Bicaz
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Bicaz is a town in Moldavia.
[edit] Understand
A relatively new mountain town located near Piatra Neamţ, Bicaz is a good base for trips to Bicaz canyon, into the Ceahlau massif or to the large Bicaz (Izvorul Muntelui) reservoir.
[edit] Get in
[edit] By bus
There are very frequent buses from Piatra Neamţ (a half hour trip), several buses from Gheorgheni (1 1/2 hours) via the Bicaz canyon, 4-5 buses from Iaşi (3 hours), two from Cluj (7 hours) and Târgu Mureş (5 hours), one from Bucharest (6 hours). Most of their schedules are available on autogari.ro [1]
[edit] By train
Bicaz is reached by two commuter trains from Piatra Neamţ (travel time around 45 minutes) and one direct train from Bucharest (a 7 hours trip). Timetables can be found on the railway operator CFR website [2].
[edit] Get around
The town is walkable.
[edit][add listing] See
- Muzeul de Istorie şi Etnografie (History and Etnography Museum), strada Barajului nr. 2, ☎ +40233 671201. Tu-Su 9AM-5PM (October - March), 10AM-6PM (April - September). edit
[edit][add listing] Do
- Boat trips on Bicaz lake
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[edit] Contact
[edit] Get out
- Cheile Bicazului (Bicaz canyon), (20 km west of Bicaz on the route to Gheorgheni). A spectacular 8 km long canyon edit
- Lacul Roşu (Red Lake), (at the western end of Bicaz canyon). A large lake created by a landslide in 1837 edit
- Ceahlău massif, (just north west of town). One of the most impressive parts of the Eastern Carpathians edit
- Lacul Bicaz (Izvorul Muntelui) (Bicaz Lake), (north of town). The largest artificial lake in the country edit
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