Travel Guide Pădurea Căldăruşani

About 40 kilometres from Bucharest. To get there, take the road from Ploieşti and turn right in Baloteşti. Difficult without vehicle. The monastery was built by Prince Matei Basarab in the th century.In particular, he housed schools of music and painting where Nicolae Grigorescu, the famous Romanian painter, studied between 1854 and 1855. Inside one can see a collection of religious objects, which includes among others icons dating from the th century and others painted by Grigorescu.You will also have the opportunity to admire Lake Căldăruşani, a large forest where you can hunt the hare and pheasant.