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Pasarea and Pustnicu
Pasarea Monastery and Pustincu House
Spiritually, Pasarea Monastery is the twin sister of Cernica Monastery, not only do they have the same founder saint, but they are also run by the Saint Sava method.
The Monastery was built on the shore of lake Pasarea, on the other side you can see the Pustnicu House. From the monastery court, to the right, there is a narrow street descending to the lake shore, where you can cross the lake on a iron bridge towards Branesti.
The Pustnicu complex, in the Pustnicu forrest, has a restaurant and a nice terrace on the lake shore, and also a wharf from where you can row a boat on th lake. It is one of the fiew lakes arround the capital fitted for rowing.
How to get there?
From Bucharest by car, on the old road to the sea (via Pantelimon), aprox. 20km. For Pasarea Monastery, there is a road sign to the left. For Pustnicu, after the road sign, aprox. 2-3 km, the road goes up a bridge cross a railway. After the bridge, make a turn right to exit the main road and turn under the bridge to the left, on a road leading directly to Pustnicu. The trip can be paddeled by bike, aprox. 2hours. By bike, you can come directly from Cernica Monastery through the forrest. By car from Cernica, go towards Bucharest until the ring, go left on the Bucharest ring, and go out of the ring on the old road to the sea.
Where to eat?
To Pustnicu House.Links
A bike tripWikipedia