Art Camp Museum

Visiting Schedule Winter- Piatra Craiului National Park Visiting Center: Monday: Closed Tuesday-Thursday: 10:00-16:00 Friday - 10:00-14:00 Saturday: 11:00- 15:00 Sunday: 11:00- 13:00   More details on: https://www.pcrai.ro/program Rates:  Adults - 5 lei                 Teens (under 18 years old) - Free                 National Park access fee payers - Free *If you come with a group, it's recommended to tell the park administration in advance! *The ticket for the museum can be bought only from the Visiting Center of the Piatra Craiului National Park. More info on presentation (pcrai.ro) Opened in 2016, the Visitor Center is an exhibition space that combines information trails in the park, based on interactive techniques, three-dimensional layouts, and exhibits related to the area's biodiversity. With touch screens, visitors can see the landscapes of Piatra Craiului and find out all the necessary information about the flora and wild animals that live here, but also about the rocks that are combined in the massif. Visitors can also take a virtual tour of the tourist trails, everything with a simple hand movement.  An artificial stall has been set up in the visitor's center to allow visitors to see what they look like on the inside, but also an artificial cave where bats and other insects are living in this environment.  The wild animals can be admired on the route that runs through the visitor center. These can not only be seen but also heard, which brings a spectacular element and is certainly a great attraction for the little ones.  The interior of the center is designed to simulate the idea of rocks as much as possible, so visitors will feel right on the mountain. In addition, the special effects of thunder, lightning, or chirping of the birds will bring the visitor even closer to the beauty of the Piatra Craiului Mountains. The center also has a Piatra Craiului 3D layout and a walkway that tourists can climb to admire from above as if they were on a mountain at heigh. Also on the walkway can be projected pictures from Piatra Craiului, geological information, and habitat, but also tourist routes. Everything is with a touch screen command. Practically the visitor can design what map he wants to see and they can virtually admire the entire Piatra Craiului massif.

Carved into spectacular rock walls over a length of approximately 2 km, the Gorges of Zărneştilor is characterized by a monumental due to vertical walls or even bend over whites, with heights exceeding 200 m in some places. In this area, the temperature drops a few degrees because the sun hardly ever penetrates the gorges, only a few hours per day, which provides opportunity to relax and rest in the cool weather offered the gorges in the summer. The access is from the town Zărnești and Peștera. The cabin Curmătura is located near the gorge, an important starting point shifts to Piatra Craiului Massif. Those who come here will be impressed by the sights of the Cave (The Great Cave chasms, The Small Cave chasms) and several springs, like the Fountain of Botorog and the Gentlemen Fountain. The walls bordering the valley have a height ranging between 100 and 200 meters. The route through the Gorges of Zărneşti impresses with its spectacular rock walls where there were built numerous alpine routes. The view can be admired from afar, from Zărnești and Peștera. Covering the gorges you reach the place called "La Table" one of climbing spots on the Piatra Craiului peak. Accessibility: • National Road (DN) 73A to Zărnești and here County Road (DJ) 112G, to the Fountain of Botorog, then after 100 meters the road splits, one before the gorges and the other to the village of Măgura. Text source: https://www.visitzarnesti.ro/

The Holes in Zăplaz are considered gateways to another dimension. The ruptures in the rock may be encountered coming up from the Spirlea Refugeto “La Lanțuri” trail in The Piatra Craiului Massif. The Mountains of petrified shells dating back to the dinosaurs’ times turned into the holes that are currently at Zăplaz. Cutting the sky, the Holes in Zăplaz means, actually, "fence boards" and are often likened to the work of Gaudi. Apart from and grandeur of the mountain holes, which scientists have no clear explanation, the windows carved into limestone are considered possible portal to another dimension. The water, the wind, the years have worked hard on arches, columns, galleries, to create the phenomena displayed today. The holes at Zăplaz is one of the most important sights of Piatra Craiului Massif, an objective which should not be missed it if you are nearby. Text source: https://www.visitzarnesti.ro/

The church "Saint Nicholas" is the oldest church in the city, the old medieval art monument inscribed in the heritage of the Romanian Academy. The great historian Nicolae Iorga believed that the church, which was built on the site in 1515 and then was repaired in 1810, comes from ancient times, from a Romanian ruler. It seems that the original church was quite of small dimensions. As the number of residents was increased by approximately five times, the size of the church was unfit for its purpose. In the late seventeenth century the church was finished, being stuck in the narthex of the chapel. In the oral reports, the elders of the village said that after the Battle of 1690 at Zărnești, the Tatars burned the village, and here it did not stand after that scorching fire than the new church, whose brick and stone walls left in their place. It is believed that the rise of this place would have been helped by a prince of Wallachia, respectively the predecessor of Constantin Brâncoveanu, Şerban Cantacuzino. Text source: https://www.visitzarnesti.ro/

