Borsec + Bicaz Gorge + Red Lake

Departure & Return Location

33 Circului Street (Circus in Chișinău)

Departure Time

• 22:30

 

Price Includes:

• Round-trip transportation
• 1-night accommodation at the Guesthouse
• Licensed guide
• Medical insurance
• Excursions as indicated in the program

 

Price does not include:

• Entrance fees to tourist attractions
• Meals
• Personal expenses
• Access to Fontana Spa & Balneo

 

Additional Services:

• Single room (30 euros)
• Seat in the first 5 rows on the bus (10 euros)
• Additional seat on the bus (45 euros)
• For seniors, age >66 years, an additional fee for medical insurance is required (5.0 €)

 

Notes:

In case the tourist is alone and has not paid for a single room, but for sharing (the tourist agrees to share a room with another tourist or tourists), but until the day of departure the tour company does not have similar tourists who are also alone but have paid the standard price for sharing, in this case, the tourist is obliged to pay the supplement for a single room.

 

Program

Day 1. Chișinău - Iași – Bicaz Gorges (approx. 450 km)

Meeting with the accompanying guide at 22:00, parking at the Circus in Chișinău for boarding the bus. Departure at 22:30 on the route: Chișinău - Iași – Bicaz Gorges

 

Day 2. Bicaz Gorges – Red Lake – Borsec (approx. 90 km)

Arrival at Bicaz Gorges.

Bicaz Gorges are gorges located in the central part of the Hășmaș Mountains, in northeastern Romania in the counties of Neamț and Harghita, developed in Jurassic limestone. They are located in the central part of the eastern ridge Tulgheș-Valea Rece of the Hășmaș Massif. Their main axis is represented by the Bicaz River.

A natural monument, they include protected areas of national interest, the Bicaz Gorges in Neamț County and the Bicaz Gorges and Red Lake in Harghita County, located in the full protection area of the Cheile Bicazului - Hășmaș National Park.

Red Lake (locally known as Gyilkostó / Ghilcoș Lake) is a natural dam lake formed following the collapse of a slope due to the earthquake on January 23, 1838, at 18:45. 6.9 magnitude, VIII intensity, at the foot of Mount Hășmașul Mare, near the Bicaz Gorges, at a distance of 26 km from Gheorgheni, in Harghita County. In the last measurements, carried out in 1987, its dimensions are: the lake extends over a perimeter of 2,830 m, the area is 114,676 m², and the volume of water accumulated is 587,503 m³. The lake formed at an altitude of 983 m, in a depression with a predominantly subalpine climate.

The lake, with an elongated shape, in the northwest-southeast direction, has an area of 32.6 km² and formed after the construction between 1950 and 1960 of a dam that supplies a 210 MW hydroelectric power station built during the communist regime, including with the contribution of forced labor provided by political prisoners. For the construction of the dam and the arrangement of the lake, 22 villages were resettled in the area, and the natural landscape was drastically changed, being declared a natural aquatic reserve in 2000.

Departure to Borsec. Visit to the Borsec Resort (renowned for its mineral waters, ski slope, and unique nature). We visit the Ice Cave, Bear Cave, Fairy Clearing, springs, etc.

Accommodation in the Borsec area.

Free time at Fontana Spa & Balneo (optional).

 

Day 3. Borsec – Neamț Market – Iași - Chișinău (approx. 350 km)

The bison reserve in the Silvuț forest was established in 1958 when two bison were brought here from Poland. Now there are 6 bison in the reserve.

Neamț Monastery is an Orthodox monastery in Romania, located in the commune of Vânători-Neamț, the village of Neamț Monastery, Neamț County. It is the largest and oldest monastic establishment in Moldova, being declared a historical monument. The monastery is documented from 1407, but the roots of monastic activity date back to the 12th century. The founding of the monastery is attributed to voivode Petru I Mușat (1375-1391), who built the first stone church here, now disappeared. However, there was an even older wooden church on the monastery site, called the White Church, built by monks a century earlier. The current church in the monastery enclosure was founded by voivode Ștefan cel Mare at the end of the 15th century and is dedicated to the Ascension of the Lord.

Neamț Fortress (improperly known as Neamț Fortress) is a medieval fortress in Moldova, located on the northwestern edge of the town of Târgu Neamț (in northeastern Romania). It is located on the Timuș rock on the Pleșul Ridge (also called the Fortress Hill), at an altitude of 480 m and at a height of 80 m above the level of the Neamț River. From here, it guarded the valleys of the Moldova and Siret rivers, as well as the road that crossed the mountain into Transylvania.

Neamț Fortress was built at the end of the 14th century by Petru I, fortified in the 15th century by Ștefan cel Mare, and destroyed in the 18th century (1718) by order of the ruler Mihai Racoviță.

Departure for home.

 

Day 4

Arrival in Chișinău between 01:00-05:00.