Eco-friendly Romania

People who live in small farming villages throughout the country have been overwhelmed by the experts of well-accessorized that came to their town and told them how they will manage their operations under the aegis of the EU or by businessmen told how they 'Re to provide their forces or land, as is commonplace known.

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They were informed that they can access information on the Internet while many of these farmers do not even have indoor plumbing.Perhaps the EU will play a role in the modernization not only the agricultural life, but also providing updates of green solutions.

Green or environmentally friendly, alternatives to the old fires of industry is not something often heard at least discuss a mining site such as Rosia Montana, where threats to the open pit are highlighted by the Romanian Academy, or the project in Baia Mare where Aurul River Lapus made toxic waste into the Somes, Tisza and Danube..

Some sites about Romania.
Personally I’m going to spend vacation in Romania. So these days I keep trying to get some information about this country and oppotunities that it offers.

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Here you can find not only accommodation guide, hotel and tour deals, but authentic experience, news and views: http://www.tripadvisor.com/, http://www.realadventures.com/

The Romanian restaurants and gastronomy.

Although international cuisine is available in better quality restaurants, make sure that you savour the local Romanian dishes. Romanian cooking is rich, tasty and substantial, as befits a country were all food is still naturally grown, where fruits and vegetables follow their normal season, and when the winter is cold.

Pork is a special favorite, but you will find good beef, veal, and chicken too. They are delicious simply grilled. Typical Romanian specialties include a range of soup " ciorba ", a sour soup made from fermented bran , bacon, potatoes and beef or chicken. Hearty stews such as " Tachitura Moldoveneasca " are accompanied like many Romanian meat, and " Mititei " is small grill sausages perfumed with aromatic herbs. Among Fish dishes sample carp on the spit, a local specialty in the Danube Delta.

A range of excellent white and red Romanian wines of the famous vineyards of Murfatlar, Cotnari, Jidvei, Dealu Mare, Odobesti, Valea Calugareasca, accompany local and international dishes to perfection, while " Tuica " the local plum brandy is often drunk as a digestive. But beware, it carries a sting in its tail! The local Romanian beers are excellent.

Active tourism - flight by parachute.

More than 40 places of this kind are to be found in Romania. Among the most famous are Prahova Valley, especially the superior side of the valley (around 150 in the north of Bucharest), Bucegi Mountains, Hasmas Mountains with Bicaz Gorge, Apuseni Mountains, and Vatra Dornei, and the areas near the sea – the north of the coast. To fly by parachute in Romania you need a valid legal pilot licence. If the own equipment is used, it has to have an ID certificate and a paper issued by the Romania’s Airclub. In Vatra Dornei area the flights are safely done in parachutes with two places (byplace), the tourists being accompanied by highly experienced pilot-instructors. The transport to the mountainous peaks is done with a special 6X6vehicle, whose renting tariff is included in the price. The participants – six people. The taking off areas from the mountains surroundin Dorna Basin are perfect and safe, the mountains having round ridges, grass and the speed of the wind in the legal limits. On Dorna Basin, many excellent thermic currents are to be found, allowing those who fly to do it for hours, and also dynamic currents, turning the flight into a real pleasure. 7-day training courses can also be attended in Vatra Dornei. Professional equiments are provided The beginning of such a course requires a group of minimum six people. The courses begin with theory, video classes, and the real flight on the spot with different sizes parachutes. In the end, the long flights are performed. The transport on the spot is provided by a 6x6 vehicle. The month or the programme are settled in accordance with the number of the participants. The costs are around Euro 50. More info at : Sport Hotel *, RO-725700 Vatra Dornei,33 REPUBLICII STREET Tel / Fax: 0230/371.567, Mobile: 0723.82.93.01, ADVENTURE TOURISM CENTRS ROMANIAN RAFTING VATRA DORNEI

Active tourism in Romania - on balloon.

For an eventual trip If you wish to fly with the balloon over the capital or the Carpathians, it’s very easy. You have only to contact those who offer this programme and to ask.

in the country you should keep in mind that the transport by balloon is done in special conditions and the costs are higher.

