The Gorges of Bicaz

Description:

Cheile Bicazului are part of the National Park Cheile Bicazului- Hăşmaş with the protected areas: Red Lake, Cheile Bicazului, Cheile Sugau, Hasmasul Mare -  The Lonely Stone and Hasmasul Negru.

Cheile Bicazului is a very picturesque geographical area of Romania located in the central Hăşmaş Mountains in north-east, in Harghita and Neamt counties.

Cheile Bicazului consists of coils of rare beauty. The limestone walls of the caves hide rocks of great beauty (Peştera Neagră, Peştera Cascadă)  and potholes (Licaş, Avenul cu Trei Intrări). All small tributary streams to Cheile Bicazului create, in their turn,  other gorges such as keys Lapos, Sugau Gorges, Gorges Bicăjel.

All the way, one can admire Piatra Altarului (The Stone Altar) - solid bedrock of 1120 m altitude, Rocky Mountains, Pintestilor Stone (847 m) and Piatra Arsita (835 m). Other rocks in the area worth mentioning are Piatra Surducului, Poarta de Piatră şi Poliţele Bardosului.

We can have trips from Cheile Bicazului to Saua Cupaş (1275 m), the Cupăşeni, Şaua Ţifrea (1002 m), Piatra Poienii (1125 m), Cheile Bicăjelului, Cheile Şugăului, etc.

Along the coils of the Gorge, there are small shops with souvenirs, handicrafts made by Romanian and Hungarian artisans. They give a special note of these places, and having the emotional impact of tourists bewitched by the beauty of the landscape, small traders try to sell tourists small gifts.