Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Maramureş Highlights
Chugging through the beautiful Vaser Valley in Europe's last forest steam
train, from Vişeu de Sus (
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Knocking on the wooden church doors of Budeşti, (
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Surdeşti (
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and Ieud (
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Wandering through the colourful, humorous forest of painted wooden
crosses in Săpânţa's Merry Cemetery (
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Travelling back in time with a rustic homestay in the Izei (
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and
Mara Valleys (
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Witnessing the fiery visions of hell at Poienile Izei church (
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Skiing crowd-free slopes at Complex Turistic Borşa (
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History
Maramureş (of which Baia Mare is the capital) was first documented in 1199. Prior to
this, Dacian tribes are thought to have settled here around 1000 BC; today's inhabitants
believe they are descended from these tribes. When the Roman emperor Trajan conquered
the rest of Romania in AD 106, his forces never made it over the range of mountains pro-
tecting the Maramureş villages.
