Hotels near Day Trip to Sinaia and Peles Castle
Aleea Peleșului, 106100 Sinaia, Romania
Peles Castle in Sinaia was built between 1873 and 1914 as the summer residence of King Carol I of Romania, and it is widely considered one of the finest neo-Renaissance castles in Europe. The Bavarian architect Wilhelm von Doderer and his successor Johann Schultz created a 34,000 square metre palace with 170 rooms, blending German Renaissance timber-framed facades, Italian marble interiors, Turkish reception rooms, and Moorish courtyard details. Peles was the first European castle wired entirely for electricity from its own hydroelectric plant.
The standard 45-minute guided tour of the ground floor visits 10 major rooms including the Grand Hall with its retractable stained-glass roof and the Weapons Hall with 4,000 pieces of European and Middle Eastern armour. The upper-floor extended tour adds 15 rooms including the Royal Bedroom and the Council Hall. Combine Peles with a short walk to the nearby Sinaia Monastery from 1690 and a look at the small resort town's Belle Epoque villas along Bulevardul Carol I.
Pro Tip: Take the 07:45 train from Gara de Nord to arrive at 09:30, and buy the timed 11:00 castle ticket online at peles.ro the night before - the on-site queue easily hits an hour in July. Bring a light jacket even in August: the castle interiors are cool year-round.
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