It is situated on the Postăvarul mountain, part of the Carpathians, and has been attracting skiers since 1895.
The first ski competition here is recorded as taking place in 1906, but it was only in the 1950s that the modern resort began being developed.
Today it has 12 ski slopes and caters to summer hikers as well as winter-sports enthusiasts.
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| Not every hotel is as well-situated as this one but they all look upmarket |
The city of Brașov is just over four miles away and, with an elevation of 1,765ft (538 metres), is 1,614ft (492 metres) lower,
Now part of Romania, the area was for a long time ruled by Hungary, whose kings in the 12th and 13th centuries invited German settlers to create a fortified town and so form a buffer zone against the Turks.
The settlers, who became known collectively as Transylvanian Saxons, called the town Kronstadt, which can be translated as Crown City.
Despite being called Saxons, most of the settlers apparently came from west-German lands. A few of their descendants still live here but today the area is overwhelmingly populated by Romanians, with a sprinkling of ethnic Hungarians and Roma.
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