Sibiu The Treasure of the Carpathian Foothills by Claudiu Popa

Sibiu The Treasure of the Carpathian Foothills

Sibiu - The Treasure of the Carpathian Foothills

Contents Sibiu County in Short

Must See Attractions

Sibiu County in figures

Information and Practical Advice

Throughout History

Around Sibiu

Arriving in Sibiu

Mărginimea Sibiului

Culture

Secașe Tableland

The City of Sibiu

Hârtibaciu Tableland

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Târnava Valley

Păltiniș

Mediaș

Bâlea

Olt Country

Spare time

Natural Wonders

Handicrafts

Ocna Sibiului

Gastronomy

Bazna

Accommodation

Sibiu - The Treasure of the Carpathian Foothills

Sibiu County in short Sibiu County, one of the most beautiful regions of the country and home to numerous treasures, both natural and cultural, is situated in the center of Romania at the foothills of the Carpathians. Sibiu County offers visitors many attractions. Abrupt and forested mountain ridges, waterfalls, glacial lakes, and abundant green hills to the north all shape the county’s dynamic landscape. Visitors can spend their time sunbathing at the salty lakes of Ocna Sibiului, skiing in Păltiniș, or tackling extreme sports at Bâlea. There is a series of fortified churches, typical for Transylvania, and the medieval towns’ many architectural and cultural riches, among which the city of Sibiu is the most renowned, so much so that it was named the Cultural Capital of Europe in 2007. Sibiu County has many towns that are typical for the Central European style and many small towns with charming museums. What makes this county even more special are the many Transylvanian Fortified Churches, built between the 13th and the 17th centuries, that are generally well preserved and extremely diverse in their features - from simple churches with crenels and arrow holes to very complex ones surrounded by multiple fortification walls, giving them the aspect of true fortresses. Another unique attraction of the county is the area called Mărginimea Sibiului that consists of a series of Romanian villages at the foot of the Cibin Mountains whose inhabitants make their living from agriculture, trading and the raising of animals, mostly sheep. Sibiu is connected to air, road, and railroad transportation networks, maintains a diverse economy with qualified human capital, and hosts an entire range of modern services and accommodations.

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Geography Most impressive for the visitor is the mountain chain in the southern part of the county that covers a third of its surface. The mountains are divided into 2 large mountain ranges split by the Olt gorge: The Cindrel and Lotru mountains (2,244 meters) to the west and the Făgăraș Mountains (containing Negoiu peak, the highest in the county at 2,535 meters, and Suru peak at 2,383 meters), nicknamed the Transylvanian Alps, to the east. Heading north the topography descends approaching the Olt Valley and then mildly rises again to the Transylvanian Hills, consisting of hills and mounds with average heights of 490 to 790 meters. The climate is temperate continental.

Population Sibiu County has a population of 423,096. 67% of the inhabitants live in the 2 main cities (Sibiu and Mediaș) and 9 towns (Agnita, Cisnădie, Copșa Mică, Dumbrăveni, Miercurea Sibiului, Ocna Sibiului, Săliște, Tălmaciu). The population is 90.04% Romanian, 3.7% Hungarian, 4.2% Roma, 1.6% German, and other nationalities. From a religious point of view, the majority of the population is Romanian Orthodox (88.9%) that lives peacefully next to the Reformats (2.3%), Roman - Catholics (1.5%), Greek - Catholics (2.3%) and other religious groups.

Sibiu County in Figures Area: 5,432 square km (2.3% of Romania’s surface area) Low/High Temperature: - 34,4 ºC (1888) / 39,5 ºC (1946) Average Annual Temperature: 22 ºC Administrative Division 2 cities, 9 towns, 53 villages Population: - 423.096 inhabitants Demographics: - 205,641 men, 217,455 women, 285,334 city dwellers, 37,762 village dwellers School Population: 97,588, with 22,569 enrolled in higher education

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Adam Wirsing 1733-1797, View of Sibiu in the 18th century

Throughout History Southern Transylvania, with river valleys and low hills, has been a favorable region for human settlements since as early as the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. Later the Geto - Dacian civilization developed in this area during the bronze and iron ages. After the second century A.D. the area succumbed to Roman influence. The Romans, however, withdrew in 271 A.D. due to the successive population migrations of Goths, Gepidaes, Avars and Huns. Even after the Roman withdrawal, both Christian and Latin populations remained behind, a fact proven by an archaeological discovery in Biertan where the Donariu, a fragment of a votive offering from the 4th century, was unearthed. Successive waves of migratory populations through these territories continued during the following centuries including those of the Slavs, Petchenegs, Cumanians, Tartars and Hungarians. The latter seized

