Walking Routes in Sinaia
Sinaia is a walkable town on a slope, so most of its sights can be linked on foot. These four routes can be done separately or joined across a couple of days. Prices are in Romanian lei, and none of the walks needs a guide.
Dimitrie Ghica Park and the Casino
The town’s central park was laid out in 1881 and is free to enter. It has century-old chestnut trees, a bust of the composer George Enescu and the Sinaia Casino, built in 1912 and 1913 in the Neo-Romanian style. The building is a conference centre today, and the interior is seen on a guided tour that starts hourly from 10:15, with the last at 17:15. Walking round the outside costs nothing.
Sinaia Monastery
The monastery was founded in 1695 and gave the town its name. Walk through the courtyards to the Old Church and the larger Great Church from the 1840s, where the statesman Take Ionescu is buried. Monks live here, so wear modest clothing and keep quiet. The museum is usually open daily except Monday between April and October, around 10:00 to 16:00, for a small fee.
Aleea Peleșului to the castles
This pedestrian cobbled path climbs from downtown to the royal estate and passes craft stalls on the way. It ends at Peleș Castle, where you can see the Neo-Renaissance terraces from the grounds, and at Pelișor, the Art Nouveau castle beside it. The grounds are open to walk even when the castles are closed, which they are on Monday and Tuesday and for conservation periods that change each year. In 2026 Peleș is closed to interiors from 2 November to 1 December. Timed tickets are sold at bilete.peles.ro, 100 lei for an adult at Peleș and 30 lei at Pelișor. Photography without flash is allowed inside.
Cumpătu and the Enescu house
Cumpătu is a quiet residential quarter of villas across the Prahova River from the centre. At 2 Yehudi Menuhin Street stands Villa Luminiș, a Neo-Brâncovenesc villa where George Enescu lived and composed between 1926 and 1946. You can see his Ibach piano, two attic rooms of documents and a bust by Ion Irimescu at the entrance. The house opens Wednesday to Sunday from about 09:00 to 16:00 and is closed on Monday.
Forest paths and bears
The woods around Sinaia are brown bear country, including the edges of town and the Cota 1400 road. Walk on forest paths only in daylight and never alone at dawn, dusk or night. Talk or whistle in dense sections so you do not startle an animal. Feeding bears is illegal, with fines of 10,000 to 30,000 lei, so never feed or approach one. If a bear appears in a built-up area, call 112, and if you are in a car, stay inside it.
Tips
Wear shoes that grip on cobbles and wet forest soil. The town climbs from about 767 to 1,055 m, so expect hills. Check opening times before you build a route around a single sight.
Booking
If you would rather join a group, compare guided town walks on GetYourGuide . Castle hours are on peles.ro , and the Casino tour times are on casino-sinaia.ro .
Read more: Sightseeing in Sinaia and Activities in Sinaia .