Archívy sirnea - Adam Vanecko Traveller Food & Travel Blog https://adamvaneckotraveller.sk/tag/sirnea/ Sun, 07 Jan 2024 20:54:15 +0000 sk-SK hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://i0.wp.com/adamvaneckotraveller.sk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-32525984_1243395655795448_7039879215541387264_n.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Archívy sirnea - Adam Vanecko Traveller Food & Travel Blog https://adamvaneckotraveller.sk/tag/sirnea/ 32 32 146052041 Șirnea – from a pastoral settlement to a tourist village https://adamvaneckotraveller.sk/romania/sirnea-from-a-pastoral-settlement-to-a-tourist-village/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 08:49:32 +0000 https://adamvaneckotraveller.sk/?p=7920 While in the past the small village of Șirnea was a shepherd settlement, today it boasts the title of the 1st tourist village in Romania.

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How to get to Șirnea?

Șirnea is located in southeastern Transylvania in the central part of Romania at the foot of the Piatra Craiului National Park at an altitude of 1,244 m above sea level. From an administrative point of view, it is located on the edge of the Brașov county.

By car

Route number 730 passes through the village. It connects to the European route E574, which starts in Bacău and ends in the city of Craiova.

By bus

Buses stop at the bus stop Statie Șirnea Ramificatie, which is located 3.4 km/6 minutes by car southeast of the center of the village.

By train

You cannot get to the village of Șirnea by train, because there is no railway line running through the village.

By plane

Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport (Aeroportul Internaionale Brașov-Ghimbav; international code according to IATA: GHV) is located 44.5 km/49 min. by car northeast of the village of Șirnea. The airport boasts the title of the 1st airport built in Romania in the last 50 years. At the same time, it is the 3rd largest airport after Henri Coandă Airport (OTP) in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca Airport (CLJ). The airport was opened only in June 2023. Brașov is the 2nd most visited city after Bucharest.

From the airport, you can reach destinations such as Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, Valencia in Spain, Brussels in Belgium, London-Gatwick, London-Luton in the United Kingdom, Dortmund, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart in Germany or Rome-Fiumicino airport in Italy. In 3 months of operation (June-August 2023), they transported more than 30,000 people to the airport.

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Șirnea. © Adam Vanečko

What to do, see and visit in Șirnea?

The DeȘirnea Experience tourist activity center will take care of your leisure time in the municipality of Șirnea. In the village there is a cozy museum of regional importance, a house in which Romanian traditions still live and a house in which the world-famous British journalist Charlie Ottley lives.

DeȘirnea Experience

The aim of the DeȘirnea Experience association is to support and promote activities for the protection of the environment and the well-being of the local community. All activities for visitors are eco-friendly with no impact on the environment and supported by local residents. You can explore the village and its surroundings on foot, on a classic MTB bike, electric bike, electric mountain bike, from the saddle of a horse or from the seat of an all-terrain vehicle.

The center also focuses on hippotherapy (treatment using horses). Some activities you complete by yourself, others with a guide. You can reserve all services by filling out the on-line form on the company’s official website. If I worked in a company in Romania, I would definitely suggest to my boss that we do team building with this center during some activity, or even at all of them. The center also includes a shop with products from local craftsmen.

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E-bikes rental. © Adam Vanečko
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DeȘirnea Experience. © Adam Vanečko

School museum

The former school provided its premises for the local museum. It is also located in the center of the village. You can find the location of the museum in the maps as a School (Şcoala), but also as a cultural center of Radu G Teposu (Centru cultural Radu G Teposu). We were guided through the museum by a man who looked like a magic grandpa from a fairy tale. The museum’s permanent exhibition was very similar to the ethnographic exhibitions in museums in Slovakia. It’s a pity that all the explanations for the objects on display were in Romanian.

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Museum guide. © Adam Vanečko
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School museum. © Adam Vanečko

House of traditions

Only 230 m/3 minutes on foot south of the center of the village stands the house of traditions. In it, we could see how wooden shingles were made in the past (why not today). The work of a skilled craftsman was very well looked at with a fantastic cone in hand. Well, better said, it tasted like our doughnut. At the same time, the very nice lady of the house showed us what it looks like in such a (perhaps typical) Romanian household. But be careful, the house is not an open-air museum or a museum. It is still inhabited.

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Wooden shingles production. © Adam Vanečko
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The lady of the house. © Adam Vanečko

Charlie Ottley’s house

Charlie Ottley, the British journalist and TV presenter behind the travel documentary Flavors of Romania, also fell in love with Romania. The documentary was accessible on the Netflix streaming platform. Charlie even moved to the village of Șirnea. You can find his house at the end of the village. Maybe you’ll be lucky and Charlie will host you at his place.

