Touristic Tour Piatra Neamt – Monastery Petru Voda

Piatra Neamt – Monastery Bistrita – the Lake Pangarati – Monastery Pangarati – the town Bicaz – the Dam from Bicaz – the Lake Izvorul Muntelui –Bicaz Harbour – the Trout from Potoci – Poiana Largului – the Rock Piatra Teiului – Monastery Petru Voda

A one day trip fromPiatra Neamtto theMonastery Petru Vodarepresents a true adventure for the tourists that want to discover the natural wonders from this place. The starting point for this journey is the town Piatra Neamt, from where you follow the national road DN 15 that goes to Bicaz. At 8 km after you exit the town you can make your first stop to theMonastery Bistrita. This monastery was built and reinforced by rulers Alexandru cel Bun, Petru Musat and Stefan cel Mare (Stefan the Great) and managed to resist to all the difficulties for more than 600 years.

After you leave the monastery you continue the trip and the next stop is a belvedere point on the shore of theLake Pangarati. This lake is a protected area and here you can watch the birds that also stop here during the winter migration. Right after this point you’ll see on the right the road that goes to theMonastery Pangarati. This religious place dates from the XV century and the most interesting architectural building is the old church. The particular and unique fact about this church is that there are in fact two churches built on top of each other.