Thursday, June 2, 2011

Rucar-Bran Corridor

       The passage between Piatra Craiului mountaines -Iezer and  Bucegi - Leaota stretches, as well as the name suggests, between the towns of Bran north and Rucar south, and is crossed by the axle road  Brasov - Campulung.
             The area of an  ​​incomparable beauty is an ancient route connecting Wallachia to Transylvania, representing a tourist axis of major importance, the area is visited for the caves, crafts, cuisine and traditions of rural settlements located between National Park Piatra Craiului and Bucegi mountains.


              Human settlements, which continues the popular ancestral hearths, completes the landscape elements, aligned on the thread valleys, concentrating in small depressions or scattered on the high pastures and gentle, as if defying heights, we find here, moreover, many settlements situated at over 1,100 m, considered a true record altitude for the Southern Carpathians, as are Sirnea,  Fundata, Fundatica... .
For those who want a meeting with tradition, villagers and owners of guesthouses, hotels offer trips ethnographic presentation of local crafts (shepherd, washing wool, wood carving, making cheese, egg decoration, masks / dolls). Corridor, especially in shallows is a space where the four seasons is well felt. And landforms are even more spectacular every season. 
 









Most photos from: http://cazaremoeciu.myblog.ro

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