Montclaire Brasov
str. Dupa Iniste nr 63 - Drumul Poienii Brasov, Transylvania, Romania
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Heading to Brasov / Day 1 in Brasov
... about 600 m above; its a 12 km drive up a windy road, about 30 minutes from the apartment. We arrived at 9:30 and were pretty much the only people there, which made parking (12 lei - $3.50) and hiring gear (40 lei each - $12) very easy. Soon enough we were on the baby slope at the bottom of the mountain, where we discovered that Ioana had forgotten how to ski and Alex hadn't. So we organised a private lesson for Ioana, while ...
Dracula's Castle....kind of
... that there was no strong link between Dracula and this castle I did a little wikipedia research and found the following.
Bran Castle situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Braşov, is a national monument and landmark in Romania. ...
Vampires, and Bratwurst, and Beers! Oh, my!
... character other than the name and being Romanian, I still don’t understand. Anyway, a short distance outside of Brasov in the village of Bran is a castle, Bran Castle. Many people incorrectly refer to this castle as “Dracula’s Castle,” even though it was only under control of the army of Vlad Dracul for a few months and he may have at most spent one night there in his entire life. Bran Castle does however look, at least from ...
Make a Date with Dracula
... Empire and then later became a custom’s post on the pass between Transylvania and Wallachia.
In 1920 it became a royal residence for the Kingdom of Romania and the principle home of Queen Kestine Marie. It was later inherited by her daughter Princess Ileana before being seized by the communist regime after they expelled the royal family from Romania in ...
Vlad Tepes himself would have chosen this location
... s got the story, now let's get ready for the tourists.
And so they did.
During the '90s they experienced the agro-turism era. Thank God and Bram for all the chaos, typical to the Romanian law and government, otherwise not even half of the accommodation spaces wouldn't have been authorized here!
Afterwards, when banks started to grow on us with their loans and credit lines, the real businessmen arrived!
Sofisticated villas and ...


