Cugir

Romania / Alba / Cugir /
 city, town

The natural background has a great and gorgeous variety, and it is presented through descriptions and pictures. From the mountains to the plain the river pass through the natural "theatre" made by mountains, hills and plains giving his values to man. In the end, the Cugir River goes into a full and beautiful crops field named "Cimpul Piinii". People lived here even before the first century, when in the historical documents revealed that there was a fortress named Singidava.
The beauties of the places give the possibility to develop the local tourism including the environment, the historical and cultural potential, the art and the folk-art, the places where the tourist can stay for a great journey or even more. Moreover, why not, to make and to improve the means of communication.
People can make trips around the Cugir town to Sebes Valley and Jiului Valley, because there are foot =traveling routs like:

1) Cugir- Canciu- Surianu- Oasa- Obirsia Lotrului- Voineasa;

2) Cugir- Canciu- Poarta Raiului- Prigoana Sebes;

3) Cugir- Canciu- Surianu- Ausel- Petrosani;

4) Cugir- Prislop- Dealul Negru- Comarnicel- Petrosani;

5) Cugir- Sipcea- Dealul Negru- Baru Mare;

6) Cugir- Prislop- Scirna- Cetatea Gradistea de Munte= Pestera Cioclovina.

If the tourists want to rest after the long and difficult trips, they will rest themselves into two big inns: Surianu and Prislop or to the people's houses. The so called "border people" are very hospitable with the foregners.
30000 inhabitants;
guns,machineguns, ammm. factories;
travel: by train or road.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   45°49'45"N   23°22'34"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago