Bistrița-Năsăud is the county where the spectacular road is located, just like “in Switzerland”.This county is said to be the gateway to Transylvania, being a county that helps to develop tourism, but also the county that strives to bring its citizens home. Bistrița-Năsăud is a cultural and tourism development model, according to RoyalsBlue.com.
In this county, there is what the locals call Transfăgărășanul de Ardeal, being a winding road that leads to Colibita resort. This place is known to have the cleanest air in Romania.
As early as 1883, rumors began to circulate that the air here has the power to heal, when a young woman from Bistrita stated that she managed to cure herself of tuberculosis due to the clean air in the area, being rich in ozone.
In 1979, the decision was made to move this village to the hills in the area, in the locality of Mita, in order to be able to arrange an accumulation lake. The inhabitants of the area are sure that on the bottom of the lake there are still the ruins of the old village.
The attracted European funds were invested in the road that managed the real estate development in the area, where you can find several pensions and holiday homes.
In the county there is a network of roads measuring about 700 kilometers. Much of it, more specifically in the last eight years, has been modernized or is being modernized. Half of them were funded by European funds.
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