Top Things to do in Maramures County
Top 10 Points of Interest & Landmarks in Maramures County, Transylvania
Discover the best top things to do in Maramures County, Romania including Iezer Lake, Sapanta-Peri Monastery, Poienile Izei Church of Saint Parascheva, Memorial of the Holocaust, Cuiul, Cimitirul Saracilor, Piata Cetatii, Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church Of Sapanta, Tatar (tartar) Column.
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1. Iezer Lake
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By SafirAlbastru - Iasi, Romania
We were in August in Borsa, county Maramures for a holiday. We were so lucky because weather was with us and having such good time we decided to go see the Lake Iezer. You can use your car until Monastery Pietroasa on a very good road. After that you will start to walk on feet. Lake Iezer is a glacial lake in Rodna Mountains, under the Pietrosu Peak, at 1825 m altitude, with a depth of 2,5 m, a surface of 3450 square meters and lenght of 84 m. The road until lake is not so easy and we arrived there after 4 hours. Coming back was easier and the time was 2 hours and 30 minutes. Depend on you how healthy and quick you can climb. The view is exceptional in area which is natural rezervation. I recommend to go and see with your own eyes that beauty and if you are strong enough you can go further and climb at Pietrosu Peak at 2303 m altitude. Good luck, you will love it!
2. Sapanta-Peri Monastery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 87 reviews
Reviewed By Vladimiramirela - Mississauga, Canada
This monastery is an Eastern Orthodox complex built in the past 20 years and following the rebirth of religious faith in Romania, after the fall of Communism. The monastery complex is dominated by a less traditional church, whose steeple is 78 meters high and which hosts at its lower level the actual prayer hall doubled by a souvenirs store.
3. Poienile Izei Church of Saint Parascheva
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By gerardc834 - Albany, United States
This is one of the famous wooden churches of Maramures. The icons painted on interior walls are well preserved. There is a sign with a full description and history in several languages.
4. Memorial of the Holocaust
5. Cuiul
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1 reviews
6. Cimitirul Saracilor
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 19 reviews
Reviewed By Tiberiu_Baranyi - Timisoara, Romania
In Sighetu Marmatiei there are 2 places full of sadness and bitter memories of the times when Communism was taking over Romania... (and was holding the country in its iron grip for almost 45 years)... that's one of those. This is another Cemetery - and I recommend you visit it before you go to the cemetery of Sapanta - but a very sad one. It was the former Cemetery of the poor in the early XX century , however after 1950 it was used by the Securitate ( the former secret police of Romania) as a place of burial - in unmarked graves or common graves - of those killed in the extermination (political) prison in Sighet. They've been doing this till 1955 and some of Romania's great politicians who opposed the party were buried here in secrecy , to mention a few : Iuliu Maniu (the great statesmen, artizan of the united Romania and enemy of the Communist ), Constantin C. Brătianu and Gheorghe Brătianu (prominent politicians and great minds who got killed by the Communists). Beside the politicians in this cemetery, somewhere, there are the final resting places of the bishops of the catholic church from Romania - imprisoned in the Sighet penitentiary, where they died of (un)natural causes. Communism for Romania was a plague and this Cemetery is a sad memento of the crimes committed and the final resting place of true Heroes of this country, Heroes who gave their lives for the ideal called Romania. The graveyard - since there are potentially hundreds of unmarked graves and several common graves - is surrounded by a hedge that is reproducing the shape of the map of Romania with the shattered crosses inside. This is to remind the visitor that people from all Romania were executed in Sighet prison. If you are in the area it is definitely a place where you shall go for a visit or if you pass by, just stop - even if it is only for a few minutes - and think, just for little while, about what this place represents.
