About this place
It has a very distinctive relief, where you can visit the ruins of ancestors who once lived in these lands, the dwellings of the locals and churches carved directly into the rocks, which amaze with their architecture and make you eager to learn how such beautiful structures came to be in such places. This is also a very unusual place because you can visit tall waterfalls, bathe in them and admire the water sparkling in the sun. The territory of about 306 ha has small streams and huge waterfalls reaching up to 16 metres in height. Ţipova natural reserve
In past centuries, from the 11th to the 18th century, a parish school operated in these places; it was a monastery in caves, where remarkable monks lived. Everyone who arrives there feels a surge of energy and a desire for life and work. It feels as if you have stepped into a fairy-tale place, like in books or cartoons, where nature and man have reached complete harmony and unity. This helps you find new reserves of strength, new traits, kindness and humility. You start to believe in miracles! Of course, a place like Ţipova is surrounded by a huge number of legends and myths.
Many people search there for the tomb of the most famous ancient Greek poet and singer in the world, Orpheus; it is believed he was buried in one of the local grottoes by the waterfalls. To this day a quiet, pleasant melody resonates in many caves, and the mere thought that Orpheus is still playing somewhere there, in the depths, sends shivers down your spine. There are many scary but interesting ghost stories. One says that once one of the monks stole silver utensils from the monastery refectory and was expelled from there as a result. He could not live alone, and his spirit still wanders, trying to steal something at the tourist campsites, but the clinking of silverware gives him away. Another story, which all adventure seekers still chase, says that the restless wife of Stephen the Great, Maria Voichița, walks along the monastery walls.
And if, without hesitating for a second, one follows her to the very end, the one who does will be a brave
