Sinaia

Sinaia is a metropolis and a mountain inn in Prahova County, Romania. It is situated within the ancient vicinity of Muntenia. The metropolis was named after Sinaia Monastery of 1695, around which it become built. The monastery in turn is called after the Biblical Mount Sinai. King Carol I of Romania constructed his summer domestic, Peles Castle, close to the town within the overdue nineteenth century. Sinaia is about sixty five kilometres northwest of Ploiesti and 48 kilometres 30 miles south of Brasov, in a mountainous region on the Prahova River valley, just east of the Bucegi Mountains. The altitude varies from 767 to 860 metres

2,516 to 2,822 feet above sea degree. The town is a famous destination for hiking and iciness sports, especially downhill snowboarding. Among the traveler landmarks, the maximum critical are Peles Castle, Pelisor Castle, Sinaia Monastery, Sinaia Casino, Sinaia educate station, and the Franz Joseph and Saint Anne Cliffs. Sinaia became additionally the summer season house of the Romanian composer George Enescu, who stayed at the Luminis villa.