The palm of God and the Heaven's door - Fundatura Ponorului mountain village | Video
One of the most picturesque places in Romania, one of the most beautiful mountain villages, and a photographer's paradise. Fundatura Ponorului is located in the Ponor Stream Valley, part of the Gradistea Muncelului - Cioclovina National Park, in the Sureanu Mountains. Access is off the Hateg-Petrosani road, towards the villages of Ponor and Ohaba-Ponor. The road is paved up to the village of Federi.
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