Poiana Brasov - Romania's Premier Ski Resort

Summer or Winter -

Poiana Brasov is the most sought after mountain resort in Romania.

In the center of the resort there is a lake surrounded by many hotels.

Poiana boasts 12 ski runs (an Olympic run, three downhill and giant slalom runs, one special slalom run, two jumps, etc.).

In 1951 Poiana hosted The Winter International Olympic Games for Universities. Activities and services: sports (tennis, minigolf, football, basketball), indoor swimming-pools, Sports and Fitness Centers, Sauna.

Altitude 1050 - 1800 m. Clean, ozone-rich air, marked ionization and nice temperature (average: 21 C summer, -2 C winter). Poiana Brasov (1030m-1750m altitude) is the best known budget ski resort in Europe, with visitors from England, US, Germany and all over the world.

The resort is situated at 180 Kms from Bucharest and 12 Kms from Brasov city.

Poiana Pistes:

The traditional restaurants of Poiana Brasov are headed by:-

Coliba Haiducelor (Pictured opposite)

Tel. (068) 26 21 37. Open 11:00 - 24:00.

This well-known and central situated restaurnat been serving gourmands over 40 years. Considered to be one of the best restaurants in Romania, the Outlaws Hut serves traditional Romanian food in a wooden building near the ski slopes.

Sit at one of the long wooden tables and have a second look at the decoration: guns, dried peppers and cobs of corn and lots of skins (boars, sheep, wolves and one bear).

Chicken cooked in a "kettle oven" is a speciality and is served on a sword.

A wide range of romanian cuisine is served.

Wash it down with a hot "tuica fiarte" (plum brandy), served in a blue ceramic treetrunk.

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Sura Dacilor

Sura Dacilor Tel. (068) 26 23 27. Open 11:00 - 24:00. The Dacians Shed (Sura Dacilor) is housed in a couple of wooden tepees on the west side of the lake. The old, traditional customs were never forgotten in Sura Dacilor: waiters dressed in Dacian (ancient people living here before the Roman Empire).

Inside, furs and dried herbs adorn the walls, you sit on a block of wood covered by a sheepskin. The English/French-language Menu features typical Romanian dishes, as well as some age-old recipes like 'Dacian chunk' (oven baked polenta with cream) and 'Shepherds Sarmale' (filled cabbage rolls). The prices are very attractive for the powerful Euro.

SURA DACILOR - TRADITION & GREAT CUISINE

Ask anybody in Poiana Brasov about a good traditional restaurant and mostly everybody will tell you to try Sura Dacilor. All the customers in here join an archaic atmosphere where the Romanian hospitality is on home ground. A shot of boiled 'tsuica' - the traditional Romanian spirit - served by a camp fire and a piece of smoked sheep meat will send you way back in time.

A dinner inside the restaurant gives you the chance to choose one of the four dining rooms at Sura Dacilor, each of them individually decorated. The dishes are prepared mostly on ingredients coming from their own farm.

A delightful 'taraf' (traditional Romanian music band) will make your dinner here even more interesting. In the autumn you can take a peek in the traditional food storage room where you can see how the ancient people kept their pickles, sausages, and smoked meat.

Number of places: 300