REGION AND VILLAGE OF NASLAVCEA

Here begins the course of the Dniestr on Moldavian territory. Naslavcea is the northernmost village of the country and its banks offer a splendid landscape. The region is characterized by gently sloping plains and hills, but also numerous rivers and steep areas of limestone rock. The forests cover nearly 7,200 hectares and are home to the oldest villages such as Grinăuţi, Ocniţa, Lipnic or Mihălăşeni. In Naslavcea, the rivers meander like a ribbon, drawing strange and sublime landscapes. The village was founded on the banks of the Dniestr, where dry summers formed "fords" (vaduri), which disappeared in 1936 when the riverbed rose. On the other bank of the Dniestr, you can see Ukraine.

There are three nature reserves in the Naslavcea region:

Ripa lui Carp, on the banks, where the shale layers are full of fossil footprints of flora and fauna. The area is also rich in phosphorus called ghiule.

Ripa Rocilor, which extends close to the village. Singular for their geological diversity, the rocks present here are very varied, for connoisseurs (chalk, schist, flint in various shades).

Finally, Treizeci si trei of Vaduri (Thirty-three Ges), here the river is very eventful, with waterfalls, rocks with beautiful strata. Not far away is an old stone mill. Near the village flows a mineral water source rich in radium and uranium.