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Rural Romania National Rural Development Network ISSUE 24 Year II, April 2015 MIOARA VIȘAN STOIAN Those who haven’t been on holiday to the countryside, have lived in vain! THE HOSPITALITY OF THE SAXONS FROM CRIŢ AND HAFERLAND WEEK KLAUS EHRLICH Romania is one of my favorite countries in regards to rural tourism ROOTS OF A EUROPEAN COUNTRY Ministerul Agriculturii și Dezvoltării Rurale Rural Romania – no. 24 REGIONAL OFFICES Support Unit for the National Network of Rural Development TABLE OF CONTENTS BRĂILA EDITORIAL ..............................................................................................................................................................................3 No. 282 Independenței Blvd., 1st Floor, postal code 810124, [email protected] Tel.: 0339 732 009, Fax: 0339 732 016 INTERVIEW CRAIOVA Klaus Ehrlich – EuroGites General Secretary: „ Romania is one of my favorite countries in regards to rural tourism” ......4 No. 19 Libertății Str., postal code 200421, [email protected] Tel.: 0251 460 377, Fax: 0251 423 651 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ZALĂU Traditional festivals and their contribution to the development of local communities ....................................................... 8 No. 49 Kossuth Lajos Str., postal code 450010, [email protected] On the wine route, at the “La Butoaie” (At the Barrels’) guesthouse ................................................................................... .12 Tel.: 0360 404 056, Fax: 0360 404 158 The hospitality of the Saxons from Criţ and Haferland Week ..............................................................................................14 The Danube Gorge – nature, leisure and hospitality in the Canyon area............................................................................ 18 TÂRGU MUREȘ Spring calendar ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Mioara Vișan Stoian, president of ANTREC (the National Association of Rural Ecological and Cultural Tourism) Brașov: No. 60 Mihai Eminescu Str., postal code 540331, [email protected] „Those who haven’t been on holiday to the countryside, have lived in vain!” ..................................................................... 22 Tel.: 0365 430 349, Fax: 0365 430 351 Travel experiences promoted by Sibiu County Council ........................................................................................................ 26 IAȘI Ciric Recreation Area – Ciric Recreation Complex, postal code 700064, [email protected] Tel.: 0332 PEOPLE 881 281, Fax: 0332 881 282 Ionela Lungu – folk artisan in the Humulești of Ion Creangă ............................................................................................. 28 TIMIȘOARA EXPERIENCES No. 53 Take Ionescu Blvd., 2nd Floor, Office 26, postal code 300074, [email protected] My farm: „Regalina” layer hen farm, from Râșnov ............................................................................................................ 30 Tel.: 0356 460 982, Fax: 0356 460 983 My business: Invitation to „Bran House” Complex- Hospitality, refinement and pleasure for all the tourists .............. 32 My community: Apuseni Mountains– Agricultural tourism, ecological tourism, cultural and historical tourism ...... 36 TÂRGOVIȘTE No. 7A Vărzaru Armașu Str., postal code 130169, [email protected] Tel.: 0345 100 605, Fax: 0345 100 025 UP-to-date leader „Central Dobrogea” Local Action Group ............................................................................................................................... 40 BUCHAREST „Niraj valley” Leader Association LAG ................................................................................................................................. 42 No. 39-41 Nicolae Filipescu Str., 6th Floor, 2nd District, postal code 020961, [email protected] NEWS AND EVENTS Tel.: 0316 900 214, Fax: 0316 900 215 News... ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 NRDN meetings regarding rural tourism ............................................................................................................................. 46 The text of this publication is for information purposes only and is not legally binding. Additional information on MARD and NSU may be accessed on the Internet: www.rndr.ro NSU, Publications NRDN MEMBERS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES .................................................................................................................... 