A short article about how the summer vacation ended in the northern part of the Prahova Valley, in the resorts of Sinaia, Azuga, and Predyal. I’ve been here long enough both last summer and this summer to draw some conclusions.

We begin our vacation in Sinai

In the middle of summer, it is good to eat in Snow, you will get a large sausage with mashed potatoes and beer for 50 lei, Alex (Hungarian restaurant) is also worth a visit, especially since it is further from the national road and therefore airier. . The Creperia in the central park is a bit lousy, the bellows are not the bellows and there is not much ham in the pancake, it is better with Nutella, watch out for Finetti.

Purchased area

it will probably run out of trees in 2-3 years if the pace of deforestation continues. They started working on the highway from the right bank of the Kazaria tributary. There will be shade only in the villas. Sooner we will see how the bears will come down from the forest. Maybe that’s better.

We leave the royal resort and go to Azuga.

They paved the street near the station, changed the cobblestones on the main road (please, at work, town, what do you want), not a single tree has been planted in the last 10 years, because they are all in the forest, no need, let the sun burn in your head when you will go through the resort on the main road. You don’t have a bazaar, and what do you need, during this period oil refiners come directly with buckets near Mega next to the park. It’s 20 lei for a kilogram of blueberries, it’s good, it’s the spawn of the mountains. All forest roads greet “Forest Road, No Passing”. It’s a pity, because they are beautiful, I went all this vacation, and the last ones. You have nowhere to have a picnic anyway, they destroyed all the picnic tables, cut down the trees, built construction sites for the future villas. You can simply take the cable car to the top of Sorica and cycle down through the forest. You might not break anything. Of course, it is also beautiful to walk through the forest, but no, this is a forest road, please let us sneak away, march somewhere, tourists! There was also a bridge that took you from Kazaku to the forest road to Păstrăvărie, it is no longer there and it is not known when or if it will be restored.

You come to Azuga, you live dangerously, Ro Alert comes to you with a bear,

Sorry, I wasn’t on that street, but that’s about it. As for accommodation, it is good in Seran, spacious rooms, a huge balcony, between fir trees. Caprioara is bad and the waiters are arrogant, it is better to avoid them.

Between Azuga and Predyal, you can admire the cemetery left by felled fir trees –

don’t be surprised when we hear about landslides on DN1 – stumps and reeds, you have time to admire them, because you still stay in line, because it’s hot and people are fleeing Bucharest. 5km of the road to Trey Brazi is what after the bombings, when you get there, there are 2 benches and a burnt field, what is left of it, because the rest is a zipline business and children’s games. When you return to Predyal, there is mourning, closed shops and restaurants, the ghost of a resort. A little better than Valya Prahova.

Stop in Cheile Rasnoavei, Râșnov, Feldioara, Sfântul Gheorghe

The only hope for a picnic is at the entrance to Cheile Rasnoavei, good road, roulette, cows and sheep grazing, great scenery. But there, too, some people began to buy up land and put up barbed wire. We’ll see next year, but for now it’s worth coming here. It’s the same in Ryshniv, closed shops in the center, the atmosphere of an abandoned town. The big surprise of the holiday is the town of Feldioara – a restored citadel, a gentle sun, it’s worth visiting. They also hold a medieval festival from time to time. Grab some bread and pastries too, they are worth every penny! Restaurants and tourist circus have not yet appeared, visit the city while it is still “clean”.

Between Feldioara and St. Gheorghe (Sepsi) is only 26 km

Is it worth the effort? You arrive in the city, the ride is chaotic, you see many blocks, but eventually you end up in the center, near Elizabeth Park. Sprinklers sticking out of the asphalt, photos and information about bird species in Hungary. Information only in Hungarian. In the window of the only bookstore in the center, books are only in Hungarian and maybe English. However, at state institutions, the signs are first in Romanian, then in Hungarian. There are two terraces and many thrift stores where not a single light bulb is lit, perhaps to save money.

Strong heat, we sit down for lemonade, a pint of beer.

