- While I went to Romania in December for Bran Castle it is safe to say I was more impressed by Peleș Castle and it is often the little surprises on my trips...
- The final rooms on the first floor of Peleș Castle are a few of the quarters of the ladies-in-waiting. They’re modest rooms with a bed, desk, and wardrobe.
- Bucharest: Dracula's Castle, Peles Castle, & Brasov Old Town. Discover some of Romania's most famous castles on a guided tour from Bucharest.
- He was invited to become Prince of the newly independant Romania in 1866 and promoted himself to the title of King in 1881. Peleș is very Germanic in character.
- Over 40 years, dozens of builders, artists and wood-carvers brought Peleş Castle into existence. The neo-Renaissance masterpiece was commissioned by…
- King Carol II was born at the castle in 1893, giving meaning to the phrase "cradle of the dynasty, cradle of the nation" that Carol I bestowed upon Peleș Castle.
- An extraordinary feature of Peleș Castle is that it was the first castle in Europe to be fully powered by locally produced energy.
- Peles Castle, just next to Sinaia in Prahova County, has become one of Romania’s greatest best known castles, possibly more than any of Corvin Castle...
- Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an...
- Of all the royal palaces and castles, Peleş, while without doubt the most beautiful, was also the first royal residence built by Carol I - the first King of Romania...