Bihor combines themes from culture, nature, and the mountains.
Those wishing to book a hotel in Bihor can choose between culture, nature, and the mountains as different thematic focuses.
Culture
In Oradea, the City Hall Palace is open to visitors. Its eclectic architectural complex comprises three courtyards. The Sfântul Nicolae Cathedral, or church, is also open to the public: it can be visited and is also open for attending religious services.
Nature
The Peștera Vadu Crișului cave lies in the center of the Crișul-Repede Gorge. A stream runs through the cave and forms a waterfall after emerging from it. The cave is also a natural habitat for a large bat colony with several species protected at European level. Visitors can take a tour lasting 30 to 60 minutes; visitor groups receive assistance and explanations from a cave guide in Romanian and Hungarian.
Cefa Nature Park allows visitors to fish, go birdwatching, take boat trips, and go horseback riding. The Valea Sighiștelului valley is home to more than 160 caves and ends in a gorge with narrow, vertical rock walls.
The Padiș–Cetățile Ponorului karst area is a significant tourist area in the Apuseni Mountains in Bihor. Cetățile Ponorului is one of the natural attractions there. There are 27 designated hiking trails in the Padiș–Vârtop tourist area.
Mountains and activities
Vârtop forms the southern boundary of Apuseni Nature Park. Visitors can go mountain hiking, mountain biking, alpine skiing, ski touring, via ferrata, climbing, rappelling, and specialized caving there.
Stâna de Vale is a mountain spa resort at an altitude of 1,102 meters, with mineral springs, waterfalls, and landscapes of the Apuseni Mountains. Visitors can go alpine skiing, ski touring, mountain hiking, climbing, and rappelling at waterfalls there.
Caves and earth history
Peștera Unguru Mare is located on a limestone cliff on the Crișul Repede and has a portal more than 30 meters high. The “Galeria Sacră” contains a Bronze Age necropolis.
Peștera Meziadului has a 1,100-meter-long designated circuit in the shape of a figure eight through the Active Gallery and the Upper Level. Bat colonies of up to approximately 14,000 animals live in the cave.
Peștera Urșilor has a visitor pavilion with a museum and a 488-meter-long gallery intended for tourists. It can only be visited in a group and accompanied by a guide.
Peștera Urșilor is located near the village of Chișcău in the municipality of Pietroasa in Bihor County, at an altitude of 482 meters, and contains numerous cave bear fossils.
Geographical location
The Vârtop holiday village is located in the Bihor Mountains at an altitude of 1,150 meters, on the border between Bihor and Alba counties, along national road DN75.
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