Desești Commune: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Desești Commune lies below Creasta Cocoșului; the Mara and Râușor rivers cross the commune. The commune highlights traditions and folk-art artisans as part of its tourism profile.

Those looking for a holiday apartment in Desești Commune can choose the area as their accommodation destination.

Culture

At the wooden church “Cuvioasa Paraschiva” in Desești, the upper roof beams are carved in a stepped pattern. The exterior façade of the wooden church “Nașterea Maicii Domnului” in Hărnicești is surrounded by a carved frieze. Its roof is ten metres high and the tower is nine metres high.

Desești is also home to a small private museum presenting a traditional village from Maramureș.

Nature

The Creasta Cocoșului Nature Reserve has been a protected natural area since 1954 and covers 50 hectares. Its rocky section has 22 climbing routes; paragliding is possible from Creasta Cocoșului.

The protected landscape of Mlaștinile Vlășinescu lies in the area where the Vlășinescu stream and the Vlășinescu River meet and forms an oligotrophic marshland. A path leads from the wooden church “Cuvioasa Paraschiva” in Desești over the foothills of Culmea Pietrei and through the Iezer Valley to the Iezeru Mare peat bog.

Surroundings

The surroundings of Desești Commune include Mount Gutăiu, Piatra Negru Peak, Vârful Vălenilor Mountain, Vârful Sefirul Peak and the Biserica Sfântul Nicolae church.

The wider regional surroundings of Desești Commune include the Muzeul de Stiintele Naturn Sighetu Marmaţiei museum, Mânăstirea Budeşti Monastery and the historic site Casa Memorială Doctor Joan Mihalyi de Apsa Sighetu Marmaţier.

Routes and Transport

The 120-kilometre “Maramureșul Istoric: Din Desești, la Hoteni și Ocna Șugatag” motoring tour passes through Mara, Desești, Hoteni and Ocna Șugatag. The Maramureșul Istoric motoring tour can be reached via Baia Sprie–Pasul Gutâi–Mara or via Cavnic–Pasul Neteda–Budești.

Cheile Tătarului can be reached from Mara upstream via a path marked with a red cross. Public transport services operate between Baia Mare, Pasul Gutâi and Sighetu Marmației.

For the higher-level travel overview: Maramureş.

More destinations

More places within the same destination:

Seini Town, Ocna Șugatag Commune, Strâmtura Commune, Târgu Lăpuș Town, Bogdan Vodă Commune, Remeți Commune, Ulmeni Town.