The history of Agapia Monastery and its surroundings is very old and tightly connected to Agapia Veche Hermitage located on a hill, near the monastery. Agapia Veche Hermitage is approximately 2 km from Agapia Monastery in a plane behind the green trees of the forest. You can reach this place by car, on a dirt road or on foot by following a marked trail that goes through the forest. The road to Agapia Veche starts in the parking from Agapia Monastery. Where you see the touristic sign that shows Sihla …

Location: the hermitage is located in the crack of a cliff at an altitude of 900 m at 1 km away from the Moanstery Horaita. Here you can arrive either by walking on foot from the Monastery Horaita or by car. From DN 15C (Piatra Neamt – Targu Neamt) in the commune Dobreni you turn left and you go another 15 km on the road 156A through the villages Negresti and Poiana. After you reach the Monastery Horaita there is a side road that goes to the hermitage.
Address: commune Cracaoani, …

Location: the Hermitage Braniste is located at 4 km from the Neamt Monastery, in the commune Vanatori, at 19 km north-west from the town Targu Neamt.
Address: commune Vanatori, Neamt County
Tel: +(40) 233 251 580 and +(40) 745 823 179 from Neamt Monastery
The Patrons: “St Petru and Pavel” celebrated at 29 of June
Web: http://neamt.mmb.ro/
The Hermitage Braniste is under the administration of the Neamt Monastery and represents a side complex of buildings. The hermitage was built in 1582 from the order of ruler Petru Schipul.
When the abbot of the Neamt Monastery was …

Location: the Vovidenia Hermitage is located in the village Vanatori, 15 km north-west from the town of Targu Neamt
Address: village Vanatori, Neamt County
The patron of the hermitage: “St Spiridon” celebrated on 12 of December and “The Entrance in church of St Mary” celebrated on 21st of November
Year of construction: the XVII century by the Gosan family
Short history
The place where the hermitage is located was used by monks since the XV and XVI centuries. Only in the XVII century this hermitage started to be known to the people as the …

Location: The Pocrov Hermitage is located in the village Vanatori, 17 km west of Targu Neamt and 62 km from Piatra Neamt. The road that goes from the Neamt Monastery to the hermitage is full of beautiful and calm scenery.
Address: village Vanatori, Neamt County
The patron of the hermitage: “The Cover of St Mary Mother of Christ”
Year of construction: 1714, built by Pahomie
Short history
Located in a forest with old trees, at approximately 4 km south-west from the Neamt Monastery, the Pocrov hermitage was built in 1714 by Pahomie and his apprentices: …

Location: the Icoana Hermitage is located in the village Vanatori at 6 km from the Neamt Monastery
Address: village Vanatori, Neamt County
The patron of the hermitage: “St Antonie the Great”
Year of the construction: 1823
Short history
The Icoana hermitage is located in a dense forest in the north of the Neamt Monastery. Between 1821 and 1822, because of the Eteria, the monks hide the icon of St Mary – this icon was a gift received 600 years ago. After 1822 the icon, together with some other objects, were moved back into the monastery …