If you are looking for an off-the-beaten-track experience of Romania, the region of Northwest Romania may be for you. From national parks to lakes to rolling hills, the untouched scenery that makes up much of this region is bound to impress. You may discover a peculiar collection of painted wooden headstones that tell the stories…
The Merry Cemetery in Sapanta, which is part of the UNESCO heritage, is one of Romanians’ most popular holiday destinations but also of foreigners, who are impressed with the metaphors written by folk craftsmen on the crosses in the cemetery situated in the very centre of the village. The fun making, the joking tone but…
Home of magnificent wooden churches, legendary treasures, breath taking landscapes and ancient traditions, this is Maramures, a great geographical and ethno-cultural region in Northwest Romania (bordering Ukraine in the north, Satu Mare county in the west). The culture, traditions and rural life remain intact in the realm of Maramures. Time-Travel back in time Maramureș is…
Very close to Sapanta village there is the Săpânţa Peri monastery, the tallest wooden structure in Romania, 78 meters tall. Destroyed in 1703, Sapanta-Peri Monastery was rebuilt at the end of the 20th century, beginning of the 21th, in the Dendrologic Livada Park, not far from the original location. Here was built the tallest wooden…
This is Peter Hurley. He’s widely known as The Irishman of Maramureș. If you don’t know what a Maramureș is, it’s the Romanian region where Săpânța is located. It’s also the place where Peter’s been living since 2009. Why, you ask? Well, basically he’s moved to Romania in 1994, where he set the foundation for…