Touristic attractions

The largest nunnery in Romania is in the village of Varatec, in the commune of Agapia. It was founded in 1785 and was, for a time, under the guidance of Agapia Monastery. Cultural figures such as Veronica Micle—who is buried here—Archimandrite Bartolomeu Anania, and academic Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga lived at Varatec Monastery.

Neamt Monastery is an Orthodox monastery for monks, located in Vanatori-Neamt commune, in the village of Neamt Monastery, Neamt County. It is the largest and oldest monastic settlement in Moldavia and is designated as a historic monument.

Voronet Monastery, often called the "Sistine Chapel of the East," is a medieval monastic complex built in the village of Voronet, now part of the town of Gura Humorului. It is located 36 km from Suceava and just 4 km from the center of Gura Humorului. It is one of the most valuable foundations of Stephen the Great (1457–1504). The church was built in 1488 in only 3 months and 3 weeks, which was a remarkable achievement at the time.

Putna Monastery, dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God, is an important Orthodox monastic, cultural, religious, and artistic center. In 2021, authorities in Suceava County began marking the Via Mariae pilgrimage route to Putna Monastery. The monastery is located 33 km northwest of the town of Radauti, in Suceava County. Manuscripts were copied and precious miniatures created in the scriptorium of Putna. The monastery holds a rich museum collection including embroidery, manuscripts, religious objects, icons, and more.

The Ion Creanga Memorial House in Humulesti is a memorial museum established in the house where Romanian storyteller Ion Creanga (1837–1889) was born and raised, in the village of Humulesti (now a suburb of Targu Neamt) in Neamt County. According to historical records, the house dates to 1833 and is located at 8 Ion Creanga Street. Creanga lived there continuously from birth until 1846 and then intermittently until 1855. The house has been listed as a historic monument since 2004 under the code NT-IV-m-A-10763. It is a wooden beam structure with a shingle roof and was inhabited until 1959 by Creanga's descendants. It was restored in 1937 under the care of Nicolae Iorga.

The Veronica Micle Memorial House in Targu Neamt is a museum established in the house where poet Veronica Micle (1850–1889) lived. The house, built of wood in the 19th century, is located at 33 Stefan cel Mare Street.

The Alexandru Vlahuta Memorial House in Agapia is a museum located in the house where writer Alexandru Vlahuta (1858–1919) lived, near Agapia Monastery. The wooden house was built in 1885.

A historical and architectural monument built between 1800 and 1811 in Neo-Gothic style, designed by architect Johan Freiwald. It served as the Sturdza family castle (1811–1862), the princely residence of Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1862–1866), and later as the Cuza family estate (until 1895), before being owned by the Moruzzi-Bratianu family. Between 1936–1944 it operated as the CFR Tuberculosis Hospital and was destroyed in 1944. Restored in 1979 as a museum, it houses furniture belonging to the Cuza family, cutlery, Baccara crystal, Sèvres porcelain, clothing, and personal items from the Cuza, Kogalniceanu, Negri, and Sadoveanu families, as well as paintings and sculptures by Romanian and foreign artists of the 19th century (including Nicolae Grigorescu, Constantin Lecca, Giuseppe de Nitis, Canova, and Barias). Between 1979 and 1982, the castle was arranged as a local history and ethnography museum.

The first museum exhibition in Targu Neamt was established in 1940 following archaeological research at Neamt Fortress. This exhibition, titled "Neamt Fortress Museum" was organized within School No. 2 and laid the foundation for the town’s first historical museum.

The building (erected in 1937) was constructed under the initiative of Metropolitan Visarion Puiu of Bukovina (1899–1964) as an episcopal palace. The Metropolitan lived in it for a few years, and after going into exile in 1944, the house was managed by Neamt Monastery and later became a guesthouse. It was made available to writer Mihail Sadoveanu in 1944 and granted to him for lifetime use in 1949. He used it as his summer residence until 1961, with his last visit occurring in the summer of that year.

The “POPA” House has, over time, become both an exhibition space and a center of creation, founded by folk artist Neculai Popa. It is a tourist destination for many Romanian and foreign visitors traveling through the Neamt region. The museum showcases not only Neculai Popa’s naive sculptures and masks sewn by his wife Elena Popa, but also an exhibition of Romanian naive painting.

The Vivant Museum is housed in one of the oldest buildings in the monastic village of Agapia, constructed with a stone ground floor and a wooden upper floor. The monastic cells and utility rooms are arranged in a traditional and engaging style, showing what a nun’s day is like in the monastery. On the ground floor, visitors can see how monks lived in the past, before Agapia became a nunnery. Although the museum is only a few years old, many of the exhibits, furniture, and textiles date back several centuries.

The Dragos Voda Bison Reserve is located in the northern part of Neamt County, on the border between the communes of Vanatori-Neamt and Pipirig, approximately 15km from the town of Targu Neamt. In the zoo area, visitors can see the European bison (the totemic animal of Moldavia, now endangered), deer, stags, the Carpathian brown bear, and other species that inhabit Romania.

This natural area, covering 7 hectares, is located in the central-northern part of Neamt County, in the Neamt Depression, southwest of the village of Filioara, between Filioara and the village of Varatec, near the Silver Forest Nature Reserve and close to the national road. The area played an important role in the works of poet Mihai Eminescu, serving as a source of inspiration for him.

This nature reserve, with an area of 2 hectares, was declared a protected area under Law No. 5 of March 6, 2000 (concerning the approval of the National Territorial Planning Plan – Section III – Protected Areas). It represents a wooded area that serves as a conservation zone for century-old silver birch trees (Betula pendula). The area inspired poet Mihai Eminescu and featured in his literary creations.

"Stephen the Great’s Tower" is the bell tower of the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Piatra Neamt. Both the church and the tower are part of the architectural complex known as the "Princely Court. "The bell tower was completed on October 28, 1499, and still retains its original form. Saint Stephen the Great, the founder of many places of worship, built several bell towers, but the one in Piatra Neamț arguably surpasses them all in elegance and architecture.

The Mountain Troops Heroes Monument in Targu Neamt is dedicated to the Romanian Army’s Mountain Troops Corps and to the heroes of World War I. The monument, located in the northeastern part of the town, stands on a terrace artificially created in 1936 on Plesu Ridge. Targu Neamt was chosen for the construction of this monument because it was here, in 1916–1917, that King Carol II founded the first Mountain Troops Corps.