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Ninety seconds on Bârsana Wooden Church
Head for the small wooden church alone on the cemetery hill, not the monastery along the road. The church is the UNESCO listing; the monastic complex, begun in the nineteen nineties, is a separate and much busier place.
The church stands at the top of a low hill in the old village cemetery, with the valley below and nothing built around it. That setting is most of the reason to make the detour. Forty five minutes covers the church and the walk up.
The monastery further along the road has car parks and a gift shop. You can see both in one afternoon.
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