Moieciu village keeps a traditional equipment for manufacturing wool: a mill machine, a bow saw, a mill, they being among the few remaining original parts in Romania. Pestera village represents another point of attraction through the existence of “The Bat Cave”. Magura village attracts tourists with “Runceanu” traditional house, built entirely of wood, while Simon village is a place known by its traditional folk costumes, fabrics, knitting wool and by the art of skinning.
Neighboring Bran Castle and all the cultural and historical values are attractive destinations for tourists who visit this area. Bran – Moieciu region wasn’t for any moment in history a stranger from the practice of rural tourism. Nevertheless, starting with the year 1994 this form of tourism has been applied in an organized manner with the support of the National Rural, Ecological and Cultural Tourism Association “ANTREC”, acting as the main branch of the association in the Bran – Moieciu area, led by Professor Mioara Stoian Visan.
Open-air ethnographic museum of Bran is arranged in the park in the vicinity of the Bran Castle. In this museum were brought and reconstructed some of the oldest and most typical buildings in the area. Opened to the public in 1961, in 20 years the museum reached a number of 14 establishments and technique installations. The monuments were selected and grouped based on the research from 1958 – 1960.
The Customs Museum, supervised the pass between Transylvania and Walachia. From 1377-1382 when it was built, until today, the museum was a bystander of some key events for the history of the place.
Down in the valley, at the base of the cliff, lays symbolically the heart of Queen Mary, a sign of appreciation for Bran and its villagers in the time of the Romanian monarchy.
The Keys of Moieciu and the Moieciu Cascades – “La Chisetori”
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church built in 1820 and painted in 1836.
Memorial houses in the Bran area
Sextil Puscariu (1877-1948) – linguist, philologist and literary historian, member of the Romanian Academy
Dr. Aurel Stoian (1866-1972) – President of the Romanian National Council from Bran, covenanter of the Big Unification Act from the 1st of december 1918, medic, city father and mayor of Bran
Dr. Iosif Puşcariu (1889-1965) – Founder of the Oncology Hospital in Brasov
Professor Doctor Docent Liviu Popovici (1927-1994) – scientist and world renown neurologist, member of the Science Academy
Professor Doctor Docent Valeriu Lucian Bologa (1892-1971) – titan of the history of medicine and member of a number of 23 societies and science academies, tied with Bran by origins and love
Professor Dr. Aron Petric (1915-1981) – Dean of the History Faculty in Bucharest, researcher and son of Bran
Sinca Veche cave monastery
Sinca Veche cave monastery is an ancient place of worship which is under the Plesu hill, near Sinca Veche village, at the intersection of the Fagaras Mountains and Perişani Mountains, 45 kilometers off Brasov and 22 kilometers off Fagaras. The village itself is at the heart of the country 30 kilometers north off Zărneşti, between “Cocoasa Persianilor” at the north and the bridge over the Bungetu creek at the west.
At Sinca Veche people come for the legends and mystery of the place, which is graven in stone. The monastery is also known as "Temple of the Chosen", "The Monastery Carved in Stone" or "Temple of Sinca Veche", a place of meditation, of fulfillment of good wishes and also a place where paranormal phenomena occurred - in the opinion of some.
The house of worship of Sinca Veche is assumed to be about 7,000 years old and supposedly belonged to the same civilization who founded the "White Temple" of Snake Island.
The second room, which is smaller, also shelters the shrine of the monastery. The Yin-Yang like symbol and the Star of David are still a mystery for the archaeologists and for those who study the history of the place.
Sinca Veche - the hearth of many traditions
According to some, here took place paranormal phenomena, visions and premonitions. To strengthen the mystery, these are associated with the appearance of white spheres on the photographic film, invisible when shooting.
Pleşu Hill, on which the temple is built, is where young people from the area, cast from ancient times, a wheel with straws bonded to it which they burn. Locals believe that this will find them a soul mate and be married by the end of the year. Tradition is met three times a year, on St. George, at "Lasata Secului" before Easter and on the Transfiguration of the Lord.
Locals talk about the "Temple of the Chosen" because in this place the wishes of those who come to pray would be fulfilled. There was another belief, held even to present days, not so much as before, but followed strictly.
People in the area were convinced of the extraordinary power that was hidden under the stone, so they entered the gallery and they would leave icons, clothing, food and water. They believed that those things were being filled with energy. Then they would come back, recover the items and eat the food, wear the clothes, and take the icons back home, hoping to transfer even a small part of the "soul" of the land in the home and in their lives.