RAPA ROSIE (NATURAL RESERVATION)
The Rapa Rosie Geological and Botanical Reserve, located 4 km from the city, includes characteristic geological formations named „badlands”, formed by erosion and drainage, which give the landscape an imposing appearance, being considered the Little Grand Canyon of Europe. Visible from a long distance, Rapa Rosie stretches over a length of 800 m and has heights that vary between 50 and 125 m. The landscape looks weird, a mix of impressive shapes, columns, towers, pyramids, all of them in a dramatic red color, in the middle of the green meadows. Among the pyramids, columns and stone blocks,tongues of vegetation flow into the valley, where some rare plants are hidden: Asplenium nigrum, Cotoneaster integerrimus, Cephalaria radiata, Ephedra distachya, Centaurea atropurpurea, Dianthus serotinus, Onosma heterophyllum.