Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Activities
Skiing
Poiana Braşov has 12 runs - including two blacks (each about 2km long) - that are ac-
cessed by two cable-car lifts run by
ANA
( 0268-262 413)
, with a chairlift and five
drag lifts higher up. The main cable car, a 15-minute walk up the road southwest from the
bus stop (past the St Ivan Butezatorul church), operates all year. Another is next to Hotel
Sport. Ski rental starts at 40 lei per day, an all-day chairlift pass is about 250 lei and a
five-trip pass is 120 lei.
The ski season runs from December to March, sometimes later. Check out
www.poiana-
brasov.ro
for ski conditions.
ANA holds group and private lessons (it's about 110 lei per hour for two people) in
English, French and German; check with its office situated at Hotel Sport. An alternative,
Club Rossignol
( 0721-200 470; 9am-5.30pm)
, across from the main lift, also hires
skis or snowboards for 40 lei per day.
Hiking
The Postăvaru Massif nestles between the Cheii Valley, Timişului Valley and Poiana
Braşov, and has dozens of trails of varying levels of difficulty to choose from.
From Poiana Braşov you can hike to
Cristianul Mare
(1802m, three hours, marked
with red crosses), the massif's highest peak (or just take the cable car up). From the top
the trail (marked with yellow bar) leads to another (marked with red triangles), that leads
east down to the road that links Timişu de Jos (on the Sinaia-Braşov rail line) with Timişu
de Sus (2½ hours). Turn left for Jos, right for Sus.
You can also hike directly down to Timişu de Jos from Cabana Cristianul Mare in three
to four hours. The trail is marked from the cabana with blue stripes, then blue crosses. In-
stead of following the blue-cross trail where the path diverges, you can continue following
the blue-stripe trail, which eventually takes you over the top of Mt Tâmpa to Braşov. This
trail (1½ hours) follows the old Braşov road.
From Poiana Braşov you can also easily hike to Râşnov (two to three hours, yellow
crosses, then left on the road to the trail marked with blue stripes) or tackle the more
strenuous hike to Predeal (five to seven hours, yellow stripes).
