Facilities:

- running water, electricity, permanent hot water;
- central heating, fixed telephone line;
- color TV;
- tennis court;
- inner courtyard for car parking.

Services that can be provided:

- full board, half-board, facilities for the preparation of the meal by tourists
- facilitate road transport to Deva or Brad
- facilitate contact with the local tourist and climbing guides, as well as with translators

Food supplies offered to tourists and produced within the farm: vegetables (depending on season); beef, pork, chicken, eggs; traditional local pork products (different types of sausages: "cartabosi", "sangerete") and the famous local specialty - "virsli"; milk and diary products (cheese, sour cream); the traditional alcoholic drinks - "tuica" and "palinca"

Recommendations regarding the acommodation:

For a best organization of your stay, it is important that the hosts are informed on the following:
- date and duration of your stay;
- number of guests;
- preferences regarding the diet;
- transport requirements;
- tourist sites you wish to visit;
- your requirements for a tourist or climbing guide;
- your requirements for a translator.

Transport:

The following categories of roads are in the area: Asphalt road = AR, Carriage road = CR, Walking road = WR(Road category Abbreviation in the text)

For other categories of roads the relevant specifications will be made in the description of the respective route.

ROAD TRANSPORT FACILITIES:

LOCAL TRANSPORT
The local transport is provided by bus and covers most of the roads used in the presented routes. Buses run between Deva and Bran at intervals of one hour. ŢEBEA has bus stops for the local buses that transit the village.
Information can be obtained at: Soc. CRISBUS - Brad, tel.0254-613-026; Estimated price: 3-5 cents/km.

TAXIS
5-seat cars and 18-seat minibuses can be rented.
Information can be obtained at: Soc. DANY-COM - Brad, tel: 0744-631-909, 0740-689-066. Estimated prices: car: 15 cents/km; 18-seat air-conditioned minibus: 25 cents/km.

FOR TRANSPORT BY GUESTS' MEANS
Gas stations:
- between DEVA and ŢEBEA: five;
- within a village: Baia-de-Cris (2 km from Tebea): two;
- mechanic/auto service stations: DEVA and BRAD

Medical assistance:

At village level: hospital, medical unit, pharmacy - at 3km from the house in BAIA-DE-CRIS
At town level: hospital, polyclinic, pharmacies - at 7km from the house in the town of BRAD
At county level: hospital, polyclinic, pharmacies - at 40km from the house, in the town of DEVA (capital of the county)

Other facilities or the "Discreet presence of civilization"

Local facilities: bus stop for the local transport, railway station on the Arad-Brad route; stores for current supplies, public phone.
Facilities in the nearby villages (at 2km from Tebea): "supermarket" type stores, restaurant with local specialties, post office, savings house office.
Facilities in the nearest town - Brad (7km from Tebea): different stores, market, post office, savings house office; 2 bank subsidiaries: Bancpost and BCR provided with ATM's, exchange houses, internet cafes.


Sites that can be visited:

Tourist sites:
- short distance sites: the Caraciului Valley, the Caraciului Lake, the Uibarestilor Gorges, the Ribicioarei Gorges, the Grohotului Bridge, the Bulzestilor Valey, Vata-de-Jos, the Vulcan Mountain
- long distance sites: the Bears' Cave (the most beautiful cave in S-E Europe), the Scarisoara Glacier (the most important glacier in S-E Europe), the Ponorului Fortresses (the largest exo-karstic phenomenon in Romania)

Historical-cultural sites:
- The Museum of Gold- Brad (unique in Europe); the Fortress of Deva, the Huniad Castle - Hunedoara; the Crisan Monastery, the Church in Criscior; the Church in Tebea with Avram Iancu's tomb and Horea's evergreen oak

Folk traditions: The Fair of Girls on the Găina Mountain (around 20th of July)

Recommendations for tourists:

Required equipment:
- Knapsack for one-day or six-day trips;
- Sports shoes for hiking and mountain shoes for more demanding routes;
- Warm pullover, jacket, long trousers, shorts, raincoat, a few pairs of cotton socks, sun hat;
- Water can, spoon, fork and knife, lantern;
- The Apuseni Mountains map (a recent map is "M.Apuseni" - Edit. DIMAP; dimap@mail.elender.hu).

Works on the Apuseni Mountains:
Marcian Bleahu: "The Apuseni Mountains"
I. Parva: "Roads in the Zarandului Country"

Tourist services provided by the personnel of some of the tourist sites included in the proposed routes:
- the Huniad Castle: fee: 20,000 ROL/person (0,7 EURO); Guide for groups of less than 20 persons: 60,000 ROL/person (1,8 EURO);
- the Bear's Cave.