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Discover Hunedoara! Millions of years of tales and legends.
\nIt is literally the urge of the local authorities for their prospective tourists.
\nThe Corvins’ Castle is one of south-eastern Europe’s most important Gothic art monuments.
\nAs for Bucura lake, it is arguably Romania’s largest glacier lake. Lying at altitude
\nof more than 2,000 meters, the Bucura Lake is concealed between the Retezat
\nmassif ridges, in the Retezat National Park, a true realm of glacier lakes. These
\nare just two of the tourist assets you shouldn’t miss if you happen to be in
\nwestern Romania, in Hunedoara County. Our guide today is the head of the Monuments’
\nmanagement and tourism promotion Directorate, Radu Barb. <\/p>\n
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Your journey may start in any part of the county you
\nmay be, yet, since the winter season is drawing near, we also have very important
\ntourist resorts, such as Straja, where you can go skiing on some extraordinary
\nslopes. The services are perfect to a fault. The tourist can find anything they
\nwant in Straja. Then I recommend Sarmizegetusa Regia. Here you can spend quite
\na few hours, with guides, along very important routes. It is Romania’s leading tourist asset, the Romanian
\npeople’s birthplace. The Costesti fortress is nearby. Then you can go to Orastie
\nand in Hunedoara, for the famous Corvins’ Castle. <\/p>\n
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Radu Barb also recommended that we have a stopover in the
\nGold museum in Brad. Founded in 1896, throughout the years Europe’s largest collection
\nof native gold items has been growing in time, on the premises. The collection
\nhas more than 1,300 exhibits found in mines country and worldwide, most important
\nof which are the native gold exhibits, originating in the Metaliferi Mountains.<\/p>\n
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Radu Barb:<\/p>\n
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The museum is one-of-a-kind in Europe.
\nWe have a special collection here. The museum is open to all visitors and is
\nlocated in Brad municipal city. It can be rated as one of Europe’s most important
\nmuseums of its kind. What we can see is an impressive collection of gold objects, mine
\nflowers and tools miners used throughout the years. It is a collection
\nillustrative for the county’s and Romania’s riches and it takes people around
\ntwo hours to visit. From there, you can head for the area’s other points of interest,
\nsuch as Tebea. Also, in Vata de Jos we have recently opened a new museum,
\nthemed the Apuseni Mountains’ heritage. It is an ethnographic exhibition where
\nvisitors can see for themselves what a traditional house looked like, from
\nZarand Country. We have authentic traditional apparel, household items, and all
\nthese can be found close to Brad. It is very important, that, when we visit the
\nHunedoara County, we outline the route, according to preferences.<\/p>\n
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Built in the 14th century, the Hunyads’ Castle in
\nHunedoara is one of the most beautiful and best-preserved medieval
\nconstructions of that kind. It has 42 rooms, two open space balconies and two
\nattics. The access to the castle is made via a wooden bridge supported by four sturdy
\nstone pillars. <\/p>\n
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The head of the Monuments’ management and tourism
\npromotion Directorate, Radu Barb:<\/p>\n
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Before entering the
\ncastle, we should visit the museum of the castle. There are a couple of interesting
\npoints for which, if you don’t make your research before you start the journey,
\nthey can be missed out on, and that would be a pity. There are several small museums,
\nthere, located on the right-hand side of the castle, with very interesting
\nexhibits. It is one of Romania’s most superb castles, it is very carefully
\npreserved and very well managed. It has Iancu de Hunedoara at the centre. You
\ncan spend about four hours there, with guides to accompany you. <\/p>\n
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Hunedoara was and still remains a place of the old-time
\ntraditions. In any corner of the county you may be, you ‘re sure to meet
\ncraftsmen and you can also taste the local dishes, prepared using old-time
\nrecipes. <\/p>\n
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Radu Barb:<\/p>\n
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We have several memorial houses. For instance,
\nthe Dr\u0103gan Muntean House, the house of a very popular traditional music
\nvocalist. Traditions and customs are being preserved. There is also a festival
\nthemed Woodsmen pies, where a couple of thousand people gather each year, in July
\nor August. Here, visitors can see several traditional peasant houses. In the Dragan Muntean
\nHouse you can find traditional apparel, blowing instruments such as the flutes,
\nas well as other traditional objects. Nearby the memorial house, there is a
\nvillage that has a marble road. It is named Alun, and the scenery there is breath-taking.
\nIt is a typical destination for trekking aficionados. There are also
\ngastronomical points, but for all that info, all you need to do is download Discover
\nHunedoara, from Google Play or Apple Store. The app
\nenables us to see all the tourist assets around us, if we happen to be around.
\nSo we offer a virtual guide, available to everybody.<\/p>\n
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Apart from the usual dishes, made of sorts of cheese and
\nmeat, in Hunedoara, you can also taste the ham salami, the pressed cheese with
\ntruffles or the fruit stew. <\/p>\n
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Radu Barb:<\/p>\n
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We also have an association of traditional
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\nand ecological food producers. In the village of H\u0103r\u021b\u0103gani, for instance, there
\nis a woman preparing a sort of pie known as varzare <\/em>in Romanian,
\nfollowing a recipe from the days of yore. We promoted it on the county’s tourism
\npromotion page, labelled Enjoy Hunedoara!,<\/em> and the impact was very special. And here
\nwe can also mention the famous virsli of Brad. These are very special little
\nsausages. We can also mention the rolled minced meat and cabbage leaves package.
\nThere is a wide variety of produce. <\/p>\n
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\nhere we are, with a tourist destination for all ages and for all seasons. <\/p>\n
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