Castle Peles

I decide to remain in Romania to visit an beautiful place ,this is Castle Peles.

    Peles Castle is located in Sinaia, Prahova Valley was built on the place know as  Burn Rocks by Prince Charles of Hohenzollern in 1873.
    Peles Castle is the most impressive and most valuable castle in Romania, capturing the beauty, the elegance, the combination of styles, with its wealth and grandeur.
    The castle has 160 rooms, of which only 10 can be visited by tourists.

    Entry to the castle is through the hall of honor, built on three levels by Karel Liman.Here everything is an uncommon luxury, with walls paneled in walnut, with many statues of alabaster that presents Bible topics, historical, mythological.Stained glass windows are covered with scenes illustrating the allegorical and heraldic reasons.

In this castle you can visit  :

-Halls of weapons include an impressive collection of weapons, namely, over 4000 pieces and Eastern Europe, XVI-XVII century. Here can be admired and German armor suite, but also a gorgeous horse and rider complete armor (only one copy in Romania) ;

-Florence Hall, also known as the "Grand Salon" was first reception hall of the castle. The doors are from bronze, depicting floral elements of nature and female characters. Luxury and grandeur are completed in this room of two large chandeliers, a mirror and glass art, decorative type of Murano ;

-Maura Hall houses a beautiful marble fountain;

-Hall theater has 60 seats and a royal box. Turkish Salon walls are decorated with hand embroidery, being located here is a collection of Turkish and Persian in brass vessels.

-The concert hall is located on the 1st floor, lying here is a grand piano, an organ and a harpsichord. 

-Royal Library contains a collection of rare books with leather covers and gold embossed letters. Here all lovers of reading found a place worthy of adulation. In the library there is a secret door behind a shelf, through which the king could go in other rooms of the Peles



Visual impact on the wonders found in Peles fails to provide an overwhelming feeling and live forever in memory and soul every visitor.

Romania - The Transfagarasan

Transfagarasan

   Firs stop in the virtual trip around world i decide to make in Romania, and more exactly at the road who crosses Fagaras Mountains, the mountains with the high altitude from Romania ( 2544 m) and fuse 2 big regions Muntenia and Ardeal.

  You must visit this road ,because he have one of the big altitude from Europe (2042 m) , measuring 90 km and the entire road are 27 viaducts and bridges.Between Capra and Balea lake you can find the longest tunnel from Romania who crosses mountain Platinul. This road is one of the beautiful from Romania and a one of amazing road from Europe.

   If you are traveling in the East Europe don't forget to visit this road, the crossing of Transfagarasan manages to combine adrenaline caused by numerous serpentine with fantastic.Harmony of level differences,site asymmetry  and enchanting scenery ,manage to make u feel in another world.

 This amazing landscape has managed to attract the Top Gear team.So think at that! You can watch the movie here Top Gear movie .


If you decide to crossing Transfagarasan , you can visit Balea Lake, is an glacial lake and is a true wonder of nature.Balea Lake reaches a length of 360 meters, a width of 240 meters and a depth of 11 meters, is situated at an altitude of 2034 meters.During 2006 near the lake, was built the first ice hotel in Eastern Europe. During the summer you can practice rowing, and during winter, when water freezes, you can skate, play hockey or curling.

 

Balea Lake

Balea Cascada, another marvel of nature, is situated in the Fagaras Mountains, concerns of one of the most famous waterfalls in Romania. Balea Cascada is situated at an altitude of 1234 meters and the water flowing from a height of 68 meters.

  I think everyone heard about Vlad Tepes (Dracula). So you also can visit in this time the City Poienari recognized as one of the residences of Vlad Tepes.To visit this city is required crossing a road with more than 1000 steps.

 

City Poienari

I recommend you the visit this amazing road!