The village is situated at the exit of the river Crişul Repede from the gorge. The name of the village, Vad, both in Romanian and Hungarian means the place in the river bed where people could easily cross the river from one bank to the other because of the low bank and shallow water. The village marks the southeastern limit of the Vadu-Crişului Depression, situated between the Pădurea Craiului Mountains and the Plopişului Mountains. This depression was named after our village. This locality is the largest one in the area. It is crossed by E60 (DN1), from Oradea to Cluj-Napoca. The village is situated 50 km from Oradea and 100 km from Cluj-Napoca. It is also crossed by the Oradea – Cluj-Napoca railway.

The Corimen Pension from Vadu-Crişului is situated at the exit from the gorge of the Crişul Repede, neighboring the reservation and being at a distance of only 2 km from E60.
The location of the Corimen Pension is favorable for both those who come by their own car and for those who chose the train, because the pension is situated at a distance of only 50m from the Vadu-Crişului railway station.
The surrounding area is very beautiful and full of history and from the balcony you can see a part of the gorge, as well as the “Codrişoara” hill. At only 150m from the pension the gorge of Crişul Repede starts and walking by the railway and the river you can get to the waterfall and to the well-known Vadu-Crişului cave. While walking to the cave you can admire both sides of the gorge with its calcareous caves and “Casa Zmeului”, once known as customs for salt.