Vanatori-Neamt Nature Park was founded in 1999 and has a surface of over 30000 ha. The park offers numerous attraction points starting with natural wonders and up to cultural and historic attractions. Vanatori-Neamt Nature Park is located in Neamt County in the communes Cracaoani, Agapia, Vanatori-Neamt, Targu Neamt town and Baltatesti resort and Oglinzi resort.

For those that love hiking they can enjoy one of the 8 touristic routes from the park that will take the tourist through some of the most interesting cultural and historic attractions from Neamt County:
1.  Route …

Neamt County has the highest number of monasteries in the country and that’s one of the reasons for having so many possibilities for pilgrimages. The monasteries from Neamt County are also some of the oldest in Romania and they are located in places of rare natural beauty. The priests that lived here are famous in all Romania. For all these reasons pilgrims will have a special personal and spiritual experience when walking from one monastery to another.
These hikes between monasteries, that we also call pilgrimages, represent much more than just …

The history of Agapia Monastery and its surroundings is very old and tightly connected to Agapia Veche Hermitage located on a hill, near the monastery. Agapia Veche Hermitage is approximately 2 km from Agapia Monastery in a plane behind the green trees of the forest. You can reach this place by car, on a dirt road or on foot by following a marked trail that goes through the forest. The road to Agapia Veche starts in the parking from Agapia Monastery. Where you see the touristic sign that shows Sihla …

Targu Neamt – Neamt Fortress – “Veronica Micle” Memorial House – History and Ethnography Museum Targu Neamt – “Ion Creanga” Memorial House – “Dragos Voda” Bisons and Carpathian Fauna Reserve –  Neamt Monastery  – “Visarion Puiu” Memorial House and “Mihail Sadoveanu” Memorial Museum – Vovidenia Hermitage.
A touristic tour of one day around Targu Neamt, where the famous storyteller Ion Creanga lived and where Stephen the Great ruled, can be a real challenge for the tourist that wants to discover a small part of the beauties, traditions and culture of this …

Route number 1
Secu Monastery – The Old Agapia Monastery
Duration: 1 hour
Bookmark: red dot with white background
Route number 2
The Old Agapia Monastery – Sihastria Monastery
Duration: 1,5-2,5 hours
Bookmark: red triangle in a white triangle
Route number 3
Sihla Monastery – Varatec Monastery
Duration: 4 hours
Bookmark: blue dot in a white circle
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Location:  Vanatori-Neamt Nature Park is located in the north-eats of Romania, in the east side of the Mountains Stanisoarei and the Neamt Sub-Carpathians, in the north part of the Neamt County. The park stretches over few villages, like Cracaoani, Agapia, Vanatori-Neamt, the city Tg. Neamt and the resorts Baltatesti and Oglinzi.
Access ways:
– the nearest airport is at Suceava
– the entrance points in the parke: Magazia, Varatec, Agapia, Targu Neamt, Vinatori-Neamt
– coming from Piatra Neamt, on DN 15C Piatra Neamt – Targu Neamt – Vanatori – Neamt
– coming from Poiana Largului …