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By combining the offers above according to your needs, you can form interesting daily programmes.

1. Advent-tour

The place where those longing for adventure and for the proximity of nature can take a walk of our region on foot, by bicycle or by cart, accompanied by a guide.
A- Educational walk and trek, including the ruins of the Zete Fort
B- Ivó: a 3-4-hour trek to the “stream running up the mountain” – a visit to the Ivó Wildlife Park
C- Cart tour to the Madarasi Harghita mountain
D- Tour on foot or by cart, including: the Csorgókő waterfall, the Tartód Fortress, water mills – Varsag
E- A trek in the outskirts of the village Dealu: belvedere, the Urusos well, the chapel at Uknyed (Valea Rotunda)
F- Forest walks – discovering herbs and mushrooms – the Hegyalja region

2. Cul-tour

Where those interested may catch a glimpse of the cultural traditions and habits of our region
A- Discovering traditional trades: a glimpse of the secrets of lacing (Dealu), making shingle and bread kneading tubs, making a wood pile intended for charcoal (Varsag)
B- Performances of traditional music: a gypsy band, group playing the recorder, a brass band, folk singers and folk dancers
A Quick view of the Secler gates – introduction to our traditional masterpieces of creativity
D- In the footsteps of our illustrious ancestors – guidance about outstanding personalities of our region
E- Discovering our built heritage: visiting churches, chapels, traditional houses, old yards, monuments, sculptures
F- Evening anecdotes around the campfire: the legends and myths of the region, funny stories, Secler jokes, nostalgia

3. Gastronomic tour

Preparation, sampling and recipe-collection of dishes specific to the area
A – Home-made bread, kneading, baking and eating chimney cake
B – Sampling honey from local producers
C – Fishing for, grilling and eating trout
D – Eating cabbage rolls
E – Killing a pig and having it for dinner
F – A meal on fresh air: roasting bacon and sausage on a skewer
G – Plums from Dealu and the delicacies prepared from it: jam, pie, dried plums, brandy – visiting a distiller

4. Photo tour

A walk around the Hegyalja region, with the opportunities to take photos, to take trips, to participate at programmes with a lot of experiences and a photo exhibition at the end
A – “Dealu – the way you see it”
B – “The wild scenery of the country of shingles” – Varsag
C – “We are made of dust, but we live out of wood” – Zetea
D – The township of Bradesti and “those with seven plum trees”

5. Mix-tour

A – A quick view of the Secler gates, visiting a traditional house/making and sampling home-made bread
B – Rowing on the lake of Zetea/fishing/swimming/forest walk: the ruins of the Zete Fort, the forest house of the communist ex-statesman Ceausescu
C – Evening folk music accompanied by an accordion by the campfire
D – Watching the sunrise
E – Visiting the Wildlife Park – a 3-4-hour trek or cart-tour with a guide (to the “stream flowing up the mountain”/to the Madarasi Harghita mountain)
F – Cart tour: at most 7 adults/cart (waterfall, the ruins of the Tartód Fortress, water mills)
H – Visiting folk trades (making shingle and bread kneading tubs, making a wood pile intended for charcoal, lacing)

6. Creative tour

The place where you can make your own unique creations according to your fantasy, creativity, pleasure, talent, zest, trying your hand at the local traditional crafts and traditional arts.
A- Carving school – trying to carve a Secler gate, wood carving
B- Folk themes – decorating furniture
C- Crafts
D- The secrets of weaving, spinning and crochet
E- Bake your unique delicacies!
F- Nature’s inspiration – write a poem, a story or even a short novel about the region, the people living here and their habits
G- Make the Hegyalja region be seen through your eyes! draw, paint, take snapshots, create
H- Let’s act! – Secler stories, anecdotes in skits

7. Weight-losing tour

Beyond assuring a natural lifestyle, a chance to sample our natural food and the experience of joy through exercise, by this programme we guarantee a weight loss of 5 kg in a week.
A- A natural diet from local producers
B- Let’s climb the saint mountain of the Seclers – trek on the Harghita
C- Swimming, rowing on the lake near Zetea
D- Cycling, jogging in the region
E- Walking in the forest, mountain treks
F- Visiting a sheep herd – protein-day
G- Physiotherapy, massage, mud-bath
H- What does the forest hide? – collecting mushrooms, wild strawberries and herbs
I- Skiing, snowboarding and sliding on the Hargita mountain