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Hiking in Romania: Stanca Trei Caldari (The Rock Formation “3 Buckets”) in Piatra Neamt

This hiking route is located on the Cozla Mountain, where there is also the arriving station for the Cable Railway. The route is accessible all year long and to all age groups. Here on the mountain Cozla there is also the starting point of the ski slope.
The Stanca Trei Caldari hiking route is easy to make but still quite impressive because of the beauty of the forest and few viewing points of Ceahlau Mountain and Piatra Neamt. The route features more than one starting point: you can go on foot …

Entertainment, Hiking Routes, Touristic Routes in Ceahlău Massif »

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Route in Ceahlau: Izvorul Muntelui – Dochia Chalet (Lutu Rosu)

Cottage Izvorul Muntelui  – Curmatura Lutu Rosu – Dochia Chalet – Jgheabul cu Hotar – Dochia Rock – Izvorul Muntelui Chalet

From the Cottage Izvorul Muntelui you can reach the Dochia Chalet (on top of the Mountain Ceahlau) and comeback to the base of the mountain in the same day. Following two touristic routes, this way you’ll experience more of the beauties of Ceahlau Mountain. Both routes are marked on the map and are safe to walk on. Along the routes you’ll also encounter small panels that will tell you few …

Attractions, Museums »

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The Collection of Ethnography and Folk art from Bicazu Ardelean

Address: village Telec, commune Bicazu Ardelean, Neamt County
Tel: The Town Hall from Bicazu Ardelean  – +(40) 233 255 301
Organized: by professor Barna Augustin Marcian
Category: Ethnography
This museum is located in the school building from the village Telec. The collection was put together by professor Barna Augustin Marcian and his wife Elena Barna. The objects represent an image of the customs and traditions from the Bicaz valley.
Among the objects exposed in the museum we can see textile designated for interior decoration, folk costumes and different objects used by locals to perform different …

Attractions, Hermitages »

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Horaicioara Hermitage – Neamt County

Horaicioara hermitage is located in the crack of a cliff at an altitude of 900 m at 1 km away from Horaita Monastery. Here you can arrive either by walking on foot from the Monastery Horaita or by car. From DN 15C (Piatra Neamt – Targu Neamt) in Dobreni commune  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, Neamt County
Tel: +(40) …

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The Museum from the commune Vanatori – Neamt County

Address: commune Vanatori, Neamt County
Tel: +(40) 233 251 001 The Town Hall of Vanatori
Category: Ethnography
Visiting hours: daily
The Museum from the commune Vanatori – Neamt County was organized in the building where there was the old school from the village. The collection of objects was put together by Professor C. Bordeianu: ethnography materials, folk art, prints and archeological objects.
The objects presented in the museum represent a glimpse of the past, evidence of our cultural and historical heritage. The folk costumes, the traditional masks, objects made manually, archeological pieces, all of these …

Attractions, Monasteries »

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St Vasile Monastery from Bodesti – Neamt County

Location: Monastery Bodesti is located at 24 km from the town Piatra Neamt on DN 15C (the road that goes from Piatra Neamt to Targu Neamt) right at the entrance in the commune Bodesti.
Address: commune Bodesti, Neamt County
The Patron of the monastery: “St Vasile the Great” celebrated on 1st of January
Construction year: the building of the religious settlement started in 1996 and was finished in 2007.
Because of its location, right near the road that goes to Targu Neamt (the place with the most famous monasteries from Neamt County) the monastery …

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Giurgeni Monastery – Neamt County

Location:  Monastery Giurgeni is located at 28 km south-east from the town Roman is the village Vale Ursului
Address: village Giurgeni, commune Valea Ursului, Neamt County
The Patron of the monastery: “The Birth of St Mary, the Mother of Jesus” celebrated on 8 September
Year of construction: built in 1783 by the monk Ghedeon on top of an old religious settlement, rebuilt in the XIX century
The religious settlement from Giurgeni was first mentioned in the beginning of the XVIII century as a hermitage built in 1721 by few Greek monks. In the XIX …