Taking a train to Sinaia town (Prahova valley)
After exploring Bucharest city and some of its most famous places in the Day 4 of this Leaving All Behind series, I decided to take a train almost back to Brașov again to visit one of the The Seven Wonders of Romania: the famous Peleș Castle.
*Tip: From the Sinaia railway station to the castle there is a 45 minuts walking up to the hill on a well indicated sign posts track, so try to wear comfortable sneakers and a light backpack.
On your way to the castle you'll cross the beautiful big Dimitrie Ghica Park, the old Sinaia Casino (1913) and plenty of market stalls on the street selling you souvenirs and diverse food.
Almost arriving to the castle you'll also find the Sinaia Monastery (wich gives name to the town) with the oldest of its churchs dating from 17th century.
And after leaving the monastery behind everything becomes greener and greener and you start to see the castle in the distance, on a beautiful hill surrounded by the Carpathian Mountains.
YouTube video reaching the castle and explaining some fun facts while walking its main courtyard:
The Peles Castle was inaugurated in 1883 by the King Charles I of Romania (who was German) and the Princess Elizabeth of Wied (also German and first Queen of Romania) and took more than 30 years and 16,000,000 gold Romanian lei (approx. $120 million today) to finish its construction.
Back in the 19th century this castle was one of the most importants historical monuments in Europe and the most advanced castle in the whole world, being for example the world's first castle fully powered by locally produced electricity (its own power plant). It also had an elevator, central heating and even a vacuum cleaning system.
The castle was the summer residence of the royal family until 1947 and its 160 rooms are adorned with the finest examples of European art, Murano crystal chandeliers, German stained-glass windows and Cordoba leather-covered walls, being each room decorated in different styles or themes.
*Tip: It's worth visiting the interior of the palace (50 RON - 10 EUR) and appreciate how King Carol I spared no expenses with the castle.
In the next article I'm showing you the inside of the Peleș Castle walking throughout all and each of its chambers.
Leaving All Behind series: Day 1, Day 2 (Part 1), Day 2 (Part 2), Day 3, Day 4.
Some photographs were taken with my Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G camera and some others are screenshots of my videos.
YouTube video recorded with my GoPro Hero 8 camera.
(Audio of this video in Spanish).
Video recorded at 1440p 60 fps 4:3.
Image of the train trip to Sinaia is a screenshot from Google Maps.
Some sources on which I relied to give some accurate info about Sinaia Monastery and the Peles Castle: (1), (2), (3), (4).
Peles Castle and Romania tourism website.
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It's a huge castle. It's ancient, but it looks modern also. It's a dream place to visit. Have a nice journey!
Yeah, it's an outstanding castle in a beautiful place.
In general terms whole Romania it's amazing, full of amazing history and historical monuments.
From all the countries I visited it's become my very favorite.
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Thank you for this passioning visit you had ! It was a pleasure to see more from this part of Europe I would love to visit :)
Eastern Europe it's beautiful but never expected to be so in love with Romania! I was there only 1 weeks but felt like I could been there for a whole life and never get tired of it!
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Yes, that's the impression I got from your article and the others I've seen here! I know I'll go there one day, but I don't know when yet ^^
You're most welcome, have a good day ahead :)
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