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Don't just visit the big towns of Romania. Some of them are very beautiful indeed, but the rural area is wonderful too. Just have a lot of patience with the roads which sometimes can be a nightmare for your car.
TRADITIONS, FOLKLORE, TRADITIONAL OUTFITS IN MARAMURES, OAS AND LAPUS AREASThe Northern mountainous area in Romania is the host of an ancient culture and civilization that have produced many valuable material and spiritual creations. Maramures area is beautifully located in Northern Romania, yet it does not stand alone there. The traditions and exterior image of the peasant culture might seem the same all the way from Negresti Oas to Sighetu Marmatiei and Salva, however we are talking about three different areas: Oas, Maramures and Lapus, which are usually put together under the name of Maramures in tourist guides. I chose this as a unique item that maybe will make you drop off, leaving behind Dracula and Ceausescu for a peek in what Romania really is about ;)Local traditions usually involve everybody in a village. Alongside the demands and habits linked to modern life, the people living...
MONASTERIES IN OLTENIA AREAThe Monasteries in Oltenia area have been built in a different style from the ones in Moldavia. They are very rarely visited by foreigners, as they do not appear in most guides. The local people habits, traditions and the way the villages look, as well as the scenery itself is different. Horezu Monastery (1690-1697) is the most important religious architectural monument from the Brancoveanu period (period that generated the only really genuine Romanian architectural style, Brancoveanu style). The church was decorated with exterior stone sculptures, and on the inside there is a valuable bunch of frescoes. The legend says that, being afraid of the Turks, the workers did everything at nighttime. Cozia Monastery (1386-1388) was built by Mircea cel Batran and attracts the attention through the elegance and harmony of its shape, as well as through the richness of its...
MONASTERIES AROUND TARGU NEAMTMoldavia also hosts a certain number of monasteries that have been ignored by the tourist industry. We are talking about the monasteries around Targu Neamt. Built between the 15th and 17th centuries in a different architectural style from the ones in Northern Moldavia, the monasteries in this area stand out through their exceptional location, their harmonious structure. Neamt Monastery was the most important cultural and artistic center of medieval Moldavia. It was stated in historic deeds in 1407. The oldest library in the country is hosted there (more than 600 years old), and the monastery church is the most imposing one built by Stephen the Great. Bistriþa Monastery was raised in 1402, being subsequently destroyed and rebuilt. Agapia Monastery was built between 1642 and 1647 and was painted in 1858 by one of the greatest Romanian painters, Nicolae...
Mud Volcanos. These mud volcanoes erupt mud propelled by carbon dioxide. Considered very rare in the Geological world. Found 3 hrs. northeast from Bucharest. Extremely difficult to get there, train from bucharest to (Brasov)then by bus to any number of smaller cities...from which you must bargin with a cabbie...good luck finding one who speaks english. If you get here consider yourself a true adventurer..good luck!
Furnica. Located high up in the mountains above Sinaia. Take the cable car up and walk down the many paths for a truely solitary wilderness experience. You will be walking in the clouds. Amazing for Black &White nature photography.
Visit the REAL castle of Dracula (Vlad the Impaler)These were my jottings when I visited with two friends of mine :We start driving out of Curtea de Arges again. We stop and explain that we really wanted to go to the castle, even if it was up the avalanche, just to say we had tried. Yvette was really unimpressed now so I asked her to look heartbroken, not too difficult I suspect. I explained that Yvette had really wanted to see the castle, Julian drew a picture of Yvette and then a broken heart. Michael started to bend under the emotional blackmail and eventually said it would cost more money. No problem for us as this was the one thing we wanted to see. We turned around again and this time headed off into the mountains. It was perhaps only 30 minutes later that we stopped to ask directions. The farmer turned his head looking up the valley and there it was, perched on a small outcrop of...
The legend has it that one day, a very wealthy and religious Wallachian prince, the Black Prince, rode with nine masons and their master Manole to find a place and build a church more beautiful than anyone may have seen before. The masons started to work, but whenever they reached to the top, the walls would colapse before they could ever finish it. They decided that the first human being they would lay their eyes upon was to be sacrificed in order to see their work done. And it so happened the Manole 's wife showed up to bring her husband's lunch, so that he had to keep his vow and immure his own wife alive within the church walls. The place of this immolation can still be seen between two walls of the southern front side of the church. This is how the monastery could be finished, and the prince was pleased to find that it was as beautiful as it could be. But the prince would not want...
Curtea de Arges Monastery - its dedication day is 'The Assumption of the Virgin'. It houses monks.Curtea de Arges town, Arges district, 36 km North-West from Pitesti.It was founded by Neagoe Basarab (1512-1517). It is considered to be a masterpiece, an outstanding historical monument. This monastery was an episcopal place between 1739 and 1748, becoming, after1990, an episcopal and monastic place.
The Vidraru DamNotice the low level of the Arger River. This time of the year (in the summer, before the rain and the snow) it's best suited for travelling up on the Transfagarasan Road.
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