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Turnul*** Hotel – Bran, Moeciu

ramona — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:05:20 +0000

Turnul hotel is one of the few accommodation places at the European standards which satisfy the most sofisticated desires. The hotel was open in June 2009, being an unique construction in Bran – Moeciu by its’ design and elegance.
Situated in a natural area, very close to the main touring sights, the location offers wonderful views, privecy and quiet.
The unit structures its’ functions and facilities so that it can answer to all the needs of its’ clients.
Turnul hotel has 19 accommodation places: 1 apartment, 1 junior suite, 1 triple room, 5 double twin rooms, 11 double matrimonial rooms.
Each room has:

Bathroom
Cable TV- LCD
Internet wireless
International phone

The restaurant has one capacity of 70 -80 places and it offers one discreet and elegant ambient, one varied menu. The unit can host many events like: wedding ceremonies, party dinners, receptions, business meetings, cocktails etc.
Fot the business tourism, we can offer one conference room for 30 -40 places, with natural light, completly equipped, which offers the best conditions for different kinds of activities: conferences, trainnings, team – buildings etc. The conference room has: video – projector, flipchart, sound effects, DVD, screen projector, LCD.
The hotel has also one beautiful terrace with kindergarden, barbeque, ideal for spending the free time in the nature.
We can put at the tourists’ disposition one SPA center with.

Dry sauna
Fitness room
Bathrobe
Towels
Slippers

For the special moments, our Wine cellar waits for you with one capacity of 30 places. Here, you can see the your sport favour teams or you can enjoy the company of your family and friends tasting some special wines.

Facilities:
- breakfast is included in the tariff

Room Type	Tariff/room/day
Room Type	03.01.2011 – 01.05.2011
Single	39 euro
Double	48 euro
Triple	66 euro
Junior suite	73 euro
Apartment	73 euro

BRASOV

ramona — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:13:03 +0000

Brasov city is situated at the Carpathian Mountains’ foot, in a landscape of rare beauty, at only 10 km from Poiana Brasov and 167 km from Bucharest. The major attraction in city is the Hall Square, located in the old center, surrounded by remnants of the old fortress’ walls. On the Square, we can also find the Black Church, one of the most important historical and art monuments of the country, the largest religious edifice between Vienna and Istanbul. Also in this area there is the Republic Street, one of the main commercial centers of the city. Among other attraction points of Brasov, we also have to mentioned: The First Romanian School, the Sforii Street – the narrowest street in South East Europe, Weavers’ Bastion – used in the past as a shield for protection and shelter for the city guilds, the cable car, with which the tourists can climbe to the Tampa Mountain and enjoy the best view of the whole region.
Brasov is also a perfect blend of attractions and many recreational and entertainment possibilities: traditional and modern restaurants, bars, clubs and discos, cinema, theater, opera, concert halls, etc.

PARAUL RECE

ramona — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:03:19 +0000

Located in Brasov county, at an altitude of 960 m, at only 8 km from the Predeal, Paraul Rece resort, also known as the “pupils and students resort”, is perfect for the winter sports lovers, but also for tourists who want an escape into an area with fresh air, sunshine and natural light.Although it is situated in a retired area in Bucegi Mountains, Paraul Rece resort offers to all its guests many possibilities of leisure. It can be the starting point for many trips to destinations like: Sinaia, Cota 1400, Rasnov, Poiana Brasov, Brasov, Bran, Trei Brazi, Secuilor Hut, Diham Hut or other mountain trails in Bucegi.
Also, Paraul Rece, due to its climate, is a SPA resort recommended in treating the asthenic neurosis, states of debility, physical and intellectual overwork states, endocrine diseases, children growth disorders.
The most important ski slopes of the resort are:

Ski Slope
Ski Slope	Difficulty	Length	Floodlit
Paraul Rece	Medium	520 m	No

VATRA DORNEI

ramona — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:27:43 +0000

Vatra Dornei is a city located in northern part of Romania (Suceava county), in the heart of the Eastern Carpathians Mountains. For those who want an active holiday, the resort has many possibilities for leisure activities: hiking, tours to the Bucovina’s monasteries, fishing on the river Bistrita, parasailing in Suhard mountain, mountain biking all over Dorna depression and for those who love skiing, Vatra Dornei has prepared some ski slopes of medium difficulty, provided with cable transport installations, one cross-country skiing slope and one ice rink.The most important ski slopes of the resort are:

Ski Slope
Ski Slope	Difficulty	Length	Floodlit
Dealu Negru	Medium	3000 m	No
Parc	Medium	900 m	Yes

Lifts in Vatra Dornei:

Lifts Type
Lifts Type	Lenght	Tour Time
Chair-lift Dealu Negru	3000 m	25 min.
Ski-lift Parc	791 m	5 min.
Baby-ski Parc	230 m	3 min.

SINAIA

ramona — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:01:19 +0000

Sinaia resort is situated on the Prahova Valley, in the Carpathian area, at the Varful cu Dor and Piatra Arsa Mountains foot. The resort lies at about 60 km north-west of Ploiesti and 50 km south of Brasov.