Lemonade 9 lei, Ciuc beer for a pint 8. Prices from around 2010. Quiet fair, the waitress doesn’t really speak Romanian but that’s ok, the beer and lemonade are also cold and delicious. Three flags can be seen around the city: the flag of the Sekel region, the tricolor and the EU flag.

PS If you’ve been to Bushten recently, come back with a recommendation of where you stayed and where you ate? Enjoy your vacation and beware of tourist traps!

Other small and wonderful holidays:

L’Etape Romania, 2nd edition. Dear organizers, maybe next year you will allow us, the fans who invested money in the bike, to compete only among ourselves

Cetuja, Negru Voda Monastery, Argesh. Cave of Negro Vode times, sorry, Mihai Vityazu. fantastically! I liked it, I made a fairy tale

Techirghiol, Amara, Sărata Monteoru, Slănic Prahova National Resort Treasure / National Depression Trail

Afumati, Amara, Slobozia, Vadu Oii, Târgul cu Floci. Dear Vaidya, woe to you! Searching for freedom, fish. Another road to the Black Sea

Take the ferry to Kichiu, open Păcuiul lui Soare, Derventul, enter Sfântu Andrei cave. Through the deserted and miraculous Dobruja you reach the Black Sea

Piscu, Lupăria and Curcubeu, Balta Doamnei – Baba Ana pheasants, poppies, snakes, Hamangia and churches of 1800. Wine from Săhăteni at sunset. random

Hey, hey, come to Frecăței, Tulcea. Celic Dere is a paranormal hole. Also get the Cataloi with fish and cheese

Mizil, Prahova. Tanks, bulls? A state of grace, an endless literary imagination. From Caragiale to Times New Roman

Strîmbu Găiseni, Ariceștii Rahtivani, Târgșor, Zamfira de Lipănești. Repentance of female beauty and the path of the late horseman

Strekhaia and Korkov. In search of lost time: Matei Basarab monastery. Leo. Antoine “with pockets full of emeralds”

Turnu Măgurele – Crazy Dolj. On the Danube. In search of storks

Ghighiu, Ploieștiori, Zamfira / worship, Conacul Bellu / breathe, 1000 Faces / drink and eat

In Cherna Tulcha, on a collar prepared by Kira Xanthos

The philosophy of the traveler

Human Danube Delta with Dragos Lumpan

Sulina. Sulynsk Sea Cemetery – How to have a pirate and not know what to do with him

Greci Tulcea. Christmas in granite country. Celebrate the New Year with gurgils at Țuțuianul in the Machyn Mountains

Buchani, in Zimbraria Neagră

Romania Mirel Banica

Sarmizegetusa Regia. Dacians and their emissary to the Dakoved land: Volodymyr Brylinskyi

Lunguletsu, Dambovitsa. Let’s collect and enjoy the harvest!

Orgame, head of Doloshman

Ceilings, Dambovitsa: Brankovenesk Palace, church, Pitaru – board. The Pentagon’s trial is fuduli

Tulcha Depression running along the Danube. Relief with Dichis’n Blues and the Ivan Patsaichyn festival

Old ship

Racoș Brașov: basalt columns, emerald lake, extinct volcano / Earth is like the moon

Constanta and Mamaia. Mold and tricks VIDEO

Muscle field

Moroeni, Dâmbovița, at sunset, grilled, from Gâlma to Bolboci

Siriu Buzau

Cabana Caraiman, Stradivari Concerto: Alexandru Tomescu and Dragos Ilie performed by Paganini

Gurbănești, Călărași: Ocol mototol, Sărulești bream and Athanor. Why doesn’t the Scythian Griffin fight with the Stag in Gurbanest?

Klezhani Giorgi. Serbian mummy, fiddlers and the wanderings of Santa and Pentecost

Comana Giurgiu: lake, boring, forest, Gellu Naum

Belciugatele Călărași: Mud Whip Making/Holiday with Fish, Fiddlers and Mataraua Dacians

Ploiesti: Fish Market, Clock Museum, Ploiesti House. Life of Guvids.

Citizens, Argesh, Arasse Phenomenon. Apples from Voynesti. Nămăesti Monastery.