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Hotel History

A tradition of hospitality that began 100 years ago!
"Casa Peștera" was the first building inaugurated on September 21, 1923. Among the early innkeepers was the legendary Niculaie Butmăloiu. The Peștera Hotel continues a tradition of hospitality that began almost 100 years ago!
1923 - 1940

The beginnings of the "Cave House"
"Cave House" was the name of the first shelter for tourists built in Poiana Crucii, in the immediate vicinity of the Cave Monastery of Lalomitei. The initiative belonged to Mihai Haret, the grandson of the scholar Spiru Haret. Mihai Haret is the founder of the tourism movement in Romania and was a Member of the French Alpine Club as well as a Member of the Committee of the Royal Romanian Geographical Society.
The construction of the Cave House began in May 1923. In the autumn of the same year, on September 21, the inauguration took place in the presence of over 60 mountain lovers. Built exclusively using local wood, the shelter was the property of the Hanul Drumetului association, a limited liability company founded in 1921 and which would become the TCR Touring-Clubul Romania in 1926.
From 1924 until the spring of 1925, the cottage was expanded and redecorated,
as the number of tourists in Bucegi had increased significantly and the initial construction had become cramped, especially during the summer. Over 200 people attended the new inauguration, although the event took place on June 29, 1925, a cold and blizzardy summer day. Among the early innkeepers was the legendary Niculaie Butmaloiu.
By 1930, improvements were made to the "Cave House" in terms of the comfort of tourists, as well as the possibilities of operating the cottage, as claimed by the president of the Romanian Touring Club, Mihai Haret. He also noted for the cultural magazine "Boabe de grâu" in 1930: "The necessary repairs were made to the major damage that snow, frost or hurricanes cause every winter."
In 1930, the Cave House had 40 beds with box springs and wool mattresses, feather pillows and blankets, all distributed in five rooms on the ground floor and three in the attic. The cabin also had a dining room with a library and a museum in the making, a room for the caretaker, a kitchen and a cellar. In another part of the "Cave House" there was a cowshed, a workshop, a special room for photography and a room for guides, with 6 places." from the magazine Boabe de grâu.