Tinovul Mare preserves the largest peat reserve (bog) in Romania. Located in the Eastern Carpathians, at the foot of the Călimani in the Dornelor Depression, it extends over an area of ​​approximately 682 hectares. However, it is a less known location.

The thematic path Tinovul Mare Poiana Stampei was laid out along a sightseeing route that runs, linearly, on a wooden bridge that crosses the bog, for a distance of about 1 km. The condition of the bridge is very good, it was completely redone in the summer of 2020. Along the wooden bridge, from place to place, you will meet tourist interpretation panels, in Romanian, which will give you important information about the bog: how it was formed, what plants and animals shelter here and why it is important to keep this place as we found it.

Travel time is approximately 1 hour, round trip, easy walking.

What is a tinov?

Tinov is a wet and marshy area where peat accumulates. Hence the more popular name of peatlands. Which are nothing but soils rich in organic matter from plants, poorly or not at all decomposed due to lack of oxygen. Peat is a type of inferior coal that is used as a natural fertilizer in agriculture, fuel with low calorific value, or in obtaining textile fibers. In construction, it is used as a thermal insulator for windows or cellars, as absorbent bedding or in the form of tiles or building bricks. Also, fibers and peat dust are often used in the packaging of fragile objects.