Opened in 2015, the complex is a modern location for spending spare time in summer, equipped with three swimming pools: one for children, one for beginners and an olympic size (2000 sqm) pool, for advanced swimmers. The lido also features a volleyball court on sand, large areas with sun loungers and beach umbrellas, and numerous green spaces. Playgrounds for children, outdoor fitness equipment and sports areas, roller skating, skateboard and bicycle tracks, as well as fountains, promenade areas, commercial spaces, terraces, picnic areas, barbecues and gazebos are spread all over …

From Ceahlău Massif to the Black Sea
 

 
 
A water adventure: 10 kayaks, 20 people, 9 days
An extremely ambitious project awaits you in Neamț County
 
“Plai Verde” Association in collaboration with “Green Ties” Association, “Ivan Patzaichin – 23 Mile” Association and “Ceahlăul” Local Club in Piatra Neamț set the basis of the project Wild Canoeing Tour, a reenactment of the raftsmen journeys.
Until the 1950s when the construction works for Bicaz Dam began, raft floating was one of the basic skills of the locals on Bistrița River Valley, that passes through Suceava and Neamț …

A short interview series, a motionARThoughts project
Photo gallery:
Daniel Ciobanu, the young piano-player from Piatra-Neamț and a ”V. Brauner” Arts High school graduate, has started playing the piano at the age of 9 and became one of the most famous Romanian piano-players.
Daniel Ciobanu, Think about VALUES, ep. 12
”My aim is to make people understand that music means harmony. The harmony between two instruments can be imediately translated into the harmony between two people (…)  Any piece of music lives through harmony. If most of the people would understand the language of …

Mild hills overlapping, wide deciduous forests, green pastures with sheep flocks, and the mirror of water of Lake Cuejdel bordered by a mountain slope which overturned its course, reveal the picturesque landscape of a mountain lake formed not long ago. This is Cuejdel, a natural dam lake, formed between 1978 and 1991 in Stânişoarei Mountains. With an area of about 281,700 acres and depths varying between 7m and 14m, it is nowadays the largest natural dam lake in Romania. Lake Cuejdel, with many trunks of broken trees coming out of …

“The Stone Kingdom” of Bicaz Gorges is a particularly picturesque area in Neamţ Land. Considered the most famous gorges in Romania and most spectacular limestone valleys in Europe, they are located in the central part of Hăşmaş Mountains, in the eastern chain of the Romanian Carpathians. The protected area displays a fantastic view for any traveller passing by: giant stone walls, of over 300m high, crossed by the furious waters of Bicaz creek, make way for a serpentine road of rare beauty. Accompanied by the harsh voice of the wind, …

Commissioned by Petru I Muşat and then extended and consolidated under the rule of Stephen the Great, who also set up a defense trench with an arched bridge, the imposing fortress resisted many sieges of the many enemies. Important pages of heroism were written here, such as the eight-day opposition to the furious Ottoman siege led by none other than the fearsome Mehmed the Conqueror following the battle of Războieni (1476) or the glorious episode written in their own blood by the 19 frontier guards facing the Polish army led …