Neighborhoods
Centrul Vechi is the city’s bustling historic core, known for well-preserved Saxon buildings, 15th-century fortifications, and history museums. Cafe-lined Council Square is home to the 15th-century Council House and the Gothic, towering Black Church. Nearby, bars, restaurant terraces, and shops frame pedestrian-only Strada Republicii street, while a cable car climbs Tâmpa Mountain to offer city views from the summit.
27 locals recommend
Centrul Vechi
Centrul Vechi is the city’s bustling historic core, known for well-preserved Saxon buildings, 15th-century fortifications, and history museums. Cafe-lined Council Square is home to the 15th-century Council House and the Gothic, towering Black Church. Nearby, bars, restaurant terraces, and shops frame pedestrian-only Strada Republicii street, while a cable car climbs Tâmpa Mountain to offer city views from the summit.
Peaceful Poiana Brașov is home to a ski resort of the same name, with trails on Postăvaru Mountain, plus an ice-skating rink, an indoor recreation center, and a sports complex with tubing and luging. In the summer, hikers and bikers explore verdant mountain paths, and stables offer horseback riding tours. Luxury hotels, guest houses, ski shops, and traditional Romanian restaurants dot the area.
214 locals recommend
Poiana Brașov
Peaceful Poiana Brașov is home to a ski resort of the same name, with trails on Postăvaru Mountain, plus an ice-skating rink, an indoor recreation center, and a sports complex with tubing and luging. In the summer, hikers and bikers explore verdant mountain paths, and stables offer horseback riding tours. Luxury hotels, guest houses, ski shops, and traditional Romanian restaurants dot the area.
Narrow cobblestone streets wind through Prund-Schei, the city’s traditional Romanian quarter, with an entrance marked by the 1827 arched Schei Gate. The Orthodox St. Nicholas Church blends Gothic and Byzantine styles and has interior frescoes, while the adjacent First Romanian School Museum houses education history exhibits and a huge library. Locals picnic and hike around Pietrele lui Solomon’s wooded hills.
16 locals recommend
Prund-Schei
Narrow cobblestone streets wind through Prund-Schei, the city’s traditional Romanian quarter, with an entrance marked by the 1827 arched Schei Gate. The Orthodox St. Nicholas Church blends Gothic and Byzantine styles and has interior frescoes, while the adjacent First Romanian School Museum houses education history exhibits and a huge library. Locals picnic and hike around Pietrele lui Solomon’s wooded hills.
Food scene
Casa Tudor
58 Strada Avram IancuSergiana
28 Strada MureșenilorFour Roses
21 A Str. OltețRoata Norocului
6 Strada CrișanKasho Lounge
1 Șirul LiveziiColiba Haiducilor
Drumul SulinarSightseeing
Poiana Brașov
Seven Ladders Canyon
Strada CanionuluiSolomon's Stones
Weaver's Bastion
9 Strada George CoșbucWhite Tower
Calea PoieniiBlack Tower
Strada Gheorghe BariţiuLibearty Bear Sanctuary Zarnesti
Bran Castle was initially a medieval fortress and later on a lovely summer residence owned by The Queen Marie of Romania. Bran Castle became the very famous Dracula's Castle after Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula.
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Bran Castle
24 Strada General Traian MoșoiuBran Castle was initially a medieval fortress and later on a lovely summer residence owned by The Queen Marie of Romania. Bran Castle became the very famous Dracula's Castle after Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula.
Peleș Castle
2 Aleea PeleșuluiFun activities
Parc Aventura Brasov
16 Strada PaltinuluiAquatic Paradise
2F Bulevardul GrivițeiHiking
Piatra Craiului National Park Visitor Center
Bucegi Natural Park
Postăvarul Massif
Piatra Mare Mountains