Buila Vanturarita National Park

A picture and information about Buila Vanturarita National Park in Romania's Valcea County.

Quick Facts About Buila Vanturarita National Park
SIZE: About 16 square miles
ESTABLISHED: 2005
COUNTY: Valcea County (in the north central part of gthe
LOCATION: Capatanii Mountains Massifs
NOTE: Smallest national park in Romania

Activities in Buila Vanturarita National Park
- Hiking Trails
- Rock Climbing Sites

Natural Attractions in the Park
- Arnautilor Cave in the Olanesti (Folea) Gorges
- Bats Cave (Saint Gregory the Decapollite) from Bistrita
- Bears Cave in the Bistrita Gorges
- Bistrita Gorges
- Buila Peak (1849 meters)
- Buila Vanturarita Massif
- Cheia Gorges Caves: Cave with the Lake, Green Tulip Cave
- Cheia Gorges (narrowest and wildest in Romania)
- Cheia Valley Orchid Glades
- Costesti Gorges
- Dollines in Mount Arnota
- Glade with Spring Snowflakes (Leucojum vernum) from Prislop
- Natural Arcade the House of Stone from Patrunsa
- Olanesti Gorges
- Otasau Valley
- Vanturarita Mare Peak (1885 meters)
- Yew tree reservation from Cheia
NEAR THE PARK:
- Natural Reservation the Museum of Trovants Costesti
- Natural Reservation Slatioara
- Natural Reservation Mosoroasa Swamp in Baile Olanesti

Cultural and Historical Attractions in the Park
- Arnota Monastery (Bistrita Village)
- Bistrita Monastery (Costesti)
- Bolnita Church (Bistrita)
- Buila-Vânturarita National Park Cultural and Historical Monuments
- Forty-Four (44) Springs Hermitage (Pietreni Village)
- Ovidenia Church (the Bats Cave / Saint Gregory the Decapollite (Bistrita)
- Pahomie Hermitage (Cheia)
- Papusa Hermitage (Bistrita)
- Patrunsa Monastery (Barbatesti Village)

More About the Park - Spectacular limestone ridge, rises nearly 6000 feet
- In jurrasic period ridge was a coral reef
- Today a place to find fossils
- Monasteries: Arnota, Bistrita, Frasinei, and Horezu,
- Hermitages: Bradu, Iezer, Jgheaburi, Pahomie, Patrunsa
- Middle course of the Nera River
- Upper Beau River
- Orthodox Patrunsa Monastery

- Arnauti Cave
- Clopot Cave
- Munteanu-Murgoci Cave
- Pagoda Cave
- Valea Bistrita Cave
- Calineti-Brezoi Forest
- Mount Stogu
- Radita-Manzu
- Trovant Museum
- Valea Cheii Forest

Resources on the Internet
- Buila-Vanturarita National Park - Official Web Site
- Map of Buila-Vanturarita National Park
- Touristic Maps of Buila-Vanturarita National Park
- Wikipedia "Buila-Vanturarita National Park" Article

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