Between July 17 and 24 2011 in Piatra Neamt there will be the 40 edition of the Festival “Vacante Muzicale la Piatra Neamt” (“Musical Vacations in Piatra Neamt”). The event will host musical concerts starting with classical music and ending with rock, jazz and folklore, art exhibitions, book launches and theater shows.
This year the organizers of the event, “Carmen Saeculare” Cultural and Art Center and Neamt County Council will also organize some master classes between July 17 and 22. The classes will be for Canto, teacher Felicia Filip, Violin, teacher …

Between July 1 and 3, 2011 at the museum from Neamt Fortress from Targu Neamt took place the Local Artisans Fair, locally called “Iarmarocu’ din Cetatea Neamt”. The organizers of this event are the Local Artisans Association from Neamt County, Targu Neamt Town Hall, Neamt County Council and Neamt County Museums Complex. The event brought together over 30 artisans from Neamt County and all over the country.
The main purpose of the festival was to reunite the best artisans from Neamt County with artisans from Romania and to exhibit their works. …

The Tunnel Cave
This cave goes through the ridge called Piatra Glodului and it’s also called by the locals “Sura Glodului” Cave and its shaped as a massive tunnel carved in the mountain by the forces of nature. Huge boulders of stone formed this cave following a natural cataclysm. You don’t need additional artificial light to explore the cave.
Munticelu Cave
Munticelu Cave is located at the entrance in Cheile Bicazului (Bicaz Gorges) in Surduc Munticelu Mountain, on the left side of Bicaz Creek. Munticelu Cave is considered to be one of the …

Neamt County has several waterfalls that are worth visiting. Among these wonders of nature here are three that are well known:
Bolovanis Waterfall is located in Tarcau commune, on Bolovanis Valley in Tarcau Mountains. In this place there are several creeks that go through the rough terrain. Right at the beginning of this valley tourists can see Bolovanis waterfall, one of the most spectacular waterfalls in Tarcau Mountains.
Duras Waterfall is located 4,5 km from Negulesti resort on the upper course of Iapa creek. The road that goes to the waterfall starts …

In Neamt County there are 5 beautiful lakes. The main attraction of these lakes is represented by the raw natural beauty of these places. Every year tourists that visit Neamt County spend few of their time on the shore of one of these lakes and admire the natural beauty and the fauna of these waters.
Lake Izvorul Muntelui is also known as Lake Bicaz and it’s located few km from Bicaz town on the upper course of River Bistrita. This is the biggest lake of its kind from Romania. Near the …

The church from Tazlau Monastery was built by ruler Stefan cel Mare and was painted in 1496. Judging on the inscriptions found inside the church we find that the painting was remade between 1858 and 1859. During this time the interior of the church was also restored and the painting should’ve been executed in oil.
In the end only the icons of St. Mary Mother of Jesus, St Varvara and St Parascheva were painted in oil and the rest were executed in tempera. Above the doors that mark the entrance in …

Cerebuc Hermitage is administrated by the Monastery from Ceahlau Mountain. The patron of the monastery is St Ilie. The hermitage was built on the place of an old religious settlement that dates from 1614. The place is located at about 20 km from Bicaz, in Izvorul Alb village. Here there are 5 monks that administrate the hermitage.
This religious settlement was extremely important for the religious life in these parts especially between XVIII and XIX centuries. For a long time here existed the bell from Ceahlau Mountain and even though for …