Sinaia Monastery
The 17th-century monastery that gave the whole town its name.
Where Sinaia got its name
Long before Peleș Castle put this valley on the map, there was Sinaia Monastery. Prince Mihail Cantacuzino founded it in 1695 after a pilgrimage to Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai in Egypt — and named it in honour of that journey. The town that grew up around it, centuries later, simply took the monastery's name. Today it's still an cl-active Orthodox monastery, home to a small community of monks, part of the Bucharest archdiocese.
It's an easy, unhurried stop — a courtyard church with faded frescoes, a small museum, and the kind of quiet that's hard to find elsewhere in a town built around a royal palace. Most visitors pair it with a walk through neighbouring Dimitrie Ghica Park.
| Founded | 1695, by Prince Mihail Cantacuzino |
| From Creative Lodging | Short walk, on the way to/from Peleș Castle |
| More information | manastireasinaia.ro |