topped by Leordiș Peak at 1160 m.a.s.l.), criss-crossed by a maze of (mostly disabled) railways and (not always that busy) roads, the Anina might be easily overlooked by the visitor. Ay, there’s the rub, as a sense of remoteness soon gets to the trekker not long after starting to tread the trail, with villages looking as if torn from another world, at a time when the Empire was building the first railways on the actual territory of Romania, in 1854. What there isn’t to come after in the Anina: high peaks or impressive, dozens of kilometer long ridges. What there is to look for in these mountains: wild gorges, beautiful waterfalls, hidden caves and heterogeneous communities with a captivating history. For ideas of trekking routes in these mountains and not only, refer to my GPS track page.