The Buzău lands have a lot to offer, among their attractions is the Buzău Valley, a fascinating region with special landscapes shrouded in legends and mysteries.
Springing from the peaks of Ciucaș and Tătarul Mare, the River Buzău has an interesting and special flow, covering a distance of approximately 325 km. After crossing the highest massifs of Siriu and Podul Calului forming the narrow gorges known as Cheile Buzăului, the Buzău river continues its route towards the Romanian Plain, near the town of Măgura it makes a sharp turn. Once in the plain area, it does not flow directly into the Danube, but into the Siret. Among the tributaries are Siriu, Nehoiu, Bâsca Mare, Bâsca Mica, Bâsca Chiojdului, Bisoca.
On the course of the Buzău there are two hydropower facilities, the Siriu dam and reservoir with the Nehoiașu hydroelectric plant and the Cândêști dam, with the Cândêști-Vernești-Simileasca hydropower facility.
Tourist attractions
The Buzăului Valley invites you to mountain hikes and to the discovery of legends and places with a religious charge.
- Rafting
- Cycling
- Hiking to the Cave Settlements
- Hiking to Vulturilor Lake and Tabla Butii
- Siriu Dam
- Fishing
- Hunting
- Forest Fruit Picking
- Cooking Workshops and Courses
- Tasting of famous traditional sausages: Pleșcoi sausages, Babic, Ghiudem, sheep pastrami
- Holidays and popular events
Tourists can adventure with mountain bikes in the rocky areas, go rafting in the valleys in the area, practice horse riding, have therapy with serum and flower petals in the town of Varlaam, taste stable products and dishes specific to the area (the famous bulz which are polenta bulgars stuffed with sheep’s cheese), they can relax and sleep on a bed of hay – Chiojdu (hay has a high content of medicinal plants that help eliminate stress), they can pick berries or mushrooms, or learn customs and crafts that the locals have kept from their ancestors.