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Stâna de Vale Resort- Exploitation of tourism potential

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STÂNA DE VALE RESORT

In Padurea Craiului Mountains from the Western Carpathians, on the westernside of Bihor Mountains, at 1100 meters altitude, in a hollow surrounded by mountains,

is Stana de Vale spa resort. The spa is situated on 6671 acres of land and is famous in

Romania and all over the world for its treatment services, for being a great place for rest

and recreation and for being an important start point for numerous touristic routes

through Apuseni Mountains.

HISTORY Stana de Vale Resort, situated in Bihor from Vladeasa Mountains was founded in

1880 by the Greek Catholic Church, on the 6671 acres of land donated after the World

War I, by Empress Maria Teresa. The land was for many years thought to be the most

beautiful place in Romania as it had its rustic character and seemed to be parted by




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civilization and forgotten as the few people who lived there were miles apart from each

other.

The name of the resort is thought to have come from the locals that were by

tradition shepherds, and every year in spring time would climb their sheep up in the

mountain and at the end of September would climb down in the hollow where they had

their fold.

Many years the place was visited mainly by tourists that were looking for unique

experiences, that preferred camping to hotels and just recently, in1994 hotels and

cottages were built and in a few years the ³wild paradise´ as it was used to be called

became a well-known and appreciated resort.

GEOGRAPHY

Between the boundaries of its evolution, the relief of the hollow of Stana de Vale

acquired certain zonal particularities. According to specialized paper works made by

several specialists in geology, it is considered that the hill-like relief of Beius County is a

result of erosion which developed upon storage mound situated at the foot of the

mountain and because its placement, the hills of Beius can be integrated in the class of

mound hills.

The highest peak of Vladeasa Mountain is the Vladeasa peak, 1836 meters, andStana de Vale Resort is situated at 1100 meters altitude. The resort is surrounded by

mountains with altitudes varying between 1465 meters and 1205 meters.

CLIMATE

The area is situated in a sub-mountain climate with an annual average

temperature of 5 Celsius Degrees, ozone-rich air, low chances of fog and abundant

snow. At Stana de Vale, the main curative factors are the multiple-mineral and

ferruginous waters, the low atmosphere pressure, intense solar radiation and highly

ionized air, all of them being recognized to improve endocrine diseases, diseases of

airway system and asthenia neurosis.




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Stana de Vale Resort¶s climate is conditioned by its placing in the south-western

part of Bihor City, among the Mountains Codru Moma and Bihorului which oppose the

entrance of continental polar winds from the eastern part.

The resort is characterized by a moderately continental temperate climate. The

average annual temperature is between 8 and 10 Celsius degrees. January

temperatures are usually among -1 to 0 Celsius degrees, in July 18 to 20 Celsius

degrees. The extreme value in Stana de Vale resort reached in January 1942, 31, 4

Celsius degrees.

The humidity and the downfall regime are under the influence of maritime air

masses and are relatively high, between 75-80%. The rainiest month is June with 1600

millimeters/ year. The winter season starts in the beginning of November and the area is

covered with snow continuously until late March.

ACCESS

The main road to get to Stana de Vale resort is Oradea-Beius road, from National

Road 76 (504 km from Bucharest). There is a rail-way that leaves from Bucharest every

day but its last stop is in Beius, which is 24 km before Stana de Vale and the only mean

of transportation to the resort, besides the personal or rental car is the bus-ride that

leaves from the train station every day.

UTILITIES

Starting with 1995, the resort is in continuous

development concerning utilities. In the beginning

years Stanza de Vale was known for its camping

areas and the freedom of self exploring activities for

tourists. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer spots

for camping, all of which are well determined and

closely supervised.

The resort offers the possibilities for




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practicing ski, snowboarding and other winter sports, due to the rich quantity of snow

falling in the cold season and to specific equipment existing in the resort:

Lately, the resort has concentrated its attention on developing in the sense of

expanding the ski slopes and the winter sport utilities.

Presently Stana de Vale has:

y 5 ski slopes for different levels;

y 2 snowboarding slopes;

y 3 ice-skating rings;

y 650 meters long cable ski;

y 1250 meters long cable car.

The management of the resort is aiming to at least double the numbers of these

equipments by 2012 and also to bring in new ones that will attract more tourists every

year. The new equipment will include an artificial snow blower, modern cable cars and 2

new gondola lines.

Concerning the restaurants and hotels in the resort, the official numbers are

summed up in the following table:

Table nr.1 Accommodation and alimentation units

Y ear Hotels Hotels withrestaurant

B&B Cottages Restaurants* Campingspaces

1990 3 2 0 4 12 1241995 14 12 5 26 42 1242000 28 25 56 87 45 1052005 32 30 63 91 52 952010 65 56 64 85 55 60

Source: Revista Turistului Roman nr. 31, www.turisminromania.ro/index/stana-de-vale-23f56/

*includes all types of public alimentation units (restaurants, fast-foods, bars and pubs,

etc.).

Besides the accommodation and alimentation units shown above, there are 43 spaand treatment units existent in and around the resort that offer accommodation and

meal tickets to several restaurants in the resort. These spa centers have around 6500

single, double or family rooms available all year round that can include or not the spa

treatments and curative services.




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F urthermore, the hotels and other accommodation centers in the resort are rated

with stars or daisies as follows:

Number

2 37 21

3 84 32

4 28 12

In Stana de Vale resort, the locals are very involved in tourist entertainment and

along with the activities that the resort offers, the local are offering their own activities

for those looking for more exciting experiences. Mainly the locals are offering

accommodation to tourist in their own homes and acting as hosts, guides and taking

part in their activities. Tourists are very receptive to

this kind of vacations as they get to live a day like the

locals, doing everyday chores for the locals just to

experience that kind of life.

