Azuga
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Template:Refimprove Downtown Mendoza.jpg Azuga is a small resort town nestled in the mountains of Prahova county in the Wallachian region of Romania. Azuga is located at the foot of the Bucegi mountains, and contains the longest ski run in Romania, the Sorica. The town also has a famous beer factory that brews Azuga Beer.
Tourism
The town is an emerging ski resort, that (as of 2006-2007) sees tremendous development in tourism infrastructure (see the link below).
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Azuga city and resort is situated between Sinaia international resort (12 km) and Predeal ski resort (6km).
Azuga is at the foot of the Bucegi Mountains (Carpathians - Transylavanian Alps), elevation 1,110 m. There are 38 km to Poiana-Brasov and 147 km to country's capital (Bucharest) The longest ski run in Romania, named Sorica, is here and is accesible by a modern chair-lift.
Azuga-Busteni, have cool summers (July average 15.5°C) and cold winters (January average -3°C). Here you can find a tonic and stimulative climate, with clean, ozoniferous air, rich in ultraviolet radiations.
On top of the Caraiman Massif, at 2,484 m altitude, there stands a memorial (a 40 m high cross, made of steel), build between 1926- 1928, in honour of the country's heroes who lost their lives during the First World War.
Busteni has "Babele" and "Sphynx" - wind-modelled stone shapes in the Bucegi Massif, accesible throw cable-car. A modern chair-lift is in construction to the Diham and Poiana Izvoarelor cottages. The second cable-car from the top of Caraiman mountain link Busteni with Pestera hotel and the unique Monastery in the cave. SKI: Do you want to ski? The Bucegi Massif has numerous runs and ski-lifts, accesible by cable-car.
The position of Azuga has many advantages: 36 km from Brasov and near principal romanian resorts: Predeal 6 km, Busteni 4 km, Sinaia 12 km.
The city is nested in mountains : on North-West there is Clabucetului Predealului Massive (highest peak Clabucetul Azugii 1586 m), on the South-East there is Baiului and Garbovei Mountains with peaks over 1700 m (Cazacu Peak 1753 m, Stevia Peak 1901m).
In the North-East part of town there is the largest ski facilities in this mountains: Sorica Slope - the biggest in Romania, and Cazacu slope. Ski chairs are on every slope, and at the bottom there are bars, restaurants, ski rentals and cottages.
Azuga-Busteni is recommended for recovery treatment (anaemia, nervous asthenia, physical and intellectual strain). Busteni settlement was founded around the Salonul de Piatra Inn - 17th century. Mountain trips on marked routes (the Urlatoarea Falls, the Bucegi Plateau - Jepi, the Monument of Heroes - Cross, Costila, Omu Peak and Cottage 2,505 m).
