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County of Romania
Photo: MARIAN Gabriel Constantin from Suceava, ROMANIA, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Maramureş is a region in north-western Romania. Maramureș is one of Europe's best kept secrets, the place where the time hasn't moved for decades, a place where the traditions, the wooden art and the human kindness are well preserved.
By train
To Baia Mare there are four trains daily from Cluj, three trains from Bucharest and one train from Timisoara.
By bus
There are buses to Baia Mare from cities in Spain, France, Switzerland, the Czech republic and Hungary as well as from major cities in Romania.
By car
Even the main roads in Maramures are poor, so be extremely careful. Also know that hitchhiking is very prevalent and you will probably be constantly inquired.
By thumb
Hitchhiking in Maramures is extremely easy and prevalently done even by locals, although smaller roads of course have little traffic. It is expected to give a few lei in return for services.
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a mostly unsightly city across a mountain range from true Maramures; the largest transportation hub into Maramures.
Satu Mare is a city in the Maramureș region of Romania. As of 2021, it had a population of 91,520.
the center of the "real" Maramures on the border to Ukraine
a village which is a great example of true Maramures culture. The only village with budget travel infrastructure.
former mining town, now a developing ski resort
starting point of the famous Vaser Valley Forestry Railway
Borşa is a town in Maramureș.
village on the Iza valley, home to two old wooden churches
Articles and travel topics about Maramureș and Romania.
ItinerariesThe Transylvania Triangle Train Tour is a 12-day "self-guided" train tour of the main attractions of Transylvania, Romania.
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Culture & historyThe Austro-Hungarian Empire (German: Österreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie, Hungarian: Osztrák–Magyar Monarchia) or Austria-Hungary was a constitutional dual monarchy that existed from 1867 to 1918.
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Culture & historyThe Roman Empire was the greatest ancient empire of Europe. At the height of its power in 117 AD, it ruled over considerable parts of Europe, as well as much of North Africa and the Middle East.
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Culture & historyFrom the end of World War II in 1945 until the Eastern European revolutions of 1989, Europe was divided between two political blocs: east and west. The border was figuratively called the Iron Curtain.
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