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DAY 4

On Thursday, 22 September 2022 we departed Brasov and headed to Sinaia to visit Peles
Castle in Sinaia, It took around 3 hours drive then we reached the castle around noon time. The
host bought a ticket for us and we went inside as a group. There were a lot of tourists in the
place. The ticket price is around 50 RON for the first floor visit which was our ticket. If you want
to see the second floor, the ticket is around 100 RON, if you want to see the whole castle which
they have the 3rd floor, the ticket is around 150 RON. The castle belonged to King Carol I of
Romania, the first king of Romania, his reign was from 1839–1914.

ABOUT PELES CASTLE

When King Carol I of Romania (1839–1914), under whose reign the country gained its
independence, first visited the site of the future castle in 1866, he fell in love with the
magnificent mountain scenery. In 1872, the Crown purchased 5 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi) of
land near the Piatra Arsă River. The estate was named the Royal Estate of Sinaia. The King
commissioned the construction of a royal hunting preserve and summer retreat on the property,
and the foundation was laid for Peleș Castle on 22 August 1873. Several auxiliary buildings
were built simultaneously with the castle: the guards' chambers, the Economat Building, the
Foișor hunting lodge, the royal stables, and a power plant. Peleș became the world's first castle
fully powered by locally produced electricity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele%C8%99_Castle