Sinaia
judetul Prahova
Sinaia allegedly got its name in 1695 when a Romanian nobleman by the name of Mihai (Michael) Cantacuzino returned from a pilgrimage to the biblical Mt. Sinai in Israel. Following his return, he founded the Sinaia monastery.
Sinaia later developed into a major ski resort, dubbed the "Pearl of the Carpathians" after King Carol I selected Sinaia for his summer residence in 1870. His palace Castelul Peleş (Peles Castle) is considered by many to be the most beautiful in Romania.
This well-known winter ski resort snuggles at an altitude of 800-930 meters in the narrow Prahova Valley, at the foot of the fir-clad Bucegi Mountains. Cable cars carry skiers up the side of Mt. Furnica (2103 m) to several ski trails.
Until 1920, the Hungarian-Romanian border ran along Predeal Pass, just north of Sinaia.
It was raining or threatening to rain, so I took all of the pictures with my movie camera (I'd cry less if it got rained on than my Nikon).
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