The Ceahlπu Range is the most beautiful and imposing mountain range in the Eastern Carpathians.
Sacred mountains in the Antiquity, the Ceahlπu were dubbed MoldaviaÆs ôDiamondö or ôGiantö by the great Romanian classical writers, not because of their height, which reaches only 1904 m (The Toaca Peak), but because of their spectacularly shaped calcareous formations, the best known of which is the Dochia Peak. These mountains have always fascinated the local inhabitants, who have a treasure house of legends about them, including one about the Dacian God Zamolxes, said to have once taken shelter in this area.
Seen from the Bicaz Valley and the Bicaz Lake, the Ceahlπu Range looks like a sequence of slopes covered with pine tree and oak tree forrests. The area is part of a great National Park, extending over 5, 200 ha.
