Leisure
Summer
Poiana Brasov is the most famous mountain resort in Romania, located at 12 km (8 miles) SW of Brasov, at 1030 m altitude. With these co-ordinates Poiana Brasov is the ideal full season resort for your holidays. Below you can see some of the main activities available here winter and summer proposed by the Hotel Ruia Travel Agency.
With temperatures between +10C and +28C, summer in Poiana Brasov is for sure the best time to enjoy the fresh air on mountain tracks around the resort, mountainbiking, walking, or horse riding. Other sportive amenities include enjoy 3 outdoor tennis courts, the Olympic Track or the football field to keep you in shape. In about 45 minutes you can reach Brasov's Old Center, Schei, walking through the woods on Drumul Vechi road.
Hotel Ruia Travel Agency offers you trips and excursions to the most interesting places around Poiana Brasov:
Bran-Moeciu - Visit to Dracula's Castle at Bran, followed by horse carriage ride to Moeciu and a Romanian traditional meal.
Peles Castle - Visit the Peles Castle in Sinaia, home of King Carol I.
Brasov - City Tour with the Old Center, Black Church, First Romanian School, Town Hall, shopping etc.
The Citadels - Rasnov, Harman, Prejemer.
Sighisoara - Visit the Town of Sighisoara, a trip to a perfectly preserved medieval atmosphere.
Transfers to and from Baneasa International Airport in Bucharest.
Winter
With almost 60 km of ski domain and 12 slopes of various difficulty, the resort of Poiana Brasov is the main touristic attraction for ski in Romania. The ski area has 7 ski-lifts, 2 cable-cars and 1 gondola, night ski and snow cannons on Bradul slope.
Ruia Hotel offers ski rental and ski and snowboard school with qualified and experienced instructors for all levels. All these attributes are guaranteed to wish you come back to Poiana Brasov each year.