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Restaurant Coliba Haiducilor – Poiana, Brasov, Romania Reservations: www.colibahaiducilor.ro Reservations Telephone: 4. 02668. 262. 137 Email: info@colibahaiducilor.ro
From the moment you arrive, you shall enter another world, where rustic woods and traditional woven fabrics with country patterns, and authentic Romanian rustic country antiques reign supreme in an ambiance filled with warmth and folkloric traditions of a by gone era. Poiana, Brasov is all about discovering the many hidden rewards of profoundly historical traditional Romanian epicurism. Images of prancing horses pulling sleighs, smoke curling from rural chimneys and the cherished idea of of a most picturesque restaurant inn nestled away in the mountains and set in a quaint rural hamlet providing a post card perfect feast with a real flair for the traditional festive here. Coliba Haiducilor is renowned for its profoundly steeped authentic traditional Romanian gastronomic products grown locally and served farm and sea to the table. To start off, one enters a retail type cellar of the homestead, however, on the ground floor of a traditional manor house where you shall be offered a Romanian classic Plum Brandy served in ceramic tree trunks, while browsing uncountable shelves chockful of pickled local vegetables and an array of some of the finest cured and smoked meats and hot breads served from the hearth. The Charcuterie, and specifically the Pastrama is simply amazingly extraordinary. The dining salon is a panorama of fabled antiques and rustic wares. It´s an ambiance to share with friends who often come to visit. The local dishes are served in pure Romanian classic tradition. Highly suggested is a Tasting Menu of a wide variety of wonderment to the palate.
THE BRAN CASTLE .. THE NATIONAL MONUMENT & LANDMARK OF ROMANIA .. Located close to Bran and in the vicinity of Brasov, the Bran Castle is the national monument and landmark of Romania. The fortress is positioned on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia on Highway DN 73. Internationally known as Dracula´s Castle, it is the noted home of Author Bram Stoker´s Dracula novel, however, there is no evidence that Author Stoker knew anything about this castle, which has only tangential affiliations with Vlad III. Furthermore, this is just one of several Castles that have been linked to the famous novel of Author Stoker. The castle, now a museum, and open to tourists, exhibits the art, paintings, artifacts, clothing and furniture collected by Queen Marie. At the bottom of the hill, visitors can view the open air museum park displaying traditional Romanian peasant structures, cottages and barns. The first mention of Bran Castle was on November 19th, 1377 permitting the building of the castle, by the Saxons of Kronstadt and granting this priviledge. From 1438 – 1442, the Bran Castle was deployed as a defense fortress against the Ottoman Empire and later had become a customs post on the mountain pass between Transylvania and Wallachia. The ruler of Wallachia, Vlad Tepes ( 1448 – 1476 ) did not have a leading role in the history of the fortress, although he visited several times via the Bran Gorge which belonged to The Hungarian Kings, however, due to heavy debts and inability to repay the loans, the city of Brasov regained possession of the fortress in 1533. Bran had performed a strategic military role up to the mid 18th century.