Poiana Brasov

More on the cost of skiing in Romania

by Craig Turp January 10, 2012 Romania

 We first highlighted the quite shocking cost of lift passes at Romanian ski resorts over a year ago, in a rant about the general state of skiing in the country. Since then there has been improvement – infrastructure wise, at least. Besides the opening of the Arena Platos near Sibiu (more hereafter) new lifts and [...]

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Brasov In Your Pocket 11

by Craig Turp December 12, 2011 Romania

 We know you are longing to find out what the cover of the new Brasov In Your Pocket mini-guide looks like, so here it is: The actual guide can be picked up in all the usual places in Brasov (such as Tourist Information). Now that Brasov is in the bag, we are about to start [...]

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Bucharest In Your Pocket 74

by Craig Turp December 2, 2011 Bucharest

 Is done and dusted. It features lots of new places to eat and drink in the capital (assuming that they do not burn down between now and the time you read the guide), as well as a feature on skiing in Romania. This year has finally seen a fair bit of investment in the skiing [...]

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Liviu Babes: The man who set himself alight on the slopes at Poiana Brasov

by Craig Turp March 2, 2011 Bucharest

 Yet again, Romanian television station Pro TV came up with the goods last week – and no, we are not talking about Romanii au talent – when it broadcast a report exposing the trade in Certificate de Revolutionar (Revolutionary Certificates). Basically, these certificates ‘prove’ that the holder was directly involved in bringing about the Romanian [...]

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Brasov In Your Pocket No. 7

by Craig Turp December 15, 2010 Romania

  We’ve just sent our latest Brasov guide to the printer. You will be able to find copies in and around Brasov early next week: the best place to find a copy is at Tourist Information, in the Old Town Hall on Piata Sfatului. This issue, by popular demand, we have included Bran Castle and [...]

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A word or two on Brasov, and Brasov In Your Pocket

by Craig Turp March 15, 2010 Bucharest

 Every couple of months we take a hike up to Brasov, very much ground zero of Romanian tourism and simply one of the nicest places in the country. Besides the obvious fact that it is always a nice place in which to spend time, we visit Brasov for one main reason: to research the next [...]

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Bucharest / Romania Webcams

by Craig Turp March 11, 2010 Bucharest

 Locals will know about these (but then again we more or less count as locals these days and we never knew they existed), foreigners may not: Romanian webcams, hundreds of them. Hosted by the website of newspaper Jurnalul National, you will find not just Bucharest webcams, but also live live streams from around the country, [...]

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