APUSENI - ARIESENI / Guesthouse

A traditional, modernised guesthouse, with an architecture typical of the area, located on a very quiet site, at an altitude of over 1200 m. It is situated in a village belonging to the Biharia Massif, being surrounded by forest in all directions.
The Patrahaitesti village is a small mountain hamlet, where traditions haven’t changed for hundreds of years.
The view of the mountains, covered with fir-tree forests, the green meadows are just a few elements contributing to relaxation. Quiet, quiet, quiet!
You’ll be delighted to taste of the fresh bread, baked in the traditional oven in the courtyard.
The kind hosts can recommend what to visit in the area; upon request, you can benefit from the services of a guide (Claudiu studied tourism at university and knows the area even better than the villagers themselves). His wife, Mirela, history school teacher at the local school, will relate you in French all charming fables and facts of history of this zone

Places: 12
Access by car: from the centre of the Arieseni village, keep driving ca. 1 km on DN 75 toward Stei, then turn left on a 5-km long communal road, following the course of the Valea Steului rivulet, approx. 2.5 km long(passing the Montana pension). Get past the first intersection(on the road to the relay, to the right), at the second intersection continue on the main road(do not turn left), get past the next two crossroads(do not turn right, drive on straight ahead), then, straight on to the pension.
When there is snow, the road could be inaccessible with regular vehicles!! You can park your car in the valley, and your hosts will pick you up and bring you to the pension, on previous notice, in a horse-drawn sleigh – a unique experience.

F A C I L I T I E S

	- courtyard and parking place
	- central heating
	- private farm(cows, pigs, horses etc.) and private big orchard (cca.8000sq.m.): plum, apple, cherry, nut trees, raspberries, bilberries
	- rooms can also be rented without meals
	- transfer by car or by cart or sleigh, from/to Arieseni
	- pets accepted in the courtyard only

PATRAHAITESTI

S T R U C T U R E

Semi-basement		equipped kitchen at your disposal, 1 modern shared bathroom
Ground floor		SECTION I 4 separate bedrooms: C1(1EXT), C2(1DB), C3(1DB), C4(1EXT), hallway SECTION II - 2 bedrooms en suite: C1(1SB), C2(2SB, can be merged into a matrimonial bed), 1 modern shared bathroom, big hallway with dining hall, richly ornamented - 1 apartment composed of 1 bedroom C1(1EXT), own kitchen and own modern bathroom
Total rooms		6+1 apartment
Total places		12
Note:	SB = single bed DB = double bed (matrimonial) EXT = extensible couch

A C T I V I T I E S

	- discovering farming activities(milking, haymaking and -stacking etc).
	- baths in the Bucinis river 300m away
	- gathering berries or mushrooms
	- 50m from the pension there is a folk art workshop, where wooden household items are made, and a museum exhibiting local folk art works
	- 500 m away there is a spectacular falls(Bucinis falls), with a height difference of ca. 30 m
	- 8 km away one finds the Curcubata Mare(1849 m) and Curcubata Mic Peaks, to which one-day trips can be made

S P O K E N F O R E I G N L A N G U A G E S : French