Sinaia - Other attractions

Sinaia offers many tourist attractions. The Guard Corps (Corpul de garda)- re-made in a Rennaissance German style, the Economatul – re-made in a Burg German style, the Tower (Foisorul) – built in the same time with the Peles Castle, the Casino and the Railway Station, memorial houses, villas and impressive buildings, parks and lots of leisure facilities, all these are supplementary good reasons for choosing Sinaia as the next destination of your journey.


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GHICA PARK
The “Dimitrie Ghica” Park of Sinaia was founded in 1881 and its design was made under the advise of the Swiss architect of the landscape, Eder. It shelters many trees dating for centuries, and, on a platform within it, there are performed the Sinaia’s festivals.. details

THE SINAIA CASINO
It is located in the “Dimitrie Ghica” park and was also built under the initiative of the Carol I. The construction began in 1912 and ended one year later. The works were supervised by Petre Antonescu architect, who was in fact the author of the plans. The Casino had the barone d’Marcay as first shareholder and he was also a shareholder of the casino from Monte Carlo which represented the architectural model for the one built in Sinaia. details

SINAIA RAILWAY STATION
The first railway station was built in 1913 by the “Demeter Cartner” Company and the second a little bit later and it was dedicated exclusively to the royal family use and to its guests, meaning foreign state rulers. On the Sinaia railway station platform, there is a memorial plate to remember of I GH. Duca, Romanian Prime Minister assassinated by the legionnaires in the year 1933 in that very spot. It is an important railway station where at the beginning of the last century trains as Orient Express and Arlberg Express used to stop. details