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One of the most
interesting tourist place is Baile Felix (in Bihor county) a spa with over
7.200 places.
The Stana de Vale mountain Spa, situated at 1,100 m above sea level, with more
than 250 places is also a point of attraction for Romanian and foreign
tourists.
Additionally to these, Tinca and Pestera
Ursilor Spas in the Apuseni
Mountains have to be
mentioned.
An idyllic place is Padis, very important
for its karstic potential
- over 50 caves in an area covered by one day walking.
This province has a lot of scientific
reservations, especially botanical,
forestry, zoological and spelaeologic ones. Remarkable by the rarity and
variety of their flora are:
Moneasa natural reservation, the "Dosul Laurului" reservation
from Zimbru, the Botanical Garden at the Macea Castle, the dendrology
parks from Gurahont, Bulci, Capâlnas,
Neudorf, Savârsin, Odvos and Manastur as well as the forestry reservations
from Runcu-Grosi, Râul Mare – Halmagel, Prundul Mare – Securigiu.
There are also a lot of hunting
and fishing grounds. Well-known are the
ones from Chisineu-Cris – Socodor – Adea, Savârsin –Troas
and Vârfurile – Halmagel.
Old churches, wooden churches (built in the XVII – XIXth century) and monasteries situated in the Arad county have real art treasures and
some of them are exhibited there.
Of great architectural value are also the
numerous castles and secular buildings. The most important are the Fortress of Arad, built in Vauban system in 1763–1785, the
Castle-fortress from Ineu, built in 1645–1652, the castles from Savârsin,
Bulci, Capâlnas, Petris, Conop, Odvos, Macea, Fântânele, Siria.
The Crisana Province
preserved an old and authentic folk art in Tara Zarandului, Ineu-Sicula and
Birchis-Capâlnas. The embroideries in red and black, the sheepskin coats
made by the furriers from Buteni, the sleeveless jackets made in Birchis
and Bata are famous.
The traditional textures as well as the
folk pottery can be found in the most of the peasant’s households in Tara
Zarandului, on the Mures
Valley and the Crisul
Alb Plain.
It has to be mentioned the remarkable
preservation of some traditional peasant’s households mainly in the
villages situated in the mountainous zones.
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