It may not have been such a good idea to try to combine my annual ski trip with visits to World Heritage Sites along the way.

This winter the ski resorts of my choice were Poiana Brasov in Romania and Bansko in Bulgaria.

Accordingly, I attempted to visit the Dacian Fortress at Sarmizegetusa Regia and the Monastery of Horezu in Romania.

I usually use public transportation for visiting WHSs, but this time I decided to rent a car because it seemed very difficult to visit these sites with public transportation. 

I left Brasov by bus at 6.30, arrived in Sibiu at 8.30, and explored the Sibiu TWHS for a few hours. And then I rented a car in Sibiu at 12, got to Sarmizegetusa Regia at 14 and arrived at my hotel in Targu Jiu at 20. The following day I started at 6.30, got to the Monastery of Horezu at 8.30 and drove back to Sibiu at 12 to return the car within 24 hours. The car rental was 35 Euros and the gas was about 30 Euros.

I ended up driving on icy roads from Costești to Sarmizegetusa Regia to find the fortress ruins covered by snow.

But there were about a dozen tourists, mostly Romanians. The site officially closes at 15:00 in winter.