Today we discover the most important tourist attractions in Mure\u0219 County. The offer includes special landscapes, with centuries-old trees, adventure parks, and especially old mansions and castles, some of which host events. Emphasizing the cultural offer, we also open the doors of the Mure\u0219 County Museum.<\/p>\n
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Dana Matic, project manager at Visit Mure\u0219, will make us a holiday proposal that shows the uniqueness of this destination in Romania: “Mure\u0219 County hosts a great number of castles and mansions in comparison with other counties, and the phenomenon has gained momentum. We have brochures and materials on our website about castles that can be visited or about the condition they are in, what they shelter. Some are museums, others are hotels or event centers. Mure\u0219 has a few things that make it unique. If tourists come from Bucharest or the south of the country, they must stop first at Sighi\u0219oara. Near Sighi\u0219oara, there is a fantastic castle, Bethlen in Cri\u0219, located less than 20 km away from Sighi\u0219oara. Then, tourists can head north towards T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219, the county seat, but can also make a small detour to Sovata resort. There we also have a castle that is now a museum, famous for the fact that Countess Claudia Rhedey, great-great-grandmother of King Charles III, was born there. Sovata is a famous destination boasting the largest heliothermal lake in the world, located in a very beautiful setting. The spa resort has been renovated and is one of the most beautiful in Romania. Then, there is the city of T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219, where one can find the largest zoo in Romania and Art Nouveau objects.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Nature lovers can hike on more or less steep trails, and those who prefer cultural events will find a rich offer in Mure\u0219 County. And the discovery of the region can begin on the Via Transilvanica. Also called the \u201croad that unites\u201d, the Via Transilvanica is a long-distance tourist route of 1,400 kilometers, which crosses Romania diagonally and is intended for hiking on foot, by bike or on horseback.<\/p>\n
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Dana Matic is back at the microphone with details: “We are also proud that three regions of the Via Transilvanica are in Mure\u0219 County. Mure\u0219 County is also part of the Transylvanian Hills, which have become an eco-tourism destination. The infrastructure for hiking, horseback riding, and cycling is very well developed. We also have pop music festivals that are very appreciated by young people, who come from many counties and also from other countries. The Vibe Festival probably brings together the most participants in the county. Apart from that, we have cultural festivals, we have the Rhubarb Festival in Saschiz, the Plum jam Festival or the Hot Air Balloon Festival, which now is also held in other places in Romania, but the first such festival was held in Mure\u0219 County, at C\u00e2mpul Cet\u0103\u021bii, near Sovata. In Mure\u0219 County, there are several places where you can go hunting truffles with trained dogs, and this is a plus as people return to gastronomy and slow tourism, they go out into nature. And this information can be found on our website, and I think it is a quite interesting activity.\u201d<\/p>\n
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We continue our journey with Liliana Lirca, a PR officer at the Mure\u0219 County Museum. We are invited to visit the art section, which is in the Palace of Culture in T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219, a newly renovated and very modern palace: “The palace is more than a fa\u00e7ade. It is a story of over 111 years, and I invite you to enter it and discover its secrets. The Adrian Chira exhibition, “Traces and Signs”, is currently on display. It can be visited until April 4. It is on the second floor of the Palace of Culture, and those who visit will see many prisms throughout the city where a big heart is shown. It is part of the work of the artist Adrian Chira that you can see in the exhibition. The work is called Totem for the Heart. On the third floor of the Palace of Culture, there is the Gallery of Modern Romanian Art in the right wing, and, in the left wing, we see the Gallery of Hungarian Art. The most important interwar artists\u2019 works are on display.\u201d<\/p>\n
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