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- 5322, Valeni, Cahul, Moldova
The Traditional Farmyard represents the world of the XVIII- XIX century and that simpler lifestyle. As you step in, the hosts will greet you with the traditional bread, salt and wine, as required by the local custom; after which you are kindly invited to visit the museum house and its exponents.
Obviously, sightseeing, good food and wine tasting go hand in hand, that’s why you are invited to taste the local cuisine: mint and cheese, sărmaluțe, cheese pies and organic vegetables, all products grown ecologically in our own garden.
The host will tempt you with some of the local Cabernet Red Wine and the traditional Kakor Bleak (a special wine of the area), and crack a joke or two, which might or might not be that good.
Everything is bathed in smile and good cheer. The girls of the ethno-folk group “Crăiţele” offer you a program of ancestral songs and customs, gathered under the title “The holy way of bread”. You will see all the customs and traditions of the peasants from Văleni from sowing wheat in spring to playing coils in autumn. The local Eurovision celebrity “Buuunica” – Lidia Bejenaru from Văleni invites you to a seven-step fast paced Southern HORA dance and a hot Pelinița.
Every year we organize more than 10 fairs of the Lower Prut craftsmen, with the occasion of the arrival in Văleni of the foreign tourists we bring from cruise ships navigating on the Danube from countries such as Germany, Austria, Holland, etc.; where we enable the local artisans to sell their products for a fair price to a wide audience who understands the value of handcrafted objects.
The red brick gate of the Traditional Farmyard "House of Lodging" is framed by a chain of ancient hills - an area protected by the Moldovan Academy of Sciences under the name of ``Valeni Golden Hills`` . These rocks, silent reminiscences from the Paleontological era, were previouselly located on the bottom of the long disolved Sarmatian Sea. This natural monument have intrigued many researchers who have discovered here geological and paleontological vestiges, telling us about the natural phenomenas which took place here for millennias. Among the discoveries made in these, almost mythological hills, are the skeletal remains of some mastodonts, camels, rhinoceroses, and other creatures that used to herd here.
We are crazy about the charms of the authentic Moldovan traditions and rural legacies. Escape the turmoil of the city and discover, even if for a blink of a moment, the gaze and spectacle of such unsophisticated, yet complex world. We have already done so.