More info at: malex@customers.digiro.net

Active tourism in Romania - caves.

Among those 237,500 km2 of Romania, the rocks favourable to the development of the caves (limestone, marble, dolomites, sandstone, conglomerats, salt) cover 6,320 km2 (2.6% of the territory).

The Romanian caves were mentioned for the first time in the 17th century in the speleologic and geographical worls literature. The first topographic plans in the world were made in 1692 in Veterani Cave (Almaj Mountains). Zmeilor Cave from Onceasa (Bihor Mountains) was mentioned in the 19th century. The skeletons of hundreds of Ursus spelaeus were discoverd in this cave.

In 1897, the first monography in Romanian language was made for Ialomita Cave (Bucegi Mountains). In 1903, the first guide-book of a karstic area was published (Bihor Mountains). In the 19th – 20s century, the first caves were prepaired for tourism: Ialomita Cave (Bucegi Mountains), Meziad Cave (Padurea Craiului Mountains), Scarisoara Glacier (Bihor Mountains), Vadul Crisului Cave (Padurea Craiului Mountains).

On April 26, 1920, the former Antarctica explorer, Emil Racovita, founded in Cluj-Napoca the first speleology institute in the world. Thus, the new science received a special statud, while Cluj-Napoca became an international centre for the biospeleological researches.

The first exploration of some wells in Romania started in 1886 being reached the height 84 in Pestera Mare from Soroniste (Mehedinti Mountains). Known on almost 1,100m since 1863, Meziad Cave (Padurea Craiului Mountains) exceeded, in 1932, 4 km in lenght..

In 1965, a team from the Speleology Institute discovered ancient human in Ciur-Izbuc Cave (Padurea Craiului Mountains). Among those 14 caves in the world, more than 400 human traces were discoverd here.

The activity of the amateur speleologists started in 1965. They will discover spectacular extensions in the caves previously known and will put a monopol on the discovery activity. In Romania were known : 73 caves in 1884; 200 in 1915; 500 in 1945; 984 in 1965. As a consequence of their activity, 1,973 caves were known in 1976, while in 1978 almost 3,400 caves. Today, more than 12,500 caves are known.

13 caves longer than 2 km were known in 1965 (1 was longer than10 km) and 6 deeper than 100 m. Today, their number reached 76 (10 longer than 10 km) and 86 deeper than 100 m.

The longest cave in Romania is Vantului Cave (Padurea Craiului Mountains): 50 km. The largest difference of level is noticed in the hollows under Coltii Grindului (Piatra Craiului Mountains), 540 m, while the largest positive difference of level is in Sura Mare Cave (Sureanu Mountains), 405 m.

The largest vertical cave is located in Clocoticiul din Carca Paretilor (Valcan Mountains) and measures 121 m. The exploration was done by Emil Racovita Club from Bucharest.

The largest underground waterfall is located in Gavanului Cave from Gura Cerului (Somes Plateau), 52 m. The same club controlls the exploration..

In Romania, a few tens of caves in salt are to be found, the largest having 3,234 m in lenght, and –42 m difference of legel. It is crossed by two salty brooks and reveals a wide range of structures in various colours. It is located at Manzalesti, in Buzau Mountains, and preserved for many years the world record of the lenght.

In 1978, a team from Emil Racovita Club discovered the first Paleolitic paintings in the centre and the south-east of Europe in the cave from Cuciulat quarry (Somes Plateau): a horse, a cat, a human silhoutte. The researchers from the Archeology Institute dated them 12,000 years ago.

In Adam’s Cave (Cerna Mountains), a thermal cavity termala with hot water and air until 45°C, stalactites 4-8 cm in lenght, 1 cm in thickness can be noticed.

10 caves with underground glaciers were discovered in Romania: in Bihor and in Fagaras Mountains. Scarisoara Glacier (Bihor Mountains) has a volume of 50,000 m3.

Emil Racovita Club discovered tens of caves at more than 2,000 m altitude. The highest is located in Fagaras Mountains, at 2,517 m.

