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Durau
Durau ski resort, located in north-eastern Romania, at 35 km away from Potoci is at the feet of Ceahlau Mountain; also known for the possibility of mountain climbing. In town there are four 2- and 3-star hotels, an ancient monastery (Durau Monastery) and a conference center belonging to Romanian Orthodox Church. The climate is mild sub-alpine, stimulating, with fresh air rich in ozone. In winter, snow is abundant, in December–April the layer of snow is 50 cm thick. There are many facilities for winter sports. In the spa it was opened an Ayurvedic health center.
Cheile Bicazului (gorge)
Bicaz Gorge, gorge in the Eastern Carpathians, on the river Bicaz, making the connection between Transylvania and Moldavia , is 8 km long (from Lacu Rosu resort to Bicazul Ardelean village).
The gorge attracts many tourist every year.
It is crossed by a winding road.
At only 3 km from the Lacu Rosu resort, offers beautiful views.
The limestone walls of the gorges are like a medieval fortress walls.
One can admire the "Altar Stone" - rocky mountain 1120 high, impressive by its verticality, important for the alpine climbing; "Piatra Pintestilor" (847 m) and "Piatra Arsitei" (835 m) peaks.
Lacul Rosu
Lacu Roşu (Romanian for Red Lake, in Hungarian Gyilkos-tó, Killer Lake) is a natural-dam lake situated in the Eastern Carpathians chain in Harghita County, Romania . The lake was formed in the 19th century after a landslide obliterated its waterflow. Even today, in the lake can be seen tree trunks, remnants of the flooded forest.
Lacu Roşu is a popular touristic place attracting not only Romanians but also many Hungarian tourists. The lake belongs to the Harghita county around the town of Gheorgheni (Hungarian Gyergyószentmiklós).
Nearby you can find one of the most spectacular places in Romania , Cheile Bicazului (Bicaz Gorge- featured above). Red Lake (Lacu Roşu) is the only lake in the world formed as it is.
Lacu rosu, all-season health and holiday resort of national importance - a component of the town of Gheorgheni (Harhita county), situated in N central Romania, in a depression surrounded by the Suhard, Tarcau, Hasmas and Giurgeu Mountains (Eastern Carpathians), on the shore of the natural storage lake called Lacu Rosu, elevation 980 m, 73 km N of the municipality of Miercurea-Ciuc (seat of Harhita county. Due to its position the resort of Lacu Rosu is sheltered against strong winds, having a tonic-stimulant montane climate with cool summers (July average temperature 15°c) and cold winters (january average 7°C below). Annual average temperature about 5.5°C, average precipitation 1,000 mm annually.
The tonic-stimulant climate characterized by relatively low atmospheric pressure, celan air free of dust and allergens and strongly ozoniferous account for the resort being recommended in the treatment of asthenic neurosis, wakly conditions, physical and intellectual overexertion, growth disorders in children, rachitis, etc.
In winter the resort draws ski amateurs, having medium-difficult ski runs (on the Suhardul Mare Massif there is one of the country's best ski runs - 2,400 m and an elevation difference of 600 m); in summer visitors can use the sports sites, open-air pool, as well as opportunities for boating and fishing in the natural storage lake, and even of mountaineering (in the Bicaz Gorge, 3 km from the resort).
One can make many trips in the mountains around, such as to the Suhard chalet, the Ucigasul Mountain, the Bicaz Gorge (8 km long complex natural preserve, exquisite landscape), the Izvorul Muntelui storage lake on the river Bicaz, etc. Alpine climbers can try the many lines from here, from simple to the most difficult, on Suhard, Bardos Stone, Surduc Stone etc.
The main draw of the resort is the natural storage lake (Lacu Rosu), the only one of this kind in the country, which formed in 1837 when the Ghilcos peak of the Suhard Mountains slided and barred the river Bicaz upstream. The lake is 10.5 m deep and 12.6 hectares in area. The name of Lacu Rosu (red Lake) comes from the reddish alluvia deposited in the lake by its main tributary - Piriul Rosu (Red Creek).
Ceahlau Massif
Ceahlau Massif rises here, which in folklore was the house of the Dacian God Zamolxis, a legend that stirs even today the imagination of locals who believe their ancestors' souls to be on the peaks hidden among the clouds. The road to Toaca peak, the mountain's highest, starts from the Durau resort and takes the traveller alongside chalets as Izvorul Muntelui, Fantanele and Dochia.
The Ceahlău Massif (can be seen in the background of the top picture) is one of the most renowned mountain ranges of Romania . It is located in the Eastern Carpathians chain, in Neamţ County, in the Moldavia region. The two most important peaks are Toaca (1907 m altitude) and Ocolaşul Mare (1904 m altitude). It is bounded to the east by the river Bistriţa and Lake Bicaz, to the south by the Bicaz River.
