Discover the Maramureș region on a 3-day tour from Cluj-Napoca. Learn about the region's unique culture and traditions, and see its best attractions. Meet the locals at their homes, at the food market, or out on the fields, and walk through the best hay meadows of Europe.
Start in Cluj-Napoca, from Parcare Cipariu at 9,30 AM, and travel to Sighetu Marmației. Visit the Memorial of the Victims of Communism and the food market. Optionally, see the Elie Wiesel Memorial House and/or the Village Museum. Then, visit the Merry Cemetery of Săpânța, meet a painted cross maker (or a weaver), and see the Peri Monastery, the tallest wooden church in the world. Overnight in Breb.
On day 2, visit the Bârsana Monastery and a wood carving workshop. On Iza Valley, meet a very skilled plant-dyed rug weaver (an UNESCO intangible heritage), see a salt water spring, visit a pottery workshop, and a traditional old wooden house with a dowry room, still inhabited today. Overnight in Breb.
On day 3, visit the Cosău Valley and meet a self-sufficient farmer family. See a medieval wooden church, virtually unknown. Then, watch the unique water mills, whirlpool, and alcohol distillery, still operating for community needs, and run by the same family for hundreds of years. At the end, see an optical illusion near Budești, and go to Breb, the best-known Maramureș village, where you can meet several local inhabitants. Finish the trip in Cluj-Napoca.
