In Harghita county among the primary attractions that catch the interest of the tourists we can enumerate the Red (Killer Lake and the Bicaz gorges), the St. Ann Lake and Mohos turf-bog, Băile Tuşnad, Şumuleu Ciuc with its religious manifestations, the Harghita mountains, Corund, Praid, Lázár Castle from Lăzarea.
Besides these primary attractions we can find a series of secondary elements which contribute to the enrichment of the tourist programmes to the creation of programme packages and the thematic routes. Unique attractions can be the Szekler architectural and historic monuments, the fortified churches, the handicrafts, the local culture and cuisine, natural rarities, curative waters (spas). In Harghita county’s territory there are 36 protected areas, national parks.