Which castle(s) can be most easily visited on a day trip when visiting Bucharest. The ones I found were Peleş Castle and Bran Castle, are there any others that are worth considering instead? And what (cheap) options are there to get to them?
I was thinking about catching a train to Sinaia, but I wasn't sure whether it would next be doable to get to Bran's castle by public transport within a day and back to Bucharest? Or are we better of renting a car for a day?
There is a list of castles in Romania on Wikipedia, you can figure your favourite from this list. Reaching some of them within a day by public transport is possible, for example:
Iulis Hasdeu castle, in Campina, is 1h15 from Bucharest by train,
Făgăraș castle may be a bit too far off, reachable after 4 hours of train
and the others, including Corvin castle, seem to be too far from Bucharest to be reached within a day. Whether a rental car is more comfortable is your choice, depending on your preferences (cost or comfort).
