This tour
takes one day and it can be scheduled in any time of the year, excepting Monday and Tuesday, when the castles are closed to visitors. During November, in
stead of Peles castle will be visited its smaller replica - Pelisor castle, the palace of
Queen Maria.
1 day
- 07:30 -08:00 a.m. Pick-up from your hotel in
Bucharest
Arrival in Sinaia resort
(after 2 hrs)
Optional : Visit Peles Castle
- Departure to Brasov city (1 hr)
- Visit The Black Church in Brasov
- Departure to Poiana Brasov resort (20’)
Optional: lunch at Coliba
Haiducilor (The Outlaws’ Hut) Restaurant in Poiana Brasov resort around
1:30 p.m.
- Departure to Bran village (30’)
- Optional : Visit Bran Castle
- Departure for Bucharest (3 hrs)
- Arrival in Bucharest at 8:00 p.m.
tour price : 49
EURO/person
The price includes car/van/bus
transportation and English speaking guide/driver.
Daily departures are guaranteed from 15th of April to 15th of
October, except Mondays and Tuesdays.
Reservation lines are open until 6:00 p.m. the day before the tour. Every tourist will be
picked up from the hotel between 7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Tour highlights
Sinaia Monastery
The name of the monastery and, afterwards, the name of the resort come from the biblical
Mount Sinai because the old church inside the monastery walls was built between 1690
– 1695 by the swordbearer Mihail Cantacuzino as a copy of St. Catherine Monastery
from Mount Sinai, after he visit it on a pilgrimage in Egypt.
There is also the bigger, alternative red brick, new church, built by monks under the
supervision of Abbot Ioasaf from 1842-1846. It is a perfect example of Romanian religious
architecture which blends certain stylistic elements from Moldavia and Wallachia. This
amazing house of worship displays ornately carved oak objects and beautiful Neo-Byzantine
gold leaf murals.
Peles Castle
This chateau was the summer – residence of the royal family of Romania. Built mainly
between 1873-1883 and finished in 1914 according to the strict program king Carol 1st
initiated, this hunting castle is a mixture of many architectural styles, but dominant is
the German Neo-Renaissance one. The building is placed in the middle of a splendid park
with beautiful terraces and it includes 160 rooms with valuables decorative elements, as:
the Turkish Saloon, the Moorish Hall, the Florentine Room. The inside decorations were
done by German and Austrian workshops, but the famous painter Gustav Klimt had also a
remarkable contribution.
Peles Castle was the first building in Romania having elevator, central lightening system,
central heating and central vacuum cleaner.
The Black Church
This Gothic cathedral is located next to the Council Square in the old part of the city of
Brasov. Built between 1384-1477, this is the largest construction in Gothic style in
Romania, having 89 m length and 38 m wide. Its name comes from the great fire in 1689 that
provoked some serious damages and turned its walls black. The church is remarkable for its
decorative elements of Renaissance and Baroque influence, a great number of statues, one
of the oldest organ in our country (with 4000 tubes on 75 registers) and a very valuable
collection of old oriental rugs / carpets from the 16th - 17th c.
Bran Castle
Was originally a wooden fortress raised by the Knights of the Teutonic Order on the top of
a cliff. The castle was built afterwards in 1378 on the same place and served as a custom
check-point between Wallachia and Transylvania and also had a strategic role in protecting
the pass. Nowadays, the castle is a museum and it is included in most 'Dracula' tours, as
its legend was linked with the image of the ruler prince Vlad The Impaler, the inspiring
figure for the Bram Stocker's Victorian novel character. In fact the castle's own towering
strength, its narrow stone stairways, the relative smallness of its Lord's rooms and the
cleverly authentic way it is furnished give an absorbing picture of how a noble family
ruled this district in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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