Buşteni (Romanian pronunciation: [buʃˈtenʲ]) is a small mountain town in the north of Prahova County, in central Romania. It is located in the Prahova Valley, at the bottom of the Bucegi mountains, that have a maximum altitude of 2505 m. Its name literally means tree-logs in Romanian. One village, Poiana Ţapului, is administratively part of the town, formerly a separate commune prior to 1950.
Population: 9,906
Latitude: 45° 23' 60.00" N
Longitude: 25° 31' 59.99" E
Bran Castle (Romanian: Castelul Bran; German: Törzburg; Hungarian: Törcsvár; Dutch: Kasteel Bran; French: Château Bran), situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Braşov, is a national monument and landmark in Romania. The fortress is situ…
Altitude training is the practice by some endurance athletes of training for several weeks at high altitude, preferably over 2,400 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level, though more commonly at intermediate altitudes due to the shortage of suitable high…
The Bucegi Mountains (Romanian: Munții Bucegi [ˈmunt͡sij buˈt͡ʃed͡ʒʲ]; Hungarian: Bucsecs-hegység) are located in central Romania, south of the city Brașov.
Babele (meaning The old women) is a name for an area on the Bucegi Mountains plateau in Romania, within the Southern Carpathians.
The Piatra Craiului Mountains are a mountain range in the Southern Carpathians in Romania.
Râșnov (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈrɨʃnov]; German: Rosenau; Hungarian: Barcarozsnyó; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: Rusnâ; Latin: Rosnovia) is a town in Brașov County, Romania with a population of under 16,000.
Moroeni is a commune in Dâmboviţa County, southern Romania.
Pelişor Castle (Romanian: Castelul Pelişor) is a castle in Sinaia, Romania, part of the same complex as the larger castle of Peleş.
The Sinaia Monastery, located in Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, was founded by Prince Mihail Cantacuzino in 1695 and named after the great Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai in Egypt. As of 2005, it is inhabited by 13 Christian Orthodox…
Moieciu (German: Mösch; Hungarian: Alsómoécs) is a commune in Braşov County, Romania.
The Heroes' Cross is a monument built between 1926 and 1928 on Caraiman Peak at an altitude of 2,291 m located in Romania, in the Bucegi Mountains of the Southern Carpathians. It has a height of 36 metres (118 ft) and the nearest town is Buşteni.
…The Caraiman Peak is a mountain peak located in Romania, in the Bucegi Mountains of the Southern Carpathians. It has a height of 2,384 m.
The Postăvarul massif is a massif in Romania, being part of the Romanian Carpathians, (which are part of the Carpathian mountains range).
Valea Mare-Pravăţ is a commune in Argeş County, in southern central Romania.
Secăria is a commune in Prahova County, Romania.
Ceraşu is a commune in Prahova County, Romania.
Ştefeşti is a commune in Prahova County, Romania.
Şotrile is a commune in Prahova County, Romania.