Bicaz
Bicaz is a town in Moldavia.
Understand
[edit]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.
Get in
[edit]By bus
[edit]There are very frequent buses from Piatra Neamţ (a half hour trip), several buses from Gheorgheni (1½ 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.
By train
[edit]Bicaz is reached by two commuter trains from Piatra Neamţ (travel time around 45 minutes) and one direct train from Bucharest (a 7-hour trip). Timetables can be found on the railway operator [https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/ CFR website].
Get around
[edit]The town is walkable.
See
[edit]- Muzeul de Istorie şi Etnografie (History and Etnography Museum), strada Barajului nr. 2, ☏ +40 233 671201. October - March: Tu-Su 09:00-17:00, April - September: Tu-Su 10:00-18:00.
Do
[edit]- Boat trips on Bicaz lake
Buy
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[edit]Go next
[edit]- Cheile Bicazului (Bicaz canyon) (20 km west of Bicaz on the route to Gheorgheni). A spectacular 8-km-long canyon.
- Lacul Roşu (Red Lake) (at the western end of Bicaz canyon). A large lake created by a landslide in 1837.
- Ceahlău massif (just north west of town). One of the most impressive parts of the Eastern Carpathians.
- Lacul Bicaz (Izvorul Muntelui) (Bicaz Lake) (north of town). The largest artificial lake in the country.