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  • DAY 6. VALEA SAMBETEI CHALET – SAMBATA MONASTERY. DURATION: 3HRS; LENGTH: 5KM; DESCENT: 900 M. SAMBATA MONASTERY – RASNOV – BUCHAREST (270KM).
Day 6. Valea Sambetei Chalet – Sambata Monastery. Duration: 3hrs; length: 5km; descent: 900 m. Sambata Monastery – Rasnov – Bucharest (270km).

The trail continues to follow down the valley for about 1 hr and then we take a dirt road for another 4kms. Before to take the asphalt road we find time to visit the nearby Sambata Monastery.

The history begun in the 17th century when a member of Brancoveanu family built the first wooden church. In 1696 Constantin Brâncoveanu, the ruler of Wallachia (1688 - 1714), re-built a monastery in stone, in order to strengthen and save the Romanian Orthodoxy from the danger of Catholicism, which appeared when Transylvania was under Austrian-Hungarian Empire (end of 17th century). In 1785 the place was partially demolished, being rebuilt in 1926-1946.

From the monastery we drive to Bucharest. Arrive to Bucharest late evening.