In Buzau County, there is a unique tourist attraction: the Mud Volcanoes.
The uod volcanoes were created through a process of accumulation of natural gas at a depth of over 3000 m.The has has to go through a clay soil and through the groundwater. In its movement, it pushes both to the surface, creating a cold mud that surfaces under the form of cones that look like dry volcanoes.
Turda Salt mine originates from a thick layer of salt of about 400 metres which has formed around Transylvania over 13.5 million years ago. The salt mines in Transylvania have been exploited ever since the times of the dacians, as well as in modern times in town named “ocna”: Ocna Dejului, Ocna Sibiului, Ocna Muresului, but aslo Cojocna and Praid.
Have you realized?
It is still winter!Which means it is still time to visit the mountains and enjoy a few days of amazing fun in the snow.
Many castles and palaces have been built and wrecked to the ground along the long course of our country`s history. Some of them are still standing – thus the incentive to write this column about top castles to visit in Romania; this way, you may write them on your list of places to go on your next holiday.
Our country offers a wide variety of tourist destinations, we have already talked about so many cities and resorts, but today we are going to focus on a more special attraction, none the less attractive though: the bats cave in Moeciu.
Today, we continue our journey through autochthonous tourist attractions, and we`re going to talk about Lapusna Castle.
Situated in a splendid mountain area, 815 m height, in the Commune Ibanesti, Lapusna Village, Lapusna Castle is located 70 km away from Targu Mures and 45 km away from Reghin, in the Gughiu Mountains, down the omonimous valley.
Our country shelters a great deal of virtually unknown tourist attractions, among which we can count the Dragons Garden in Salaj county.
The Dragons Garden is a natural reservation located 10 km away from the city Jibou, where a spectacular natural phenomenon around the Mountain Meses.
The Garden is constituted of an irregular ensemble of bizarrely shaped rocks – towers, pins, mushrooms, etc. – arranged at the bottom of the Dumbrava hill. Some of them have hights reaching to 10-12 metres and were formed through multiple natural processes, as well as the morphological composition of the hill.
It appears that 2014 is going to be the last year the program “Rabla” (The Jalopy), program supporting the renewal of the car fleet, will be organized. The Automobile Producers and Importers Association – APIA – says starting with 2015, the Ministry of Finance should rethink the annual contribution to calculate it according to the norm of pollution and emissions.
According to the chairman of APIA – Ernest Popovici – his organization will support the development of the Rabla program for 2014, but wishes this to be the last year it is held. He added he would like the program to start in the middle of February to take effect, not in June, as it did last year. He ended his official declaration stating that APIA does not expect great changes in the first cassation or in the volume of tickets.
The Rabla program was launched in 2005, and ever since that year, 460.000 jalopys have been destroyed and 216.000 new cars have been sold.
Sighisoara Citadel has been one of the most mysterious medieval citadels in Transylvania; today, it represents a genuine historical monument, preserving the emotion of connecting with the distant past. The visitors of the citadel discover a world of unparalleled charm – as they have for centuries already.
Despite its name, what is representative of the Blue Lake is not necessarily its colour, but by the fact that it switches shade with the light and the people swimming here.
The Blue Lake is found 3 km away from Baia Sprie and was formed through the falling of a mine gallery which was, in time, flooded with rainwater. The total surface of the lake is half a hectare and has an almost circular contour, the lake being situated on the slope of a hill, in the south-western area.