48 Department, April 2015 ISSN 2393 – 123X ISSN-L 2393 – 123X © NRDN, 2015 The reproduction of texts in this publication is authorized provided the source is acknowledged. Printed in Romania. Copyright for the photographs: Cristian-Alexandru Catană, Monica Anghelovici, EuroGites, ANTREC (the National Association for Rural, Ecological and Cultural Tourism in Romania), ‘Michael Schmidt ‘Foundation,’La Butoaie’ (‘At the Barrels’) Guesthouse, Sibiu County Council, Hosman Mihai Dragomir, Irina Cristian, Marius Miclea, Daniel Secărescu, Călărași County Association of Agrotourism, Rural and Ecological Tourism. 1 Rural Romania – no. 24 Editorial Rural tourism – the key to developing Romanian tourism Rural tourism is gaining more and more ground in the preferences of Romanian tourists, but also among the foreign ones. If in the early 90’s rural tourism was preferred mostly around the Holidays, nowadays more and more tourists are interested in Network has organized a series of of history and a tourist attraction. the experiences offered by this type meetings on the topic of rural tour- Within this issue, we provide you of tourism, in any time of the year. ism and national patrimony, whose with more details about Criț Village Rural tourism offers a wide variety of conclusions you may read in this is- in the parish of Bunești, where in the services, from the typical hospitality sue. area known as „Țara Ovăzului” (Oat of guesthouses, to the relaxation and Country), the “Haferland Week” is leisure services, to the gastronomy Gastronomy and crafts represent organized, holiday specific for the or promoting local craft arts. elements of the rural tourism con- Saxons. We continue the series of cept. Over time, a series of events is experiences from the Danube Gorge, In Romania, rural tourism is the organized in the rural areas, in order where the river leisure and also the only type of tourism developed from to highlight the works of folk crafts- gastronomy, play an important role scratch, thanks to ANTREC (the Na- men, the beauty of the outfits specific in promoting the entire area. The tional Association of Rural Ecologi- to each singular region and the taste journey through the key areas of cal and Cultural Tourism) Romania, of local food. We suggest a few ex- the rural tourism continues in the an association member of the Euro- amples of traditional festivals from Apuseni Mountains. We suggest that pean Federation for Rural Tourism areas like the Danube Delta, Bucovi- you read about trips through caves – EuroGites. From the interview na, Ardeal, Moldova, Muntenia and and through the Moților Land, but with Klaus Ehrlich, EuroGites Gen- Oltenia, as well as a calendar with also about the accommodation con- eral Secretary, we find out about the this spring’s events. And since we ditions in the agro touristic guest- evolution of the rural tourism at Eu- mentioned craft arts, we invite you houses. ropean level connected with the ten- to discover the story of Ionela Lungu dencies in this sector. Also, we point from Humulești, folk crafts woman We will find out information about out the advantages that Romania that brings back to life the “Memo- the „Casa din Bran” (Bran House) Guesthouse and the „Bran Villas” has, in the offer for rural tourism, ries” of Creangă. complex, locations that combine the compared to other European States. More and more tourists look for concept of traditional with the noble Beginning with 1994, ANTREC (the unique experiences, when they foretime atmosphere. National Association of Rural Eco- choose to spend their holidays in Wine tourism comes into shape more logical and Cultural Tourism) Ro- the rural environment. The sector and more, especially among the for- mania has facilitated the crossover for leisure and free time activities is eign tourists. You will read about the from a simple holiday in the country- an important link in developing and „Drumul vinului” (Wine Route) in side, with a landlord, to the concept promoting the concept of rural tour- Romania, making a stopover at the of rural tourism. Mrs. Mioara Vișan ism. In the pages of this magazine we „La Butoaie” (At the Barrels) Guest- Stoian, President of ANTREC Brașov present travel experiences in the Sib- house, in Pietroasele. and Vicepresident of ANTREC Ro- iu county, programs promoted with- mania, tells us the story of how the in a brochure created by the County daisies became a standard of guest- Council of Sibiu, highly appreciated houses’ hospitality, on the map of within the tourism fairs. Viviana Vasile, Team Leader for Romanian tourism. the project „Setting up and running The historical and cultural patrimo- of the National Rural Development The National Rural Development ny of the Saxons represents a part Network” 2 3 Rural Romania – no. 24 interview into tangible businesses and reve- Klaus Ehrlich –