From the south, the main access point is the town of Bicaz. To the north, Mountain Ceahlău is also accessible from Durău.
There are many legends about the Ceahlău Massif; as a consequence it is often called "The Romanian Olympus."
The Ceahlau National Park shelters a large variety of flora and fauna; some of the species are endemic or rarely seen elsewhere in Romania . The Ceahlau forms a clearly outlined geographical unit, and although of moderate height,when the sky is clear it can be seen from great distance. Its form, of huge castle eroded by winds, rains and waters, attracts with an irresistible force. It is made up of pyramids and towers (Detunatele, Turnul Sihastrului), gorges and waterfalls (Duruitoarea, Stanile, Bistra Mare). Each rock on the top, interestingly shaped by nature, has its own dramatic legend. Several climber routes were opened towards these “extraordinary accidents of geology". There are also many accessible paths.
Lake Bicaz
The Lake Bicaz, also known as Lake Izvorul Muntelui is the biggest artificial lake on the interior waters of Romania ; it was created after the completion of a dam built on the Bistriţa River. The dam is located a few kilometers north of the town of Bicaz.
The dam was built between 1950 and 1960 and is used to generate hydroelectricity at the Bicaz-Stejaru hydro-plant. It has a height of 127 meters, a length of 435 meters, and a maximum width of 119 meters. The lake has a length of 40 kilometers, an area of 33 km² and a maximum volume of 1,250 million m³.
The lake is a popular tourist destination in the region, especially in summertime, when visitors can take the ferryboat from the Bicaz port for a short trip on the lake, enjoying the magnificent view of Mount Ceahlău on the west shore.
In the 1960s and 1970s there was regular ferry service between the Bicaz port and the villages on the lake shore.
At Potoci, a few kilometers north of the town of Bicaz, there is a biological research facility, equipped by a small submersible used for underwater explorations. The facility was visited by the marine biologist Jacques-Yves Cousteau in 1984.
The Neamt county with a population of 583,686 inhabitants is situated in the North-East of the central part of Romania . Administratively this county has two municipalities ( Piatra Neamt, the capital city, and Roman), two towns (Targu Neamt and Bicaz), 70 communes and 347 villages. With altitudes going down from West to East, the relief consists in mountains, Sub-Carpathian hills, plateau, the Valleys of the Siret and Moldavia Rivers. The mountains cover 51 per cent of the surface of this county. The Ceahlau Massif is the most impressive one in whole Moldavia . The relief and climate determine a variety of flora and fauna. The Ceahlau national park with a surface of 5,200 ha, the Gosman forest reservation with beech and coniferous trees which are 120-250 years old, as well as the two reservations situated between Agapia and Varatec which are named "Copper Forests" and "Silver Forest" by Romanian national poet Mihai Eminescu, being fairy-like places for visitors. At 1,800 m above sea level there is larch tree - the only coniferous tree with falling leaves in Romania . Valuable historic and art monuments, over 40 in number, are: Neamt Fortress; Agapia Monastery with its paintings of Nicolae Grigorescu; Durau Monastery - painted by Nicolae Tonitza; Neamt, Secu, Varatec Monasteries, and episcopal Church built by ruler Petru Rares. At the Secu, Neamt, and Agapia Monasteries there were real copying schools of the Romanian liturgical manuscripts. The Agapia Monastery is known thanks to its carpet and embroidery workshops. At only 10 km far from Piatra Neamt, there is the Bistrita Monastery, built by ruler Alexandru cel Bun, a cultural and historic place where he is buried. At Pangarati there is a remarkable monument built in 1560 by ruler Alexandru Lapusneanu and which is a two storied church. Also there are "Ion Creanga" memorial house in Humulesti, "Mihail Sadoveanu" memorial house in Vanatori, "Alexandru Vlahuta" one in Agapia, "Calistrat Hogas" and "Veronica Micle" ones in Targu Neamt. The travelers in this county have accommodation facilities in 38 places of which 13 are hotels. His tourist landscape is completed by the Durau Spa and the famous "Hanul Anculei" (Anculas Inn).
Among the most representative historical monuments from Romania we find the fortress of Neamtz, an objectiv situated in the city of Tg. Neamtz in the subcarpathian zone of Moldavia. Situated to the crossing of the way which connects Suceava, through Baia, to Piatra and other cities of Moldavia , with the way coming over the Tulghes pas from Transylvania, the fortress on the Culmea Plesului is documentary attested for the first time on 2 february 1395
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