Maramures Day Tour (trip start in Bucovina, end in Sighetu M.)

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Itinerary

1. Starting from Bucovina area we'll drive toward Maramures region, crossing the Carpathian mountains trough Mestecăniș Pass- 1100m and you'll admire the place where the purity of nature blends with the beauty of the old villages.

   10 min

2. In Ciocanesti village from Bucovina you'll enjoy of smooth walking and be able to admire the locals’ houses with decorated facades with geometrical and floral motives copied from traditional costumes.

   30 min

3. Prislop Pass 1416m, the highest point of the journey, we'll stop to admire the peaks of the Carpathian mountains.

   20 min

4. The first visit in Maramures is the Museum of the Peasant Women in Dragomiresti village. It is a traditional wooden house which belonged to a woman never married.

   30 min

5. Ieud wooden church, UNESCO heritage. The interior paintings of the church form one of the best-preserved entities of post-Byzantine mural painting in Maramureș. The paintings were made on pieces of textile that were treated with a preparatory layer of lime wash and were then stuck to the wooden logs.

   45 min

6. The Rozavlea Church, UNESCO heritage, gives the impression of monumentality with its tall tower and its sharply pitched roof with double eaves. The polygonal chancel apse is covered with its own slightly lower roof.

   45 min

7. Barsana Monastery is a large monastic complex comprising of several wooden buildings, all constructed in the local style, including the wooden church and big Tower Gate.

   45 min

8. Then driving through Iza Valley admiring the villages with wooden gates, the wooden houses, with the local architecture, we'll visit a place with ancient machines powered by river: corn mill, whirlpool machine for laundry of clothes and carpets, the traditional distillery of brandy "Palinca" from plums and apples.

   20 min

9. We reach at Sapanta and visit the famous Merry Cemetery, truly one of the most unique sites in Europe. It is famous for its colorful tombstones with native paintings describing in an original and poetic manner, the persons that are buried there as well as scenes from their lives. The Merry Cemetery became an open-air museum and a national tourist attraction.

   45 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Romania, outside the cities

• Its from-price is 12% below the median of the 129 experiences we list in Romania, outside the cities.
• It is longer than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 13 of 129.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.