Casuta de pe Fiad

You can join walks and bike rides in the Rodna foothills straight from the site, but if you’d like more of a challenge with your exploring, Rodnei Mountains National Park (about an hour’s drive) reveals alpine meadows, glaciated valleys and jagged peaks. You can hike up to dramatic waterfalls at Cheilor (an hour and a half), and there are limestone caves to explore at Peștera Furcituri (an hour and 40 minutes). Maramureș Mountains Natural Park (an hour and 15 minutes) also offers up stunning scenery, as well as vintage steam train rides from Mocanita (an hour and 10 minutes) through forest, alongside lakes and into the Carpathian Mountains. For a taster of Transylvanian religious heritage, seek out the Byzantine-style Salva Monastery (50 minutes), and admire the golden iconostasis at Bichigiu (45 minutes). Go further afield to see the ornate Eastern Orthodox monastery at Rebra and its spellbinding mountain setting, or visit its modern counterpart with a traditional wooden church at Cormaia (both an hour and a half).