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Things to do in Călimănești

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Ninety seconds on Călimănești

A spa town in the Olt defile, taking waters that the Romans used at the Roman camp downstream and that were bottled for the Habsburg court. The valley narrows here between the Cozia and Căpățânii massifs. Cozia monastery on the river bank is the reason most people stop, and it holds the tomb of Mircea the Elder. Two smaller monasteries are up in the forest above it, reached on foot.

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  1. Cozia Monastery

    Monastery · 1.5 hr

    A monastery of 1388 on the Olt, the best preserved fourteenth century building in Wallachia, in banded stone and brick with a Serbian influenced plan. Mircea the Elder is buried in it.

  2. Stânișoara Monastery

    Monastery · 1.5 hr

    A monastery high in the Cozia forest, reached by a rough track or an hour's walk up, and the trailhead for the Cozia ridge. The setting is the point.

  3. Turnu Monastery

    Monastery · 1 hr

    A monastery at the foot of the Cozia massif with hermit cells cut into the rock above it, reached on a path from the road. It is the quieter of the valley's foundations.

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