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Peles Castle (Sinaia, Romania)

Description: Address: Sinaia / Prahova County / Romania / The neo-renaissance castle was built between 1873 and 1883. It is the ... more

Peles Castle (Sinaia, Romania) ... final resting place for several Romanian monarchs including King Carol I.

Newest Review: ... to find a tour in English was about to begin. When you go in you first have to don felt slippers that go over your shoes; don't worry about having a matching pair, it would take forever to find one. Just find two that fit over your shoes as quickly as you can or risk being left behind. The tour doesn't take in all 170 plus rooms - only about 35 of them, alas - but you do get to see quite a ... more

... lot and the tour is quite long and for that reason I wouldn't recommend it for youngsters. There are lots of stairs to climb and the felt shoes can make the going quite treacherous on some of the floor surfaces; it struck me as downright dangerous in par...more

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Peles Castle (Sinaia, Romania): "How not to decorate" Romanian style (1386 words)
by - written on 18/04/09 (Very useful, 239 readings)
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Romania's Bran Castle is understandably one of the country's most visited tourist attractions; the somewhat tenuous association with Vlad Dracul - aka Count Dracula - draws thousands of visitors to explore this rather attractive but (for me) slightly disappointing castle. But not far away in the town of Sinaia are two wonderful castles that are, in my opinion, much more interesting and worthwhile to visit. The castles of Peles and Pelisor are right next to each other, for reasons I'll explain later, but it's a visit to the bigger, grander Peles Castle I'm reviewing here. The castle was originally built as a summer residence for King Carol I who was actually ... Read the complete review

A Very Grandiose Structure in the Middle of the Carpathians (436 words)
by - written on 07/04/09 (Very useful, 66 readings)
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Hidden away in the South-Eastern Carpathians, a short distance away from the mountain resort Sinaia, lies this dramatically and in some ways over the top building - Peles Castle. The entrance easily recognisable by a beer drinking blind bear on a chain (may well be dead or his status changed by the entrance to the EU by now) Before the entrance to main gates are several stalls, old ladies selling cheese, clothing, wooden nic nacs and the typical fare of any such tourist attractions in the Carpathians, whether it be Poland, Ukraine or Romania. The cheese is delicious, mind! This glamorous old school building lies in magnificent grounds, grassy fields and a bit ... Read the complete review