We stayed overnight in Viseu de sus as the train leaves quite early, and could therefore comfortably eat breakfast at the hotel we stayed at and go buy tickets in the morning.We were two adults with our children aged 4 and 8. We all had a great time.I absolutely loved taking the train up in the woods, and that we got to see "normal life" on the way there. A farmer cutting the hay on his field. A lady walking her 4 cows. Two boys floating a couple of logs down the river, and the guys working in "the woods." It is truly like a travel in time!
Except this railway, with roots deep in the history, nothing touch this corner of nature. Take this tour to fill yourself with nature, pure air and take a sip from several natural springs with pure water.
In the town Viseul de Sus you can find a beautiful train to visit a beatiful valley.The train is named MOCANITA and it is unic in Europa.The journey take 6 h,and you visit the VASER RIVER VALLEY.They have package in wich food is included,and this is a very good thing.My daughter love very much this trip.
We heard about this train for a long time and wanted to try it, so finally we did this fall. The trip itself is amazing, with incredible landscapes and the forest in October looks like a dream! We enjoyed every moment of the journey, except the food in Paltin. It is not compulsory to eat there, but we wanted top try everything :) Maybe we just caught them in a bad moment with the food, and it was just one small moment in the entire fantastic journey. This is a trip everyone should try at least one time in their life!
In the town Viseul de Sus, in northern Romania, we made a 6 hours wonderful travel by the old fashioned train along the Vaser River Valley. The way is 21.6 km lenght along Vaser River border and the landscape is amazing, the river is swift and the valley is narrow with rocky walls. A wonderful one day trip.
I had an amazing experience and by luck I took the train up to the mountain when they organized a Rock Concert at the last stop, in the middle of the forest.It was really amazing, lots of friendly people, big bonfire and rock party.Not even the rain stopped us from enjoying it all night long.
Don't miss it. Is a unique opportunity to spend few hours with some amazing landscapes. Everything related with this trip is excellent planned by the company which manage this project, so you will be amazed of how things can work !!
Three trains were scheduled today starting from 9 am until 10 am, so, don't worry if the 2 first are complete with guest who have chosen the lunch package and have the priority (they get a green badge) and have reserved compartments. Unfortunately during the mid-time stop at Novat, the rain started, which really downgraded the trip. Rain in the mountains is, unfortunately, not unusual, even in the Maramures, so, don't forget a rain jacket/ the compartments of priority guest have windows, which can be closed, the others not. With fine weather, I would have rated it as excellent, so, "only" very good!
We took "this little train that can" around Christmas in 2014. This Mocanita is the last operating forestry train in Europe; it is old, the wood burning, steam locomotive is old,each car is heated by a wood burning stove, the landscape is fantastic! And the sculpted wooden gates, and the wooden churches make you wonder if you are living a dream. Go there!
We wanted to experience the Vaser Valley Forestry Railway (also called Mocanita) and we sure did. With us on the trip was our 2 years old niece.Everything went smooth until we bought the tickets. After buying the tickets, we were suggested to occupy some seats because there are no seat numbers! That means one can sit where seats are found. The tickets had to be bought early in the morning, so I ended up occupying the seats around 7:15 AM until 9:45 AM when the train left ( the 3rd train). I also have to say it was chilly although it was august !Also I have to mention that there were other empty train-compartments, but they were reserved in advance. In my humble opinion, all the customers should have the same privileges.Finally the train began its journey and I forgot about the 1.5 cold hours spent alone. The view is splendid ! One has the opportunity to see the only functioning forestry railway in Europe !The journey takes about 6 hours, that is 2 hours until one reaches a picnic site, approx. 2 hours break and 2 hours return trip.We enjoyed our own 'brought from home' sandwiches and we visited the little museum.After that we got into the train and the train showed us again the beautiful view....up to a point where it derailed !!! We had to wait approx. 2 hours until another train came to take us back. The staff wanted to put the train back on the tracks, but they ended up worse.So, if one is up for a little bit of adventure, with a little bit of luck, this is it !Oh, yes, the bathroom facilities are deplorable !