Photo and music credits.
The photos of the guesthouse belong to the owners. The landscapes, sights, illustrative food photos and the background music come from the authors below, under free licences.
Background music
“Toate plugurile ară”, Dumitru Fărcaș
on the tárogató, with the Romanian Radio Folk Music Orchestra, conducted by George Vancu, 1965.
Source: Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company archive, published on Europeana · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. On this site: loudness evened out, the silence at the start and end trimmed, soft fade in and out. The edited version is shared under the same licence.
Wikimedia Commons and other free sources
The Heroes' Memorial in Moisei: tall carved stone pillars arranged in a circle on a meadow.
The memorial's stone plaque in Moisei, with the inscription about the 29 Romanians killed on 14 October 1944.
The old wooden church of Moisei Monastery, with a shingle roof, on a lawn among fir trees.
The Horses' Waterfall cascading down the rock in steps, among spruces and green plants.
View from above over the Borșa valley and the mountains, near the gondola's top station.
The Mocănița steam train pulling carriages along the Vaser Valley, beside the river.
A wooded valley at the Prislop Pass, with the road winding through fir trees and clouds on the ridges.
Pietrosul Rodnei peak covered in snow, seen from Moisei over snowy rooftops.
The Pietrosul Rodnei massif seen from Moisei, across a ploughed field and wooden fences.
The building of the Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance in Sighetu Marmației, with the MEMORIAL sign.
The wooden church of Ieud Deal, with a tall tower and a shingle roof, among old crosses.
The wooden church of Bogdan Vodă, with a tiered roof, in a grassy cemetery with wooden crosses.
The wooden church of Poienile Izei, with a slender tower, under a clear sky.
Hand-decorated eggs with traditional patterns, on straw.
A traditional Maramureș mask made of fur and leather, worn for winter customs.
Bârsana village in winter: snow-covered houses and wooded hills.
A frost-covered forest in Maramureș under a cloudy sky.
The snowy peaks of the Rodna Mountains, seen from the road in Moisei.
Borșa in summer: houses, haystacks and the mountains in the background.
The slopes near Borșa in autumn, with meadows and forests of fir and larch.
An old wooden hut on a mountain meadow in Maramureș.
The Maramureș hills in the morning mist, at Văleni.
An old house at the Maramureș Village Museum in Sighet, with women in folk costume.
The Mocănița station in Vișeu de Sus, with steam locomotives on the narrow-gauge line.
The ridge of Pietrosul Rodnei under the first snow, beneath a clear blue sky.
Pietrosul Rodnei peak in summer, with green slopes covered in dwarf pine.
The wooden spires of Bârsana Monastery in the sunrise light, with mist on the hills.
Carved and painted crosses in the Merry Cemetery, with a portrait and verses about the person buried there.
The two-tiered shingle roof and tower of the wooden church of Ieud Deal.
A beam painted with floral motifs in the wooden church of Ieud Deal.
The wooden church of Saint Nicholas in Bogdan Vodă, with a slender tower, in the old cemetery in the middle of the village.
The wall paintings inside the wooden church of Bogdan Vodă.
Rhododendrons in bloom on a meadow in the Rodna Mountains, at sunrise.
The Rodna Mountains on a clear summer day, with green meadows and a haystack.
Lake Știol, a glacial lake below the ridge of the Rodna Mountains, with the sky reflected in the water.
The Borșa resort seen from above, with the ski slope cut through the forest on the right.
Four riders from Cai Borșa on a snow-covered hilltop, with the snowy Rodna Mountains behind.
An adventure park in the forest, with rope courses and platforms between the trees.
Unsplash (illustrative photos)
An Easter table on wood: cheese, drob (lamb terrine), aubergine salad and red eggs in a basket.
A festive table seen from above: platters of cheese, roulade, drob, tomatoes and red eggs.
Baskets of bread and red eggs next to platters of cheese and drob.
Red Easter eggs in a straw basket next to a cheese platter.
Sarmale (cabbage rolls) in a baking tray with tomato sauce.
Sarmale (cabbage rolls) with sour cream in a deep plate.
A stew cooking in a cauldron outdoors, stirred with a ladle.
A large cauldron hanging over the fire, with soup simmering.
A black cauldron giving off steam, stirred outside in the shade of the trees.
A cauldron on a trivet over the fire, in winter.
Soft polenta with braised meat and herbs.
Sour soup with sour cream, hot pepper and bread, on a checked tablecloth.
Slices of walnut cozonac (sweet bread) on a black plate.
A cheese pie cut into four, on a blue plate, on an old wooden table.
A small glass of pălincă on a wooden table, outdoors.
A group at a long table with full plates, seen from above.
Fried eggs on a wooden board, for breakfast.
A jar of fruit preserve on a wooden board.
A round homemade loaf with a cracked crust, on the wooden table.
A table laid outdoors: bread, soup and clay mugs.
A ski slope in winter among snow-laden fir trees, with two snowboarders and mountains in the distance.
A campfire burning in the evening, outdoors.