In 1989, on the occassion of the International Congress of Speleology in Budapest, the Committee for the Large Caved of the International Union of Speleology released a synthesis of the information on the caves in the world. The largest diversity of caves in such rocks was recorded in Romania. Many Romanian caves are in the world top of the caves.

Some of the caves are electrified: Ursilor Cave from Chiscau (Bihor Mountains), Muierii Cave (Parang Mountains), Ialomita Cave (Bucegi Mountains), Vadul Crisului Cave (Padurea Craiului Mountains). Only a few arrangement were made in other caves and you can get a guide.

More info at: Emil Racovita Club Bucharest, Ica Giurgiu, Andrei Samoil; http://www.muntiicarpati.alpinet.org/; muntiicarpati@pcnet.ro; tel: 311.28.22, 683.51.03.

Active tourism in Romania - rafting and canyoning.

Rafting on the fast mountain river courses can be organized in many regions in the country: Mures Valley and Olt Valley (the centre of the country), Crisurile (the west of Romania), Dambovita (to the south), Nera (to the west) or Bistrita (to the east).

The routes have different difficulty degrees and lenghts. Some of them can be covered in a single day (Dambovita Valley) or in a few days (Olt or Mures). One among the most interesting routes is to be found in Bucovina, on Bistrita Valley. Bistrita river is considered one of the fastest rivers in the country, offering good conditions for rafting. The water flow is abubdent, allowing the practice of this sport from April to October.

The routes have different difficulty degrees from 2 to 5, and lenghts between 12.5 and 14 km. For this kind of trips a minimum of 8 people and a maximum of 12 is required. The professional protection equipment is offered by the organisers. The boat is a professional rafting boat, as well as the paddles.

More info at: Cornel Todasca, Sport Hotel *, RO-725700 Vatra Dornei, 33 REPUBLICII STREET, Tel / Fax: 0230/371.567, Mobile: 0723.82.93.01, ADVENTURE TOURISM CENTRS ROMANIAN RAFTING VATRA DORNEI The rafting and canyoning are made in Oltenia also, in Valcan Mountains, and in Parang Mountains. Programmes are various including:

canyoning – waterfalls canyoning – canyons rafting with pneumatic boats night rafting with pneumatic boats

Rafting in 5-people boats + an instructor, around 25 km, a normal tour or 40 a long one. The duration - 1 – 3 hours, in accordance with the water level and the distance. For more details and pictures see http://www.turismaventura.ro/. More info:Sabin Cornoiu , programme co-ordinator, Mobile 0722.211.042, Tel. 0253/222.555, Tel/fax. 0253/221.555, http://www.turismaventura.ro/

Romanian Spa

More than a third of the European mineral water can be found in Romania. Some of them are simple, others are hot, while many are radioactive. Since the ancient times, some lakes, collected in the craters of the old salt mines or as the result of erosion or breakdown of some stones, have been famous for theit therapeutic effects. At their turn, they all are a source of treatment.

Thus, due to the Herculane Spa (Baile Herculane) which celebrated soon 1,850 years from the first documentary certification, Romania can be considered a founder of the spa tourism. Those almost 160 spa resorts – some with an European fame, others local – reveals many ways to treat bothering and difficult deseases.

Due to their couring agents, these health factories can treat almost all the human maladies. On the other side, Romania got the fame of an youth without old age country, in the second half of the last century, due to the therapy and medicines conceived by the scientist Dr. Ana Aslan. Many international VIPs from Charles deGaule and J.F. Kennedy to Frank Sinatra or Claudia Cardinale benefited by the Romanian school of geronthology.

More info on spa: http://www.spas.ro/; http://www.balneoturism.ro/; office@balneoturism.ro.
Bucharest. Ana Aslan National Institute of Geronthology and Geriatrics
It is famous for the geriatric and geronthologic treatments performed at the baginning by Doctor Ana Aslan. Today, the specialists from the institute treat a larger number of afflictions such as : cardiology, neurology, diabetes, nutrition, endocrinology etc. More informationa at 0040-21-223.71.87, aslan@cmb.ro.