While hiking through the mountains once described and wandered by Ion Creangă, Calistrat Hogaş and Sadoveanu, you can stop at the agritouristic sheepfold “Burnt Cross” in Farcaşa.
If you have never been to the sheepfold, we propose an incursion on Bistrita valley lands at Farcaşa, to discover and to live in the magical world of ordinary people.
Located in the Farcaşa commune, Popeşti village, the agritouristic sheepfold “Burnt Cross” is an option for relaxation and culinary delight in a great geographical area with special people, where tradition of shepherd and milk products, …

With just a few days before Christmas Piatra Neamt was transformed in a fairytale land by the fallen snow. Snowflakes were coming down to earth and in just a few hours formed a thick white carpet that covered the streets, sidewalks and trees. Of course that this was the delight of children that started a snow fight everywhere they could.
The shinny snow covered the tree branches with star garlands and everything seems to be covered in fluffy sugar figurines. Everything stands still while the snow keeps falling down. The last …

The hot summer days are just a memory now when autumn is here with its incredible colors. To witness the beauty of this season you’ll need to escape the asphalted streets and go into the villages or on mountain trails.
Visit traditional villages from Neamt County and you’ll see traditional houses where people still practice the old habits. You’ll witness the making of the wine from ripe grapes, you’ll see traditional carriages coming from fields full of pumpkins and corns.
The environments are just like paintings with perfect composition, depicting the last …

Painted eggs are the symbol of the Easter Holiday. People from Neamt County paint the eggs starting with the last Tuesday before Easter. In villages from Neamt County people also carry with them the painted eggs to the religious service that marks the resurrection of Jesus. Usually the eggs are painted in red, as a symbol of the blood of Jesus.
The origins of the painted eggs are lost in time but in Neamt County this tradition is transmitted from one generation to another. In the old times these eggs were …

Neamt County is guarded by tall mountains with strong pine trees. The smooth hills are surrounding Roman and pointy mountains are placed around Piatra Neamt. It seems that everything that nature has to offer is here: the mountains, the rapid flowing creeks, the smooth surface of lakes and the beauty of the hills.
Bicaz town, located along River Bistrita valley, and Targu Neamt town, where you can visit the medieval fortress of ruler Stephen the Great, have plenty of stories to tell about the history, culture and beauty of these places.
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In the last years the lakes Pangarati, Vaduri and Batca Doamnei, from Neamt County had become the perfect place where wild water birds come to spend the winter. These lakes are located on the middle course of Bistrita River and represent and important link in the chain that helps support the natural habitats and the biodiversity of the eastern area of Europe.
Here are some of the species that come to spend winter every year on these three lakes from Neamt County: the summer swan, the big duck, the little Grebe, …