Private Off Road Tour to the Carpathian Mountains from Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 1 day
Experience a wonderful 4x4 day adventure in the Carpathian Mountains. Visit unique sites like the Peles Royal Castle in Sinaia, The Woodcraft Carpathian Museum Posada, Sinaia Monastery and Ialomicioara Monastery, natural lakes in Bucegi Mountains, Bolboci and Scropoasa and the famous Ialomicioara Cave.
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Experience a wonderful 4x4 day adventure in the Carpathian Mountains. Visit unique sites like the Peles Royal Castle in Sinaia, The Woodcraft Carpathian Museum Posada, Sinaia Monastery and Ialomicioara Monastery, natural lakes in Bucegi Mountains, Bolboci and Scropoasa and the famous Ialomicioara Cave.
Peles Castle was commissioned by King Carol I in 1873 and completed ten years later; it was meant as the summer residence of the Royal Family. Until 1914, the Royal Family used it only during the summer periods, later on, the castle hosted different official events and military ceremonies.
Nestled at the foot of the Bucegi Mountains, Peles Castle is a masterpiece of German Neo-Renaissance architecture, considered by many, one of the most stunning castles in Europe. Its over 160 rooms are adorned with the finest examples of European Art, such as Murano crystal chandeliers, German stained-glass windows and Cordoba leather-covered walls.
The furniture in the Music Room is carved out of teak, a rare and precious wood, which was a gift from Maharajah of Kapurtala in India. The walls and ceiling of the Turkish Parlour were covered in handmade silk embroideries. Austrian artists Gustav Klimt and Frantz Matsch designed the ceiling paintings and decorative frescoes in the Theatre Hall. In the castle’s armouries over 4,000 European and Oriental pieces dating from the XV to the XIXth century are displayed.
Posada Woodcraft Carpathian Museum is situated on the left bank of the Prahova River, in the Posada side of Comarnic , next to DN 1 and approximately 4 km from Sinaia.
Posada Castle was build on the order of Lord Gheorghe Bibescu in the years before the 1848 revolution. It was conceived as a river stone mansion, in the manner of Romanian traditional mountain constructions. Fifty years later, George Valentin Bibescu, the nephew of lord Gheorghe Bibescu extended the old mansion into a castle.
The First World War left marks on the Posada Castle. On the night of 24 of September 1915, the main building was burned down by German troops, in order to destroy the British Legal Archive, stored here by Lord Thomson.
In December 1916, the Hungarian troops devastated the other buildings of the Castle and destroyed Bibescu’s painting collection.
After The First World War, the Posada Castle was renovated and furnished as a princely residence until after The Second World War.
Please note that Peles Castle is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays and The Woodcraft Museum is closed on Mondays.
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