Maramureş: Hotels and Accommodation

The UNESCO ensemble of the wooden churches of Maramureş comprises eight churches representing different architectural periods and regions. Finding a hotel in Maramureş is one of the decisions involved in planning your stay.

Culture and History

More than 850 crosses stand in the churchyard of the Merry Cemetery in Săpânța. The first crosses were created in 1935; today, the Merry Cemetery is an open-air museum.

The “Mihai Dăncuş” Maramureş Village Museum forms an ensemble with more than 30 monuments of rural architecture. It was designed as a regionally typical village that evolved over time from a dispersed settlement into a compact village.

The Maramureş Ethnographic Museum houses extensive collections on household management, traditional costumes, folk architecture, carpets, textiles, folk masks, and icons on glass, canvas, and wood. At the Sighet Memorial, the former prison is now arranged as a museum area; the individual cells contain thematic or chronological presentations on political repression in the 20th century.

The Maramureş Museum is housed in a historic Baroque building erected in 1730. It presents the “Sighetu-Marmației – 680” exhibition as well as a collection on the flora and fauna of Maramureş.

The “Dr. Ioan Mihalyi de Apşa” House Museum, with its art gallery, is considered the first museum in Maramureş. Four rooms display original furniture, a library, and an extensive collection of paintings and documents.

Nature and Landscape

The Munții Maramureșului Nature Park is a protected area dedicated to preserving the landscape and local traditions and promoting tourism based on these values.

Tăul Morărenilor comprises distinctive terrestrial and aquatic habitats with reproductively isolated plant and animal species. It is the only place in Romania where black alder, green alder, and grey alder grow together.

Getting Around Maramureş

The Mocănița narrow-gauge railway is 56 km long in total. Of this, 43 km run along the Vaser; further sections follow the tributaries Novăț and Ștevioara.

The Drumul Maramureșului offers more than 700 km of nature and cultural experiences that can be explored on foot or by bicycle. This includes a 24 km, one-day section between Poienile de sub Munte and Vișeu de Sus. The Drumul Maramureșului also lists an experience involving learning about traditional cuisine and spending a day at “Gospodăria – In Tierti”.

Geographical Location

The “Mihai Dăncuş” Maramureş Village Museum is located on Dealul Dobăieş, about 500 metres from the DN18; this road leads to the Iza and Mara valleys.

For further regional orientation, the links lead to Borşa, Mittelstadt, Cavnic and Băile Borşa.

For the higher-level travel overview: Romania.

More Destinations

More places within the same destination:

Caraş-Severin, Bihor, Eisenmarkt, Covasna.