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Charlie Ottley and me. © Adam Vanečko
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Charlie Ottley’s house. © Adam Vanečko

Where to eat in the village of Șirnea?

I tasted a (non) traditional Romanian dinner at the Valea Lupilor guesthouse. We started the dinner with a cold appetizer, a plate covered with smoked meat (similar to our smoked ham that we eat on Easter in Slovakia), sheep’s cheese, Romanian cheese (70% cow’s milk and 30% sheep’s milk, matured in fir bark), which is much more aromatic than our Slovak one, olives, cucumber and onion. Roast pork, grilled sausages and roasted chicken legs were served as the main course. At the end of the dinner, a pancake with jam. Nothing for vegetarians or vegans. A nice guesthouse, in the garden of which you can pet (if they let you) deer, ostriches, and even a llama.

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Dinner in Valea Lupilor. © Adam Vanečko

Where to stay in Șirnea?

I did not stay in the village of Șirnea, but you can. The village offers countless accommodation facilities. I am choosing for you at least those that were shown to us and recommended:

  • The Barn (1.5 km/23 minutes walk east of the center of the village)
  • Crai Nou (1.5 km/21 minutes walk southeast of the village center)
  • Valea Lupilor (550 m/8 minutes walk north of the center)
  • Poarta Craiului (1.3 km/20 minutes walk north of the village center)
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The Barn. © Adam Vanečko
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Poarta Craiului. © Adam Vanečko

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The article was created in cooperation with FIJET Romania.

© Ing. Adam Vanečko

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]]> 7920 Șirnea – z pastierskej osady na turistickú obec https://adamvaneckotraveller.sk/rumunsko/sirnea-z-pastierskej-osady-na-turisticku-obec/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:18:53 +0000 https://adamvaneckotraveller.sk/?p=7899 Kým v minulosti bola malá dedinka Șirnea pastierskou osadou, v súčasnosti sa pýši titulom 1. turistická obec v Rumunsku.

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]]> Kým v minulosti bola malá dedinka Șirnea pastierskou osadou, v súčasnosti sa pýši titulom 1. turistická obec v Rumunsku.

Ako sa do obce Șirnea dostať?

Șirnea sa nachádza v juhovýchodnej Transylvánii v centrálnej časti Rumunska na úpätí národného parku Piatra Craiului vo výške 1 244 m n. m. Z administratívneho hľadiska sa rozkladá na okraji župy Brașov.

Autom

Obcou prechádza cesta II. triedy číslo 730. Napája sa na európsku cestu E574, ktorý začína v Bacău a končí v meste Craiova. 

Autobusom

Autobusy stoja na autobusovej zastávke Statie Șirnea Ramificatie, ktorá sa nachádza 3,4 km/6 min. autom juhovýchodne od centra obce.

Vlakom

Vlakom sa do obce Șirnea nedostanete, pretože cez obec nevedie žiadna železničná trať.

Lietadlom

Medzinárodné letisko Brașov-Ghimbav (Aeroportul Internațional Brașov-Ghimbav; medzinárodný kód podľa IATA: GHV) sa nachádza 44,5 km/49 min. autom severovýchodne od obce Șirnea. Letisko sa pýši titulom 1. letisko, ktoré v Rumunsku postavili za posledných 50 rokov. Zároveň je 3. najväčším letiskom po letisku Henri Coandă (OTP) v Bukurešti a letisku v Cluj-Napoca (CLJ). Letisko otvorili len v júni 2023. Brașov je 2. najnavštevovanejším mestom po Bukurešti.

Z letiska sa dostanete do destinácií ako Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, Valencia v Španielsku, Brusel v Belgicku, Londýn-Gatwick, Londýn-Luton v Spojenom kráľovstve, Dortmund, Mníchov, Norimberg, Stuttgart v Nemecku či na letisko Rím-Fiumicino v Taliansku. Za 3 mesiace prevádzky (jún-august 2023) na letisko vybavili viac ako 30 tisíc osôb.

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Șirnea. © Adam Vanečko

Čo v Șirnea robiť, vidieť a navštíviť?

O váš voľný čas sa v obci Șirnea postará Centrum turistických aktivít DeȘirnea Experience. V dedinke sa nachádza útulné múzeum regionálneho významu, dom, v ktorom rumunské tradície stále žijú a dom, v ktorom býva svetoznámy britský novinár Charlie Ottley.

