Private Retreat Amongt the Green Hills of Maramures

If there was ever meant to be a corner of paradise in Romania, then nature, the best of the region’s traditions and the refined taste of skilled designers joined hands in the happiest of ways to create at Botiza one of the most beautiful retreats that exist today in Romania.

On the green hills of Maramureș, preserved here as it once was, a family deeply in love with these places set out to create a story that would really stand out, taking all that tradition, the old Maramureș houses, and the highly skilled wood craftsmen of the region have to offer, and adding inside all the comfort and warmth that the highest standards could demand.

Thus today, over no less than 94 hectares of rolling hills, we find an estate that offers a mix of authenticity and modernity, of ancestral life and the comforts of today, but above all, a blend of inner peace, awe at the grandeur of nature, and gratitude for everything these places have to offer.

The living space offers no less than 700 square meters of built-up area, divided into four houses and a barn, all traditional, specific to the area, but fully and beautifully restored, renovated, and then finished, furnished, and equipped to a very high standard of quality. All the houses are designed to be self-sufficient, with their own kitchen, living area, and bedrooms, and each one of them offers unique interiors where designer furniture pieces from all over the world blend with traditional decorative items. The uniqueness and splendor of this living concept have also received international recognition, as this project has already featured in several top international lifestyle and design publications.

And because we are in Maramureș, the estate also brings with it samples of life as it has always been here, but this too is mixed with foreign elements , as on the green hills you will find several dozen Highland cows and several dozen French Alpine goats, permanent residents and providers of local delicacies, as well as four horses specially trained for riding, which delight visitors and friends of the estate.

Words are few and too poor to capture the beauty of the places and the warmth offered by the living spaces as they were envisioned. However, a cool morning with a warm coffee on the porch, where you can see the sun rising above the forests, an evening on the terrace, where the colors of the sunset move from the sky into a glass of chardonnay, or winter evenings where the play and sound of the fire bring back memories of childhood holidays at grandparents' homes, are instances that can be experienced here every single day.