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Poiana Brasov sky resort, a place for romanian TV-s stuff (stars) to relax.
Other familiar places are Bran Castle, Rasnov Fortress, Poiana Marului, the monasteries from Sinca, Predeal sky areal, Sinaia Castle s.o.Piatra Craiului Mountains include a single ridge, limited by steep and rocky versants. The ridge stretches on about 25 km and reaches a maximum altitude of 2238m, in La Om Peak or Piscul Baciului Peak. Piatra Craiului Massif was declared Natural Reservation in 1938 and Natural Park in 1990.It is the favourite place for experienced mountaneering people, though summer time is accesible also by trained tourists. See page bellow to find out latest news from Piatra Craiului!
The geology and geomorphology of the massif differs from that of the surrounding mountains, which consist almost entirely of crystalline rocks, the Crai being a sharp and steep blade composed of metamorphic rocks, mainly Jurassic limestone, approximately 24 to 26 km long, with a southwest-northeast orientation, and 6 to 8 km wide. Its famous vertical walls, 400-650 m high, are the result of the horizontally layered limestone.
On the high cliffs there are chamois, wild boar, red and roe deer, pine martens and red squirrels. Some 270 butterflies species, 110 birds species, 17 bats species, many large carnivores (wolfs, brown bears, lynx) can be observed in the park. The gorges are a good place to see wallcreepers and alpine swifts, three-toed and white-backed woodpeckers and Ural owls in the forested areas.
The paths are generally accessible for everyone with a medium psysical condition, the ridge being divided into 3 parts: the west ridge, the northen ridge & the south rigde; one can do the whole in a day when weather is sunny - this is a mountain where it rains rare, so a fully sunny day is easy to get; there are many paths going up to the ridge from each side, though not easy, the advantage is that it doesnt take long - in 2-3 hour one can reach from bottom to peaks.
Poiana Brasov sky resort, a place for romanian TV-s stuff (stars) to relax.
Other familiar places are Bran Castle, Rasnov Fortress, Poiana Marului, the monasteries from Sinca, Predeal sky areal, Sinaia Castle s.o.Placed in the areal, 20km from each other and from PC (Piatra Craiului) mountain, this two mountain small cities are growing by each year; everybody heard about Dracula Castle from medieval times (Dracula or Vlad Tepes was a ferocious ruler which punish the thiefs and enemies of the country by sticking them alive; it was said that, while he ruled, nobody steals the golden goblet left near the fountain in the middle of nowhere); there are many fortresses left by this ruler in Romania. Rasnov Fortress is a XIV century peasant fortress (summertime rock concerts takes places there, small rock bands, not famous)
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