Tourist attractions:
Among the major tourist attractions of the resort, we can mentioned: Peles and Pelisorul Castles, Sinaia Monastery, Sinaia Casino, the Memorial House of George Enescu.
In Sinaia died also some of the important political figures of Romania, like: King Carol I, Ferdinand I, Queen Maria and the Prime-Minister Ion Gheorghe Duca (assassinated in Sinaia train station).

The most important ski slopes of the resort are:

Ski Slope
Ski Slope	Difficulty	Length	Floodlit
Spietz	Advanced	400 m	No
Furnica	Advanced	600 m	No
Carp	Advanced	2500 m	No
Tarle	Advanced	250 m	No
Papagal	Advanced	300 m	No
Valea Mioritei	Advanced	500 m	No
Valea Dorului	Medium	300 m	No
Drumul de vara	Medium	2350 m	No
Scandular	Medium	400 m	No
Vanturis	Medium	2900 m	No
Valea Soarelui	Beginner	1180 m	No
Laptici	Beginner	650 m	No
Drumul Vechi	Beginner	5000 m	No
Malaxa	Beginner	300 m	No
Popicarie	Beginner	300 m	No
Poiana Stanii Regale	Beginner	250 m	No
Valea Dorului pe firul văii	Beginner	1080 m	No
Turistica	Beginner	2800 m	No

Lifts in Sinaia:

Lifts Type
Lifts Type	Length	Capacitaty
Cable Car Sinaia-Cota 1400	2338 m	360 pers./h
Cable Car Cota 1400-Cota 2000	1946 m	300 pers./h
Chair-lift Valea Dorului-Furnica	844 m	1000 pers./h
Chair-lift Cota 1400-Cota 2000	500 m	2400 pers/ora
Ski-lift Valea Dorului – Furnica	600 m	720 pers./h
Ski-lift Furnica-Varful cu Dor	450 m	—
Ski-lift Cota1400-Cota1500	250 m	—
Ski-lift Varful cu Dor-Cabana	350 m	—

PREDEAL

ramona — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:55:20 +0000

The highest city in the country, is situated on the summit which separes the Prahova Valley from the Timis Valley, at one altitude of 1.030 – 1.110 m. The Predeal resort is located at 142 km from Bucharest at at only 25 km from Brasov city.Predeal is also one SPA resort, recommended for the treatment of neuro – asthenia, to revive bodies weak, to recover over the subsequent physical and intellectual.
The main cure factors are: the fresh air, without dust and other allergens, rich in ozone and ultraviolet, ionizing.

Touring sights:

Mountain touring routes
St. Nicolae Monastery
Orthodox Church St. Constantin and Elena
Roman Catholic Chapel of Timisul de Jos
Roman Catholic monastery of Timisul de Jos
Heroes Monument – Valea Rasnoavei
Monument Mihail Saulescu
Heroes Monument from the Predeal train station

The most important ski slopes of the resort are:

Ski Slope
Ski Slope	Difficulty	Length	Floodlit
Subteleferic	Advanced	1200 m	No
Cocosul Medium	Medium	2250 m	No
Clabucet	Medium	2100 m	No
Paraul Rece	Medium	520 m	No
Clabucet sosire	Beginner	800 m	Yes
Clabucet varianta	Beginner	790 m	No
Clabucet scoala	Beginner	200 m	No
Subteleferic st. inf.	Beginner	670 m	No

Lifts in Predeal:

Lifts Type
Lifts Type	Length	Tour Time
Chair-lift Clabucet	1650 m	14 min.
Ski-lift Clabucet Sosire	640 m	4 min.
Ski-lift Clabucet Plecare	489 m	3 min.
Babyski-lift	200 m	1 min.
Ski-lift Paraul Rece	480 m	3 min.

PALTINIS

ramona — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:36:06 +0000

Paltinis resort is situated in the North – East part of Cindrel Mountains, at 32 km from Sibiu city.
Paltinis is the oldest resort from Romania and also one of the highest (1442 m altitude).The center of the city is formed by villas. Some of them are historical monuments: Casa Turistilor (build in 1894), Casa Medicilor (1895) and Sala Monaco (1898).
Known as one resort for the white sports, Paltinis has special slope for different difficulty degrees.
The resort is also recommended for different treatments like those for: asthenia, body weak, anemia secondary and endocrine disease (benign hipertiroitism) etc
The city has several very intresting touring attractions, such as:

The memorial house and grave of the philosopher Constantin Noica

Different hiking routes

The most important ski slopes of the resort are:

Ski Slope
Ski Slope	Difficulty	Length	Floodlit
Ocnesti 1	Medium	1150 m	Yes
Ocnesti 2	Beginner	450 m	No
Paltinis Dealul Poplacii	Cross-country skiing	2200 m	No
Paltinis Santa	Cross-country skiing	3000 m	No
Oncesti Paltinis	Cross-country skiing	5000 m	No
Gaujoara Paltinis	Cross-country skiing	3600 m	No

Lifts in Paltinis:

Lifts Type
Lifts Type	Length	Tour Time
Chair-lift Oncesti	1025 m	7 min.
Ski-lift Oncesti	410 m	9 min.
Ski-lift Daneasa	409 m	9 min.

