The Peles Castle

The Peles Castle
Build as a summer residence for the Romanian royal family, the Peles Castle is today a cultural and political symbol.
King Charles I was the one who initiated the construction of the beautiful castle which functioned as a royal residence from 1883 until 1947.
In 1948 the castle was nationalized and between 1953 and 1975 and from 1990 until today it functions as a museum under the ownership of King Michael I of Romania.

As you can see the building is called a castle but actually, due to it's form and function it is a palace.
From the architectural point of view it has many influences from Gothic to Neo-renaissance and Saxon or baroque.
The rooms of the palace take the themes from many of the worlds cultures: French, Turkish, Asian, etc., The decorations are from the finest collections in the world and are pieced together; furniture, statues, paintings, Chinas; so that they create beautiful rooms, with certain themes as presented above.

Today the Peles Castle is partially opened as a museum so that the visitors can amaze themselves with the outside and inside beauty of what a royal summer residence used to look like in the beginning of the 20th century. During the decades of it`s existence, the palace has enjoyed the visit of some of the worlds most important politic and cultural personalities: Richard Nixon, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Yasser Arafat, George Enescu or Jacques Thibaud are just some of the names that walked to rooms of this beautiful building.

If you want to reach Sinaia here is how you can do it:
From Brasov – DN1 E60 – 37 km
From Ploiesti – DN1 E60 – 64 km
From Targoviste – DN71 – 65 km
Bucharest to Sinaia – DN1 E60 – 148 kmLess