Regarding to restaurants, the majority of existing

units either choose to serve Romanian traditional food

or European style meals for all of those tourists that

are not agreeing Romanian food. On the other hand

there are many fast-food centers that are much

cheaper and handy for tourists.

Nevertheless, lately many locals got the custom to

organize a weekend fare that includes all meal made

by locals, with organic ingredients and traditional

dishes which include the famous ³Sheppard¶s meal´




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(Pranzul Baciului) that is very appreciated by tourists as it includes freshly made sheep

cheese, bacon, onion and hot homemade bread.

ATTRACTIONS

Besides as a ski resort, Stana de Vale is also known for its summer vacancies in the

wild, with a series of touristic attractions, beautiful sceneries and unique hiking routes.

There are being organized trips to Izvorul Minunilor, Cascada Iadolina, hiking routes

through 16 official tracks, all of which pass the biggest waterfall in Romania, Saritoarea

Bohodei (96 meters high), trips to Pestera ursilor, Pesterile F reice, Oceasa, Alunului si

Meziad, and furthermore they also organize barbeques, camping trips and camp fires.

F rom early spring to late autumn, the healthy climate is determining tourists to visit

this resort not only for its therapeutic advantage but also for sight-seeing, as there are

numerous waterfalls like Iadolina, Iedutului, Moara Dracului, and one of the most

beautiful tourist attraction in Romania, Cetatile

Ponorului.

C etatile Ponorului is one of the biggest

karsts centers (landforms created as a result of

erosion of limestone by underground waters) in

Romania. Also known as The Everest of

Romanian Speleology (the science of cave

study), this center was mentioned for the first

time in 1886 by Nagy Sandor. The first 300

meters of the cave were explored by the

Speleological Institute of Cluj team in 1949 and

only in 1957 another team reaches the end of the cave and in 1972 a mountaineering team

succeeds to climb the 126 meter high wall of the

cave¶s end without finding any continuance trail.

Nowadays the explorations are still continuing.




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The caves of Ponor are situated on the Karst surface of Padis at 950 meters high,

approximately 2 hours hike from Stana de Vale, on the blue trail. The cave has a main

gallery of 2 km long of impressive dimensions in which probably the largest

underground river in Romania floats creating waterfalls. The entrance in the cave is

made through a door which is 70 meters high and 30 meters wide and actually carves

the first valley which is enormous (300mters deep and 1000 meters diameter).

After passing the naturally lighted area, the trail gets much more difficult to pass as

there are several rocks and tree trunks that built barricades and waterfalls. After

reaching the main gallery, you pass into the Camp Hall followed by the first navigable

lake. After passing more barricades, 5 impressive halls and lakes you reach the biggest

lake which is 85 meters long and the first stone sculptures in the Stone F lowers Hall

with gorgeous stalagmites. The following portion looks to be partially flooded by lakes10, 11 and 12 but continue with The Venetian Gallery which is the highest 115 meters

high and ends with the last spring.

The cave can be visited by tourists at the surface but in the underground gallery too

up to Camp Hall but further then that only experienced speleologists are allowed to

enter.

The mineral water spring called Izv orul

Minunilor is known not only for its healthy

chemical ingredients but also for its story. The

story says that long ago the land was separated

between two kings, the King of F ire and the King

of Ice, which were always in war and always

wanted to have the other¶s half to add to his

kingdom. Both kings had children at the same

time. One had a girl and the other one a boy. The

story says that the war between the kings lasted

until The Princess of ice met the Prince of F ire

and fell in love, and from that love sprang the

Wonder Spring that melt the Land of Ice and put

out the fire from the Land of F ire.




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The waterfall from Stana de Vale resort is

the biggest in Romania, approximately 96

meters high, flowing over a massive cliff

creating an impressive ³V´ shaped waterfall.

The access to the waterfall is made through

the path called Valea Aleului, which twists and

turns passing along multiple waterfalls that

create a unique scenario.

F urthermore, another attraction feature

for tourists all over the country and world are

the 16 hiking paths that surround and cross

the area offering beautiful sceneries all year

round.

All paths are accessible for tourists on their

own but there are also many guides available for

those less experienced in the wild. F urthermore,

the hiking paths are divided on difficulty categories

and all of them pass the important attractions.




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ENTERTAINMENT

Recently, the resort has started to develop more and more entertainment centers.Traditionally the resort was thought to be a treatment and spa resort, which did not

involve many activities except the daily treatment program and visiting the main tourist

attractions.

Lately Stana de Vale became a well known resort for its offers in the winter season,

mainly for skiers and those that practiced any winter sport. Thereby, the resort

developed after ski entertainment centers as well as night entertainment centers.

Therefore, the station has one cinema, one mall, and approximately 15 bars and pubs.

The resort can be described as a very active resort as everything there is to do there

involves some kind of movement. Thereby, even the bars and pubs are either discos or

plain liquor bars that have some kind of games like pool tables, darts, foosball tables

and bawling tracks, that entertain customers.

F or visitors entertainment also the locals are organizing traditional fares, wearing

their traditional costumes and teaching tourists about their cultural heritage, the

traditional dances, and food.

There are also more modern activities for tourists like ATV cars and mountain biking

routs and motocross competitions. F or those looking for a human-nature connection

there are organized bird-watching trips, bear-watching and hunting.




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HANDLIST

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