POIANA BRASOV

ramona — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:02:57 +0000

Situated at only 12 km from Brasov, at an altitude of 1020 meters, Poiana Brasov is the most important winter resort in Romania, being also a tourist attraction of international fame.
The resort has 12 ski runs of various degrees of difficulty, sports, discos, restaurants and bars.
The resort is also recommended for the treatment of asthenic neurosis, exhaustion and overworking physically and intellectually diseases, endocrine and respiratory diseases etc.
Trips proposals from Poiana Brasov:

Tour of Brasov city, situated at 12 from Poiana Brasov resort
Visit to the Rasnov fortress and Bran Castle
Visit to the Peles and Pelisor Castles and at the Sinaia Monastery of Sinaia resort
Trip to Sighisoara stronghold, the only still lived medieval stronghold from South-East of Europe.

The most important ski slopes of the resort are:

Ski Slope
Ski Slope	Difficulty	Length	Floodlit
Lupului	Advanced	2860 m	No
Kanzel	Advanced	350 m	No
Ruia	Advanced	540 m	No
Subteleferic	Advanced	1000 m	No
Slalom Poiana	Advanced	575 m	No
Sulinar	Medium	2441 m	No
Bradul	Beginner	458 m	Yes
Drumul Rosu	Beginner	3821 m	No
Stadion	Beginner	300 m	No

Lifts in Poiana Brasov:

Lifts Type
Lifts Type	Length	Tour Time
Cable Car Postavarul	1256 m	11 min.
Cable Car Cristianul	1087 m	8 min.
Gondola Cristianul	1530 m	23 min.
Ski-lift Cristianul	450 m	8 min.
Baby-sky Postavarul and Cristianul	300 m	4 min.
Ski-lift Bradul	455 m	3 min.
Ski-lift Stadion	301 m	2 min.
Ski-lift Slalom	575 m	4 min.

BUSTENI

ramona — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:55:00 +0000

Busteni mountain and SPA resort is situated at 882 m altitude, at Caraiman mountain’s foot. From Busteni, you have many hiking routes for Bucegi Mountain. Omu Peak is the highest peak in Bucegi mountains, with 2504 m. Also here, you can find the unusual rocky formations, such as Sphinx and Babele. From here, you can admire the wonderful Prahova Valley. The subalpine climate of the resort is a very stimulating tonic.
Busteni resort has the biggest cable-car line for Romania and the 3rd in Europe.
During the winter period, Busteni resort is a very wanted resort for winter sports. The city has several very interesting touring attractions, such as:

Cezar Petrescu Memorial museum that evokes the life and work of the writer
“Last Grenade” Monument dedicated to the soldier Vasile Musat, dead in the First World War
The house of culture
The trout farm

The most important ski slopes of the resort are:

Ski Slope
Ski Slope	Difficulty	Length	Floodlit
Valea Cerbului	Advanced	3000 m	Yes
Cabana Omu	Advanced	1500 m	No
Kalinderu	Medium	1500 m	Yes
Babele-Pestera	Medium	3000 m	No
Busteni-Gura Diham	Beginner	4000 m	No
Piatra Arsa	Beginner	300 m	No
Cabana Babele	Beginner	400 m	No

Lifts in Busteni:

Lifts Type
Lifts Type	Length	Capacity
Chair-lift Kalinderu	1070 m	1200 pers./h
Cable Car Busteni-Babele	4350 m	125 pers./h
Cable Car Babele-Piatra Arsa	2543 m	120 pers./h

BORSA

ramona — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:39:35 +0000

SPA resort Borsa is situated in Maramures county, at Rodnei Mountain’s foot, at one altitude of 850 m.
Borsa town is mentioned for the first time in 1365. Today, Borsa city has 27.100 inhabitants.
Borsa tourist complex is situated at the entrance in Borsa city and it has a suitable climate for both treatment and winter sports. Here, you can find clean air, without allergens and also springs of mineral waters used for different treatments.
Borsa complex is ideal for summer holidays but also for winter holidays. Here, we have ski slopes of different difficulty degrades and also one natural springboard of 113 m.

The most important ski slopes of the resort are:

Ski Slope
Ski Slope	Difficulty	Length	Floodlit
Bradet	Difficulty	200 m	No
Olimpic	Medium	2980 m	Yes
Poiana Stiol	Medium	1600 m	No
Puzdrele	Medium	1000 m	No
Poiana Vf. Stiol	Medium	790 m	No

Lifts in Borsa:

Lifts Type
Lifts Type	Length	Capacity
Chair-lift	1920 m	—
Ski–lift	790 m	—