Wooden Churches of Maramureș and the Merry Cemetery

Maramureș, in Romania's far north, has a traditional village life, with wooden gates and tall-spired wooden churches, eight of them UNESCO-listed, such as Bârsana and Ieud. At Săpânța, the Merry Cemetery has brightly painted wooden crosses with naïve pictures and humorous poems about the lives of the people buried there.

The Mocănița steam train runs into the Vaser valley from Vișeu de Sus. Stay in a village guesthouse to experience the local food and hospitality.