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There
are 2 different programs:
a
6-day program, and a 11 day program
6
day program: the Kalotaszeg trail. 5
nights, 4 days riding. The trail goes through the
hills of the ethnic Hungarian homeland "Kalotaszeg".
trails over country roads, wagon tracks and open
grassland.
Day
1: arrival and introduction in Stana.
Day
2: Instructions and trip under guidance in the
surrounding hills of Stana. Distance 12km, 4-5 hours
driving.
Day
3: Trip along country roads and wagon tracks to
the ethnic Hungarian village Sancraiu. Distance 14km,
4-5 hours driving. Day
4: Trip to Risca. Trip along wagon-trails,
country roads and open pasture. You cross the village
Valeni where you can visit the beautiful
fortified Romanesque church. It goes further over a
large plateau to the settlement Fonogea. From there
you descend to the village Risca, a Romanian village at 1000m altitude. Distance 16km.
5 hours driving Day
5: trip back to Stana. You leave Risca and ride
along the village Cristesti to Manastireni.
From here it goes over Bica, Horlacea and Saula back
to Stana. A trip along trails, country roads and over open meadows. Distance
18 km.(5-6 hours driving) Day
6: trip ends after breakfast.
11 day program: the mountain
trail 10 nights,
9 days riding. The trail goes through the homeland of the ethnic
Hungarians and further through the mountains to the
borders of the nature park Padis. You go
completely around Lake Fintinele.
Day
1: arrival and introduction in Stana.
Day
2: Instructions and trip under guidance in the
lovely country side around Stana. Distance 12km, 4-5 hours
driving.
Day
3:
trip to Risca.
Trip along wagon-trails, open pasture and
country roads. You can make a stop to visit the lovely wooden Orthodox church in
Bica. You cross the village Manastireni,
an ethnic Hungarian village with a beautiful
fortified Romanesque church. You climb to Risca
a Romanian village in the mountains at 100m altitude.
Distance 18km. 5-6 hours driving
Day
4: Trip to Rusesti. You leave the village Risca
to Dealu Mare and Lapustesti (church has a nice
painted interior) from where you descend a 7 km long
winding road to the village Rusesti where you stay in
guestrooms. In Rusesti you find a working watermill
and "piua" (that something you'll have to
see for yourself). Distance 18 km. 5-6 hours
driving
Day
5: Trip to Marisel. From
Rusesti you have to climb to one of the highest settlements of the Apuseni
Mountains, the village Marisel at 1200m. You’ll have beautiful panoramas.
You will have to give the horse some rest from time to time because you
climb almost steady for 8km. There is an altitude difference of 600m between
the 2 villages. You sleep in the village Marisel in guestrooms at a local farm. Distance 14 km. 5-6
hours driving
Day
6: From
Marisel you follow the ridge to the village Poiana Horea. Just by leaving
the village you arrive at the battleground from the anti Hungarian revolution
of 1848 and you’ll see the cross of Avram Iancu, placed there as a monument
for the local hero of that revolution. It is a nice trip through the forest
and along small rivers. You won't see a house for 10km. You stay in the
village Poiana Horea, in guestrooms for the night. Distance 25 km. 6-7 hours
driving
Day
7: Trip
to Doda Pilii. You leave the village Poiana Horea and follow the river
upstream. It goes over the ridge and through the forest to the lake Fintinele
near the village Smida. From there you go to Doda Pilii where you sleep in guestrooms. Distance
18 km. 4-5
hours driving.
Day
8: From
the village Doda Pilii you go up the mountain to the village Dealu Botii.
It is a nice trip over open pasture and through the forest with nice panoramas
over the Lake Fintinele. From there it goes to the village Scrind where
you stay for the night in guestrooms in pension Dariana. Distance 20 km. 5-6 hours driving
Day
9: Trip to
Sancraiu. It goes over the Ruginoasa mountain, with very rewarding views over the Calata
Valley during the descent to Margau. From Margau it
goes to
Bociu and further to Sancraiu. The last part of the trip goes through a strange
eroded landscape. Distance 20 km. 6-7 hours driving
Day
10:
Trip
from the village Sancraiu over Domos, Horlacea, Saula back to Stana. Again
a trip through the Kalotaszeg region, along small villages with fortified
churches, over open
pastures and scattered forest. Distance 17km. 4-5 hours driving
Day
11: Trip ends after
breakfast
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| blue trail = Kalotaszeg
trail
red trail = mountain trail |
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