Have you ever been to Romania? Most of you will say: „No!” or „Where is this country?”. Do you know that famous people from all over the world fell in love with my country after visiting it just once? The landscapes, the food, the hospitality of Romanian people… all of these are the ingredients of a wonderful holiday, a worthful souvenir that you will keep for a lifetime. Romania is a beautiful country that is worth being visited by tourists from all over the world. There are many beautiful places here, places that I visited myself last year. These beauties aren’t given the credit they so deserve, so I will become the promotor of my country, the developer of the western area of Romania. I will plead for the beauties of the mountains that stole my heart last summer: the Codru-Moma Mountains.
The
Codru-Moma Mountains are the western subdivision of the Apuseni Mountains (in the
Western Romanian Carpathians). They cover about 1200 km2 and they
are separated from the Bihor Mountains and the Padurea Craiului Mountains by
the Beius Depression.
The Ravines of Mierag
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The
Ravines of Mierag are located in Romania, Bihor county, 15 km (9.5 miles) from
Beiuș City, at the foot of the Codru-Moma Mountains, following Cornet Hill (or
as the locals call it, Gorniţa Hill). They can be found at an altitude between
275 m (~902 feet) and 400 m (~1312 feet), two valleys which unite just upstream of
Mierag Village: Râpa Corzii Valley and Râpa Rea Valley. Both of these valleys
are dry. Their walls, vertical in some places, steep, barren of any vegetation,
ending in erosions, are inaccessible. These erosions look like pyramids that
make the observation of the lithological structure (alternating sand, gravel
and silt) a true reason to appreciate the nature as it is.
In
autumn, the forest around these ravines is full of different kinds of
mushrooms, ranging from the edible boletus to the toxic amanita.
Boletus Aereus Amanita Muscaria
Tinoasa Depression
Tinoasa
Depression is located in the Codru-Moma Mountains, where Moneasa (stream)
springs. It is a depression of about 0.5 square km (~0.19 square miles),
situated at about 600 m (~1968 feet) altitude. In the depression, there is a
small stream that springs from Tinoasa Peak that flows inwards until it reaches
the middle, where it disappears underground. The water reaches Moneasa Valley
through underground paths.
Bratcoaia Depression
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Bratcoaia
Depression is also situated in the Codru-Moma Mountains, at the altitude of 700
m (2296 feet). It is also called Bârzeşti and it is separated from Tinoasa
Depression by Tinoasa Peak. It is larger than Tinoasa Depression, being ~1 square km (~3280 feet). A small creek comes
from the main peak of the Codru-Moma Mountains and flows into a lake that is
located in the middle of the clearing. In summer, the lake is the only source
of water for the animals out grazing in the clearing.
Finiș Fortress
The
Finiș Fortress [also called the Belovar (by the locals, in romanian)/ the Bélavár
(in hungarian)] is situated at the border of Finiș Village, on the top of a
peak in the Codru-Moma Mountains; unfortunately, only the ruins remain. It
consists of a set of towers, one of them being highest and able to be seen from
the village. The walls are made of massive boulders surrounded by moats. Built before 1291, the fortress was in possession
of the episcopate of Oradea (the capital
of Bihor county, Romania).
As
you can see, there are beautiful places to visit in Romania. The images above only
present a part of them. All of these beauties are waiting to be visited by
other tourists as well! Come here and you will have one problem to deal with:
it will be hard to get to your place after having fallen in love with such
wonderful landscapes.
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