Cimpina Travel Guide

 adema29 Says:  Grigorescu’s name does not need any reccommendation for a Romanian. He is the best known Romanian painter (1838-1907), . The house has been re-built after the original plans in 1955 with the financial help from the local companies, under his son’s supervision. In that house... 

 adema29 Says:  This is a place were you can find two churches (!), a beautiful parochial house, a kindergarten and the peace of course.The old church has been built in 1714 and the new one in 1995-2000. The parochial house is here from 1842 and watching it you can still enjoy the old... 

 adema29 Says:  About that lake you will hear a lot of legends from the old people leaving around. Some of them will tell you about the old monastery where the monk were doing “hard sins” and due to this fact the God was sinking the church under the lake, together with the people being... 

 adema29 Says:  A hidden treasure in our city. After many years hidden under the vegetation and indolence, a new beauty start to be recovered from the dust of the last years history. I am living in Campina from 1998 and just now in 2007 I have found it. And this was only due to my wife’s... 

 adema29 Says:  The Castle was built after the early death of Iulia Hasdeu(18 years old) in 1893 (the construction was finished in 1896). Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Iulia's father and a well known Romanian politician, philologist and writer from the 19th century, declared that the shape of... 

 adema29 Says:  In this house you can find now the City Hall. It was built in 1901 by Gheorghe Stefanescu, being in that time the first building with electric light from the city. It was donated to Drilling and Refining Foreman's School (Scoala de Maistri, Sondori si Rafinori) in 1904,... 

 josephescu Says:  This small chapel was built in the memory of Dumitru Hernea, the pioneer of oil in Campina, and is the only baroque-style church in town. 

 adema29 Says:  The owner of the house in the early years of 20th century was the attorney Branza.I could not find more about him and I will appreciate if you can help me with details if, by chance you will find some. :) 

 adema29 Says:  The position on the lake is making from the restaurant a nice place to go. actually this is the best position for a restaurant in Campina.I have not tried yet the food there but my friends recommend it as a good one. When I will try it I will up-date for sure the information... 

 adema29 Says:  The restaurant is offering exactly what we are expecting from a good restaurant. Fresh and well prepared food in a good ambiance and a quality service. Everything you eat will make you happy. I would reccomend you the romanian food... again... And...you must try their... 

 adema29 Says:  I have been there few times and I couldn't find any reason to complain. The traditional romanian food. 

 josephescu Says:  Cimpina is on the rail route between Bucharest and Brasov, 20 km south of Sinaia.Travel by train from Bucharest takes 1h 20minutes. However, only second class trains called Accelerat stop in Campina, Rapid of Inter-City ones do not. I would not advice travelling by a... 

 adema29 Says:  I use to go with my son Codrut to the forest for the "after lunch sleep :)". This is what we use to dream there... I hope you'll love it. 

 adema29 Says:  All the people from Campina love that place. There, most of them met the first girl and the old trees there are still remembering about their love... Even now the people are going there to meet old colleagues or old friends or simply to play a football match in the same... 

 adema29 Says:  I had a trip to Brebu...Please enjoy the peace of that place. Lake, hills, forests, pastures and ... the old style of life is still there, ready for you.