"Colțul Chiliilor" is an Orthodox hermitage located in the middle of the forest, in the northern part of the Piatra Craiului massif in Zărnești, Brașov County.  ~ It is the oldest religious settlement in Zărnești (1421), consisting of a chapel arranged in a cave and a monastic ensemble, rebuilt on the site of the one destroyed in 1718 by the Austrian imperial authorities.  ~ A little above the hermitage, climbing into the forest, there is a cave in which a Holy Altar dedicated to Saint Pious Parascheva has been arranged. The cave, about twenty meters long, is adorned with numerous icons. _____  ~ How to get there? >>> Route to follow: from the center of Zărnești (Tourist Information Center) on the road to Plaiul Foii, following the blue stripe marking.  ~ Length of the route: 4, 8 km, difficulty: easy  ~ Duration per direction: 1h / 1h: 30  ~ Level difference: +310 m  ~ Also recommended for families with children Text source: https://www.visitzarnesti.ro/

Muzeul Bran s-a înfiinţat în anul 1957, moment în care a fost amenajată o expoziţie de artă şi istorie medievală. Mai târziu, prin anii '60, s-a început amenajarea unui muzeu al satului brănean cu titulatura Secţia Etnografică Bran. În toată această perioadă, Muzeul Naţional Bran a fost în administrarea Consiliului Popular Judeţean Braşov. În anul 1987 s-a deschis secţia Vama Medievală, amenajată în clădirea de la baza Castelului, imobil care a aparţinut administraţiei vamale austro-ungare până în anul 1918. La momentul 1990-1991, când s-a făcut trecerea la Ministerul Culturii, existau trei secţii la Bran: secţia Castel, secţia Vama Medievală şi secţia Etnografie. După retrocedarea Castelului în 2009, s-a desfiinţat secţia Castel şi toate piesele au fost transferate la Muzeul Vămii într-un spaţiu mult mai mic, unde s-a încercat reconstituirea unor interioare din Castel. Muzeul Naţional Bran a fost relocat din clădirea Vămii Medievale în mai 2018 și din luna septembrie va funcționa într-o pensiune din centrul localității. Muzeul Satului Brănean, organizat în anul 1962 în parcul din vecinătatea castelului, reliefează evoluţia arhitecturii populare tradiţionale din satele zonei Bran, în raport cu ocupaţiile de bază, creşterea vitelor şi lucrul la pădure, împletite cu agricultura, industria casnică de prelucrare a lânii şi meşteşugurile legate de prelucrarea lemnului. Conceput ca muzeu în aer liber, Muzeul Satului Brănean prezintă principalele tipuri de gospodării şi locuinţe, anexe gospodăreşti, construcţii economice şi instalaţii de prelucrarea lemnului şi a ţesăturilor de lână, acţionate hidraulic. Ansamblul cuprinde 18 monumente de arhitectură populară. Aici se organizează, în toată perioada de vacanțe și concedii, mai multe târguri cu meșteri populari din diferite zone ale țării. Surse foto: http://ghidulmuzeelor.cimec.ro/; https://www.facebook.com/Muzeul-National-Bran-404522772978973/

* CURMATURA CHALET IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR ACCOMMODATION, but you can dine in the restaurant or you can use the tent camping facilities / ecological toilets / showers/ spring water. Chalet Details:  - 46 places (in the cottage and annex)  - Cottage: rooms with 2, 3, 11, 12 places  - Annex: 2 rooms with 4 seats, 1 room with 10 seats  - Buffet and restaurant (slow food, NU fast food)  - Spring water, electricity (generator)  - Dining room program: 07.00 - 23.00 (after 23.00 dining room closes!) Prices: Prices may change, so it's good to call back to the cottage!  - 50 lei / room in the rooms with 12-14 beds in the room  - 100 lei / room with 2 beds in the room  - 150 lei/ room with 3 beds  - 10 lei / tent - In the Winter, tourists must book beds for the weekend and in summer for any period! Slipping in the dining room is not allowed!

Muresianu’s house was fonded in 1968 next to the donation made by the Muresianu' successors. They brought to life the Jacob's Muresianu cultural will by offering to the romanian state a very valuable collection of furniture, paintings, sculpture, and also their personal archive. The museum is consacrated to the memory of some members of the family with great importance in the cultural and political time of their time. Muresianu's archive is one of the richest and important of Transylvania, counting over 25.000 documents.

Muzeul Civilizației Urbane a Brașovului este adăpostit într-un valoros monument de arhitectură civilă, reprezentativ pentru tipologia spațiilor comerciale publice și private din orașele transilvănene între secolele XVI-XIX. Fiind situată în incinta vechii cetăți a Brașovului, clădirea construită în anul 1566 relevă aspecte constructive specifice Renașterii. La parter se află două încăperi ce prezintă pictură decorativă cu elemente florale și vegetale din secolul al XVIII-lea. Expoziția permanentă a muzeului surprinde aspecte ale vieții urbane din secolele XVII-XIX: o pivniță pentru depozitat mărfuri, un spațiu pentru schimburi comerciale, un salon specific patriciatului săsesc, o cameră a copilului, un atelier de broderie și de pălării și un atelier de fotografie din secolul al XIX-lea. Mansarda este dedicată expozițiilor temporare. Program de vizitare: Program de iarnă: Miercuri – Duminică  09:00 – 17:00  Program de vară:  Miercuri – Duminică  10:00 – 18:00