Over 200,000 people, both from the country and from abroad, visited the Craiova Christmas Market last weekend, this being a record number of visitors to an event of this kind in Romania, the Craiova City Hall informed on Monday.
"Craiova became, last weekend, the centre of tourist attraction in Romania, hosting over two hundred thousand visitors who came to enjoy the magical atmosphere of the Christmas Market. Thousands of cars and hundreds of coaches brought tourists both from the country and from abroad. The city came to life in a unique cultural diversity, with visitors who spoke various languages, from English, Spanish and Chinese, to Dutch and Bulgarian," a press release sent by Craiova City Hall informs.
According to the cited source, in addition to the attractions of the fair, tourists were also attracted by the special events and seasonal activities, such as the Christmas train, which was the children's favorite, or the Party Bus, which turned the evening into a real show.
Also, more than 7,000 visitors crossed the threshold of the museums in Craiova, which means a 40-fold increase compared to a normal day, and the hotels were fully booked. The Craiova Art Museum, with its famous sculpture "Mademoiselle Pogany" by Brancusi and the "Constantin Brancusi" Centre topped the preferences.
Likewise, the Romanian Book and Exile Museum impressed with the rare manuscripts and works of Romanian writers abroad, and the Oltenia Museum, with its three sections - Natural Sciences, History-Archaeology and Ethnography - offered a fascinating incursion into the traditions and history of the region. The visitors also had the opportunity to explore the historical buildings in Brabova and Cernatesti, as well as the Amza Pellea Memorial House, the mentioned release also reads.
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