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Sinaia Ratings

Overall: 3.2. Based on 21 votes and 4 reviews.

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Snowsure: 3.6

  • Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
  • Is often closed due to a lack of snow
  • Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
  • Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
  • Sinaia is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 3.2

  • The ski runs are featureless and unvaried
  • The ski runs are varied but not extensive enough for a week
  • Sinaia has diverse and interesting pistes including forests and high alpine terrain

Off-piste: 3.7

  • No off-piste worth mentioning
  • Off piste is out-of-bounds
  • Some varied offpiste that stays fresh for one or two days
  • A vast array of off-piste routes that can stay untracked for several days

Scenery: 4.4

  • An ugly resort in a bland setting
  • Average mountain views and resort
  • A spectacular setting and a beautiful / historic resort town

Access: 3.4

  • At least one overnight stop
  • Requires a whole day
  • Requires more than half a day – you may have time for a few turns
  • Arrive by lunchtime and ski all afternoon
  • There is a main airport within an hour of Sinaia

Public Transport: 4.0

  • There are no buses or taxis to Sinaia
  • There are slow or infrequent buses / trains available
  • Getting to the resort is easy with frequent bus / train connections

Accommodation: 4.4

  • No places to stay in/near Sinaia
  • A few places to stay in the resort
  • A wide variety of accommodation suitable to suit all budgets

Cheap Rooms: 3.7

  • No budget accommodation available
  • Just one or two hostels so book ahead
  • Several cheap hostels and pensions available

Luxury Hotels: 3.7

  • No luxury accommodation available
  • Just one or two luxury hotels so book ahead
  • Several up-market hotels in Sinaia

Ski in/Ski out: 3.2

  • The ski area is located far from any accommodation
  • A free ski bus takes you to the ski area in a short trip
  • Ski-in ski-out accommodation is available

Childcare: 2.5

  • There are no child care facilities at Sinaia
  • The resort has limited child-care facilities
  • the resort has excellent child-care facilities including at least one reasonably priced creche

Snowmaking: 3.0

  • Sinaia relies entirely on natural snow
  • There are just a few snow cannons
  • There are snowmaking facilities on all pistes

Snow Grooming: 3.7

  • There are no snow groomers at Sinaia
  • Occasionally some pistes are left ungroomed and in a poor state
  • All the runs at Sinaia are groomed daily

Shelter: 2.4

  • There is nowhere to ski when it is windy or visibility is bad and lifts often shut
  • There are some trees for poor visibility but main lifts sometimes close
  • Sinaia is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close

Nearby options: 3.2

  • If snow conditions are poor at Sinaia, it will be poor everywhere nearby
  • There are good alternatives within an hours drive
  • Other locations on the same lift pass provide a rich variety of snowsure ski conditions

Regional rating: 3.8

  • Sinaia usually has poor snow conditions compared to other resorts in region
  • Has average conditions for the region
  • Usually has the best snow conditions in the region

Lift Staff: 2.8

  • The staff at Sinaia are rude or unhelpful
  • Lift staff at Sinaia are pleasant, cheerful and eager to help

Crowds/Queues: 2.6

  • The resort is always busy and there are usually long lift queues
  • It is quiet apart from occasional weekends and school holidays
  • It is uncrowded and lift queues are very rare

Ski Schools: 3.2

  • No ski schools available
  • One or two ski schools but local language only
  • A few ski schools but book early for multi-lingual instructors
  • Plenty of ski schools and multi-lingual instructors available
  • Excellent ski schools with friendly multi-lingual ski instructors

Hire and Repairs: 2.8

  • Nothing can be sourced, not even ski-wax or ptex
  • There are some ski shops but rentals need to be booked in advance
  • Good quality ski equipment can be purchased or hired and overnight repairs are possible

Beginners: 3.5

  • Beginners can only watch others ski and snowboard
  • A few gentle slopes but beginners will get bored in less than a week
  • Vast areas of gentle terrain

Intermediates: 3.8

  • No intermediate terrain at Sinaia
  • Intermediate skiers will get bored after a few days
  • Vast areas of cruising runs

Advanced: 3.6

  • Nothing for advanced skiers and snowboarders
  • Enough steep terrain for a few days with some good offpiste
  • Enough steep terrain and offpiste areas to entertain advanced skiers for at least a week

Snow Park: 1.7

  • Not even a kicker at Sinaia
  • Average sized park quite well looked after
  • Huge park area and expertly crafted pipes, jumps and boardercross trails

Cross-country: 2.5

  • There is nowhere to go for cross-country skiing around Sinaia
  • There are some cross country trails available
  • The area features many spectacular and well maintained cross-country trails

Luge/Toboggan: 1.8

  • No designated luge or toboggan runs
  • There are toboggan runs that open quite often
  • Sinaia has long and well maintained luge / toboggan facilities suitable for all ages

