Mount Ceahlău is one of the most notorious mountains of Romania (formerly spelled Rumania or Roumania; Romanian: România) is a country in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Ukraine and Moldova in the northeast, Hungary in the west and Serbia and Bulgaria to the south along the Danube river. Romania has a stretch of sea coast on the...
Romania. It is located in the Eastern Carpathians chain, in the Administrative map of Romania with Neamţ county highlighted Neamţ is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Moldavia region, with the capital city at Piatra Neamţ (population: 125,050). Its common abbreviation is NT. Demographics In 2002, it had a population of 557,000 and the population...
Neamţ county, in Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. Map showing Romania without Moldavia in blue and Moldavia (parts inside and outside Romania) in yellow Geography It was situated between the Carpathian Mountains and the Dniester River...
Moldavia region. The two most important peaks are Toaca (1907 m of altitude) and Ocolaşul Mare (1904 m of altitude).
The Ceahlău National Park shelters a large variety of flora and fauna; some of the species are endemic or rarely seen elsewhere in Romania.
There are many legends about the Ceahlău mountain; as a consequence it is often called The Romanian Olympus.
It is one of the most frequented mountain resort in Romania, largely because of its modern sports infrastructure, including artificial skating ring, riding center, two 80 m high ski-jumps, and 12 downhill and slalom courses - one of them with artificial snow.
The sub alpine climate with pure, ozone-rich air attracts hikers and skiers alike, the latter descending slopes from 1100 m to 850 m.
Numerous marked trails lead to the Fantanele, Dochia and Izvoru Muntelui chalets, the Bicaz reservoir and the bizarre shapes of the eroded crags of Ceahlau, mysterious geological formations called megaliths which inspired the ancient Dacians to whom the mountain was their "Mount Olympus", abode of their supreme deity, "Zamolxis".
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