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File 16-maramures-loc-rob6 Book Romania & Bulgaria 6 Initial Mapping Julie D Date 18/12/12 Road Scale All key roads labelled? Hierarchy Date Title Hydro Chapter Maramures Editor Cxns Spot colours removed? Hierarchy Nthpt Masking in Illustrator done? Symbols Author Leif Pettersen MC Cxns Date Book Inset/enlargement correct? Off map Notes dest'ns Border Locator A1 Key - Author Cxns Date Basefile RMO4 Final Ed Cxns Date KEY FORMAT SETTINGS New References none Number of Rows (Lines) Editor Check Date MC Check Date Column Widths and Margins MC/CC Signoff Date ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Maramureş Why Go? Baia Mare ...................... 166 Widely regarded as Romania’s most traditional region, scat- Around Baia Mare ......... 169 tered with gothically steepled wooden churches and villag- Ţara Chioarului...............170 ers’ homes fronted by ornately carved gates, Maramureş Sighetu Marmaţiei .........170 feels as if you are climbing into a horse-drawn time machine Mara Valley .....................174 and heading back 100 years. Smaller in scale and softer in contour than neighboring Transylvania, Maramureş’ tap- Izei Valley .......................177 estry of pastureland, peopled by colourfully garbed crone- Vişeu & Vaser Valleys .....178 faced peasants, jumps straight from a Brothers Grimm story. Prislop Pass .................. 180 Welcome to the heart of folkloric, medieval Romania where the last peasant culture in Europe continues to thrive. But don’t wait forever to visit: even here the 21st century is mak- ing inroads. Best Places to Eat Medieval Maramureş exists in the Mara and Izei Valleys. » Millennium (p168) Eight of its churches, in the villages of Bârsana, Budeşti, » Restaurant Tineretului Deseşti, Ieud, Plopiş, Poienile Izei, Rogoz and Surdeşti, are (p173) on Unesco’s list of World Heritage Sites. » Hotel Perla Maramuresului (p180) When to Go Best Places to Baia Mare Stay °C/°F Temp Rainfall inches/mm » Hotel Gabriela (p179) 40/104 5/125 » The Village Hostel (p176) 30/86 4/100 » Victoria Berbecaru (p178) 20/68 3/75 » Casa Iurca (p173) 10/50 2/50 0/32 1/25 -10/14 0 J F DNOSAJJMAM May–Sep Warm Dec–Mar The Jun–Aug Sum- temperatures, best time for mer months are meadows vivid skiers to head to the perfect time with wildflowers Romania’s snowy to hit the beach and excellent slopes. and cycle in the trekking weather. Carpathians. To Lviv 0 20 km Tisa 0 12 miles Rona Tur» de Jos U K R A I N E Halmeu C©m©rzana C©line¢ti- S©pân»a Oa¢ Bixad Vadu Turulung Sighetu Farc©u M Izei Roni¢oara (1961m) C©line¢ti ara Marma»iei Rona de Sus Livada Lake Valea Negre¢ti-Oa¢ M©riei Berbe¢ti H U N G A R Y E81 Mara Valley Iza Vama Blidari Sat- Giule¢ti Fere¢ti Bârsana Ora¢u Valea ðugatag Vaser Some¢ Nou Strâmtura Firiza Neagr© H©rnice¢ti Sârbi Izei Valley r Satu e Doba Valley Rozavlea Mare Valea Seini Izvoare Mara Vas Culcui Vinului Cosau Valley Mare Hoteni ðieu Vi¢eu de Sus Baia Bude¢ti PoienileBogdan Baia Bor¢a Baia Breb Vod© Complex M©d©ras Mare Neteda Pass Ocna Izei C Sprie ðugatag Dragomire¢ti Bor¢a Carei rasna (1040m) Moisei Turistic Moftinu Bor¢a Mic Ardud Botiza Ieud Vi¢eu ði¢e¢ti Cavnic C S©li¢tea Vi¢eu Valley Colt©u a de Sus S©cel Catalina Surde¢ti r Pietrosul Prislop p Pass S©c©la¢eni Plopi¢ a (2305m) To To Oradea Satulung Posta t (1416m) Vatra Culcea Cup¢eni Tible¢u h Dornei L©schia (1840m) i Rodna Pietrosul a Mountains Rodnei Remetea L©pu¢ n ðomcu»a Chioarului Nature Mare M Reservation T©¢nad Târgu L©pu¢ Rogoz o u Valea n Rohia t E81 ¢ Chioarului a i Some To Cluj- n Napoca T R A N S Y L V A N I A s Maramureş Highlights 1 Chugging through the 2 Knocking on the wooden of painted wooden crosses in 5 Witnessing the fiery beautiful Vaser Valley in church doors of Budeşti, Săpânţa’s Merry Cemetery visions of hell at Poienile Izei Europe’s last forest steam (p175) Surdeşti (p169) and (p176) church (p178) train, from Vişeu de Sus Ieud (p178) 4 Travelling back in time with 6 Skiing crowd-free slopes aramur aramur aramur M M M eş eş eş (p178) eş 3 Wandering through the a rustic homestay in the Izei at Complex Turistic Borşa 165 colourful, humorous forest (p177) and Mara Valleys (p174) (p180).