Muzeul Chihlimbarului — Attraction in Colți

The area has a great potential. The Amber that was extracted in that area is unique in the world, unfortunately even though the guide was well prepared (though it was available only in the local language), the pieces presented were either copies, either pictures, but only a few were actual extraction from that mine. There is also a souvenir shop, but you cannot find pieces of amber that were extracted there and you begin questioning yourself on how much amber is in those amber products. Never the less if you are nearby and you either speak the local language either you have someone with you that could help you with the translation, then you should visit it. The entry fee is very small little over 2 euro/adult. One more thing, make sure you have...

The museum is great, dont get me wrong, small and interesting, but then the shop comes and all i want to express is my COMPLETE disappointment because of the FAKE products that are sold there. I spent nearly 100 ron on two necklaces that were supposedly made out of amber and after i got home i tried to test the electrostatic property of this fossil and surprise ... it didn't work. After that, i was a little bit skeptical and googled "how to find if your amber is autentic" and tried some of the tests that popped out. They all failed. The cherry of top was when i burned the "amber" and the smell of plastic...

Really small but cool museum about the little known romanian amber deposits in Buzău. The largest and the second largest amber rocks in the world were found there. Unfortunately the deposits are now depleted but the history of the riches found there remains fascinating. You can also see a nicely preserved small tunel, part of the old amber mine there. I thought that was also very cool. Also, the natural scenery there is amazing, that alone would be reason enough to...