Mountain Dining: 2.9

  • Nowhere to buy food by the pistes
  • Some places to eat up on the mountain but they are often busy and expensive
  • There is a variety of excellent mountain eateries right next to the slopes to suit all budgets

Eating: 3.6

  • Bring your own food, there isn't even a shop
  • There are a few places to eat in the resort but nothing special
  • A wide variety of places to eat and drink in the resort, from fast food to fancy restaurants

Apres-Ski: 3.2

  • Nothing to do, not even a bar
  • There are a few bars in the resort but nothing special
  • Clubs and bars stay open until very late and have a friendly atmosphere

Other Sports: 3.1

  • No sports facilities at all apart from ski lifts
  • Resort has just a small public swimming pool
  • Resort has all kinds of sports facilities, including a full-size swimming pool

Entertainment: 3.6

  • Besides the snow and walking there is nothing to do here
  • The non-skier will find things to do for few days but may become bored after a week
  • The resort area is a fascinating place to visit, regardless of winter sports

Winter Walks: 3.3

  • Very limited walking and no snowshoe trails
  • A couple of designated scenic walking/snowshoe trails
  • Extensive and diverse winter walking trails for all abilities

Ski Pass Value: 2.5

  • A 1 week ski pass is overpriced compared to the number of lifts available
  • The ski pass is averagely priced and covers a reasonable number of lifts
  • Ski passes are excellent value for money and cover a lot of lifts spanning a big area

Value (National): 3.2

  • Overall, Sinaia is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the country and not worth the money
  • Overall represents average value for money
  • Overall offers the best value resort in the country

Value (Global): 2.7

  • Overall, Sinaia is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the world
  • Overall it offers pretty average value for money compared to resorts from other countries
  • Internationally the resort offers excellent value for money

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February 20, 2023
Stefan from Ski Romania Romania
All lifts are now available under the same ski-pass.
February 10, 2022
Stefan from Ski Romania Romania
Advice for tourists: choose which cable car company you use and check the weather/wind forecast. 1 first options should be City Gondola with new/fast/comfortable ski-lifts but can be busy over weekends and holidays and you need a taxy to the base station. (2 succesive long high capacity gondolas to 2000m, 1 chairlift at 2000m, 2 T-bars at 2000.). They are very active on Facebook with many real-time updates for current weather (good job :)). 2. the 2 succesive old cablecars to 2000m plus one new chairlift 1400-2000m and one old chairlift at 2000m are less crowded but les comfortable with less capacity but they cover almost the same area and they collect you from the city center. The skipass is not the same (not yet, we hope...). Apart from the nicely prepared runs this place can be great for off-piste skiers with a decent variety of open and tree runs.
January 06, 2020
Derion from Ski Greece Greece
What a big disappointment. I have made the big mistake to visit Sinaia during the New Year vacation on 02 January 2020. This was enough to ruin my whole vacation. From what to start and with what to finish? I took the train from Braşov. One hour distance but the train was so full that you could not move. Of course, no sitting. You need a taxi to go to the gondola. And there is the big trick in Sinaia. There are two companies exploiting the mountain. The ridiculous thing about this is that the ski center had only 6-7 pistes posted. Despite the so small size of the ski center there are two companies with different tickets. This means you cannot ride with the ticket of the one company to the lifts of the other company. And, of course, no sign in English. Unfortunately, I took the lift of the company with old infrastructure. I waited to take Sinaia Telecabina 40 min. There are two levels. From Sinaia to 400 and a second Telecabina from 1400 to 2000. Alternatively, from 1400 you can take a chair with no queue. They say that Romania is cheap for skiing. Well, I paid 90 lei = 18€ in order to ski one red piste! I was obliged to take 22 lei= 5€ for a single ride with the lift of the other company. But I could not ski down. Otherwise, I had to pay another 22 lei for a second ride. So telling Romania is cheap for skiing is at least misleading. The tickets are so expensive for almost nothing. The interconnection of ski centers is unknown word in Romania. In Austria there can be 100 posted with one single ticket of 50€. What is better to pay 50€ for 100 posted or 35€ for 6-7 pistes? I thought Greece was primitive in ski tourist but after visiting Romania I realized there are even worse countries in skiing infrastructure. I would strongly discourage anybody to organize ski vacation in Sinaia especially during Christmas or New Year vacations.
November 27, 2018
DanS from Ski Romania Romania
This place has a lot of potential because of the altitude, and because it is very accessible by car or train, but also some drawbacks. It's very windy and you can find yourself able to ski 2 or 3 days in a week. Also the weather is mild in the recent years and the lower part is rarely working more than a few weeks in one season. There has been some investments in the last years including snow cannons for the ski area up on the mountain, a new 8 person gondola going up to 2100 m altitude, some good apres-ski. Overall, it's ok but could be better with proper management.