DeȘirnea Experience

Cieľom združenia DeȘirnea Experience je podporovať a propagovať aktivity na ochranu životného prostredia a blahobyt miestnej komunity. Všetky aktivity pre návštevníkov sú ekologické bez dopadu na životné prostredie a podporované miestnymi obyvateľmi. Dedinku a jej okolie môžete spoznávať pešo, na klasickom MTB bicykli, elektrobicykli, horskom elektrobicykli, zo sedla koňa alebo zo sedadla terénneho auta.

V centre sa zameriavajú aj na hipoterapiu (liečba pomocou koní). Niektoré aktivity absolvujete sami, iné so sprievodcom. Všetky služby si môžete rezervovať vyplnením on-line formulára na oficiálnej stránke spoločnosti. Keby som robil v nejakej spoločnosti v Rumunsku, svojmu šéfovi by som určite navrhol, aby sme teambuilding absolvovali s týmto centrom pri nejakej aktivite, alebo pokojne aj pri všetkých. Súčasťou centra je i obchod s výrobkami od miestnych remeselníkov.

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E-bikes rental. © Adam Vanečko
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DeȘirnea Experience. © Adam Vanečko

Školské múzeum

Bývalá škola poskytla svoje priestory pre miestne múzeum. To sa nachádza taktiež v centre dedinky. Polohu múzea v mapách nájdete ako Škola (Şcoala), ale aj ako kultúrne centrum Radu G Teposu (Centru cultural Radu G Teposu). Múzeom nás previedol pán, ktorý vyzeral ako Deduško Večerníček. Stála expozícia múzea sa veľmi podobala etnografickým expozíciám v našich múzeách. Škoda len, že všetky vysvetlivky k vystaveným predmetom boli v rumunčine.

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Museum guide. © Adam Vanečko
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School museum. © Adam Vanečko

Dom tradícií

Len 230 m/3 min. pešo južne od centra dedinky stojí dom tradícií. V ňom sme mohli vidieť, ako sa kedysi (prečo nie aj dnes) vyrábali drevené šindle. Na prácu zručného remeselníka sa veľmi dobre pozeralo s fantastickou šiškou v ruke. Teda, lepšie povedané, chutilo to ako naša šiška. Zároveň nám veľmi milá pani domu ukázala, ako to vyzerá v takej (možno typickej) rumunskej domácnosti. Pozor ale, dom nie je žiadnym skanzenom ani múzeom. Ešte stále sa v ňom býva.

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Wooden shingles production. © Adam Vanečko
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The lady of the house. © Adam Vanečko

Dom Charlieho Ottleyho

Rumunsko si zamiloval aj Charlie Ottley, britský novinár a televízny moderátor, ktorý stojí za cestopisným dokumentom Príchute Rumunska. Dokument bol prístupný na streamovacej platforme Netflix. Do dedinky Șirnea sa dokonca aj presťahoval. Jeho dom nájdete na konci dediny. Možno budete mať šťastie a Charlie vás u seba aj pohostí.  

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Charlie Ottley and me. © Adam Vanečko
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Charlie Ottley’s house. © Adam Vanečko

Kde sa v obci Șirnea najesť?

(Ne)tradičnú rumunskú večeru som ochutnal v penzióne Valea Lupilor. Večeru sme začali studeným predjedlom, obloženou misou s údeným mäsom (podobné našej údenej šunke, ktorú jedávame na Veľkú noc), ovčím syrom, rumunskou bryndzou (70 % kravského mlieka a 30 % ovčieho mlieka, zreje v jedľovej kôre), ktorá je omnoho výraznejšia, či už chuťou alebo arómou ako tá naša slovenská, olivami, uhorkou a cibuľou. Pečené bravčové mäso, grilované klobásky a pečené kuracie stehná podávali ako hlavný chod. Na záver večere palacinka s džemom. Nič pre vegetariánov a ani pre vegánov. Pekný penzión, v ktorého záhrade môžete pohladiť (ak vám to dovolia) jelene, pštrosy, ba dokonca i lamu.

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Dinner in Valea Lupilor. © Adam Vanečko

Kde sa v obci Șirnea ubytovať?

Ja som sa síce v dedinke Șirnea neubytoval, zato vy môžete. Obec ponúka nespočetné množstvo ubytovacích zariadení. Vyberám pre vás aspoň tie, ktoré nám ukázali a odporučili:

  • The Barn (1,5 km/23 min. pešo východne od centra dedinky)
  • Crai Nou (1,5 km/21 min. pešo juhovýchodne od centra dediny)
  • Valea Lupilor (550 m/8 min. pešo severne od centra)
  • Poarta Craiului (1,3 km/20 min. pešo severne od centra obce)
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The Barn. © Adam Vanečko
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Poarta Craiului. © Adam Vanečko

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