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The Upper Saturday Monastery/Manastirea Sambata de Sus is pretty far from Brasov. But you should make the effort to see it. The interior was preserved since 1654 and the exterior sculptures are...
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Solomon’s rocks is a beautiful place, not very high in the mountains. You can get there by car if you want, but I recommend the walk. Every year, in the first Sunday after Easter, Solomon’s...
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The Prejmer Church is at 20 km from Brasov. It is a combination of church and fortress and has a sweet story. When the city was invaded by the turks, all the locals ran to the church that had 272...
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Feldioara’s Fortress is not far from Brasov. It was an important pillar in the fight against the turks. Built in 1438, it was deserted together with all the provisions in it in 1838 when an...
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Rasnoava’s Pass/Cheile Rasnoavei is not only a beautiful place, but it also offers the highest bungee jumping installation in Europe. If you have the courage to jump, you will fall 100 meters in...
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Those who want to see the surroundings, but hate to walk can rent an ATV from the renting centre placed at the basis of the ski track. The center organizes trips that include a touristic direction,...
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The Edelweiss Hotel is the best choice for those who don’t want to walk a long way from the sky track till the hotel. For 330€/night you have a clean room with a nice view. If you want to eat...
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The Touristic Sheepfold is as strange a restaurant as his name is. The traditional carpet is replaced by fir tree branches on which you have to step. If you aren’t very attentive, you can loose...
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The Outlaws’ Cabin is to go to in the summer. The entire garden if full of small cabins made out of wood. The tables, the chairs and the pots are also made of wood. But what I liked the most is...
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The Hunter’s restaurant is a place where you feel like entering, but you should abstain from it. Placed by the ski track, the restaurant stakes on the fact that the tourists are too tired and...
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The Dacians’ Shed is a combination of restaurant and museum. After you pass under a big, wooden gate, you feel like having entered the old Dacia. The chairs and tables are made of sculpted wood,...
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If you go with your car to Poiana Brasov you have to stop at least at one of the two belvederes from the road. At first sight they look like simple parking places, but the view they offer...
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Just before entering Poiana Brasov, there is The Equitation Centre Poiana Brasov. Don’t worry if you don’t know how to ride. The instructors there will teach you, though you don’t really need...
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If you are in Poiana Brasov, you should not miss a flight with a kiting from Postavaru Peak (1799m). You can reach it by foot or using the sky lift. For someone who isn’t used to climb the...
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Placed at 13 km from Brasov, Poiana Brasov is the ideal place for skying. The resort has 12 sky tracks for different levels and two sky lifts. The problem is that, no matter if you are a beginner...
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Kron Art Galery is a small coffee house that thought of combining the physical needs with the spiritual ones. That’s why when you climb its stairs from Postavaru Street, no18, you know that you...
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The MacroMall offers a strange combination of Dinosaurs Age, Ancient Egypt and modern shopping. Outside, in front of the door, there is big and ugly Tyrannosaurus. Inside yet, everywhere you look...
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The Republic Street is my favorite place in Brasov. It is a street macadamized with grey rocks and bordered by old houses with two floors. The first floors are modernized and transformed in shops...
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