control of the Panonic Plains during the 9th and 10th centuries, followed shortly by taking Transylvania. In the 12th century, the Hungarian kings of the Arpadian dynasty recruited Saxon colonists to the area in order to guard the territorial borders, and the Sibiu area received the highest concentrations of colonists. This area became an important contact area for the 3 main populations of the realm - Romanians, Saxons and Hungarians. During the 13th century the Principality of Transylvania, including the Sibiu area, was officially recognized and in 1224 the county of Sibiu was created and governed by a county ruler, named by the king, who would reside in the city of Sibiu (archaeologically proven to exist since 1191). The area dominated by the Saxons was later organized into seats and districts. Beginning with 1355, the province of Sibiu featured seven seats (Orăștie, Sebeș, Miercurea Sibiului, Nocrich, Cincu, Sighișoara and Rupea) with Sibiu as the main seat, and was

later expanded with 2 additional seats (Mediaș and Șeica Mare). Thanks to the privileges offered by the Hungarian kings, the Saxon colonists had the right to create villages and towns, to cultivate the land without feudal obligations, to elect their magistrates and priests, to do commerce and have their own currency, and to organize into guilds. The towns in the area enjoyed economic success despite the frequent Turkish invasions that would follow, eventually forcing Transylvania to obtain, in 1571, the status of an autonomous principality under Ottoman suzerainty. From 1486 until 1876, the province of Sibiu, with its 10 seats, together with the districts of Brașov and Bistrița, formed the Saxon Community (Universitas Saxorum) - a political, administrative and judicial union of all the Saxon communities on the kingdom’s land that was ruled by the Saxon Committee that also served as Sibiu’s royal judge. The Turkish attacks of 1437, 1438 and 1442 were repulsed by the local

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inhabitants’ resilience and led the Saxons to build city and village fortifications to protect their population and wealth. Beginning with the early 15th century, the Saxons built strong fortresses while also reinforcing the older, established ones (Sibiu, Mediaș, Slimnic, and in the majority of the villages in the Târnava Mare and Hârtibaciu valleys). In October 1599 at Șelimbar, near Sibiu, the Romanian Prince Mihai Viteazu defeated the army of Andrei Bathory, unifying Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldova under his rule for a short period of time. Transylvania, caught in the middle of the conflict between the Hapsburg and Turkish Empires, found itself under Ottoman suzerainty until 1688, after which it was incorporated into the Hapsburg Empire. An important figure for the 18th century Sibiu was Samuel von Brukenthal (1721 - 1803), governor of the Large Principality of Transylvania, who built in Sibiu the palace that carries his name and put together a rich art collection. According to his wishes, Brukenthal’s art collection has been open to the public since 1790 and in 1817 it became a public museum. Meanwhile, beginning in 1867, Transylvania was again part of the Hungarian Kingdom within the greater Austrio-Hungarian Empire, and Sibiu had become the center of fighting for the emancipation and unity of all Transylvanian Romanians. Sibiu had been the headquarters of the Romanian Orthodox Bishopric in the old Habsburg Empire, the Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and Culture (ASTRA) was created in 1861. Its headquarters have remained here, and the National Romanian Party was constituted here in 1881, where it has also maintained its headquarters. After the unification of Transylvania with Romania on the 1st of December 1918, the Dirigent Council (the government of Transylvania) and the Great National Council (the Transylvanian Legislative Assembly) were created in Sibiu. Between the two world wars

part of the present Sibiu County was assimilated into the former counties of Târnava Mare and Făgăraș. During the early communist period Sibiu County territory became part of the Brașov Region until the 1968 administrative-territorial reorganization when Sibiu County got its present shape. Though the two world wars did not result in major destruction here, the communist era brought an acute lack of investment in the county. Since the 1970’s mass emigration of the Saxons to Germany began it led to a major decrease in their population by the middle of the 1990’s (from 19.1% in 1977 to 3.56% in 1992).

Roman funeral medallion, first half of the 2nd century

Sibiu was one of the cities that revolted against the communist regime at the very beginning of the 1989 revolution. Starting in the 1990’s Romania began its journey to reinstitute democratic values and transition to a market economy. Modernization of administration and legislation, the financial, industrial, transportation and telecommunication infrastructure, and the diversification of services at a national level resulted in two fundamental objectives for Romania - joining NATO in 2004 and the European Union in 2007. Also in 2007 Sibiu was named the European Cultural Capital. Anonymous, second half of the 8th century, Portrait of Baron Samuel von Brukenthal (detail)

Franz Neuhauser (1763-1836), View over Sibiu in 1808 (detail)

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Arriving in Sibiu

C A P T I O N S County capital City Town District Village County border Mountains Hills Tableland Rivers

By car visitors can reach Sibiu from four directions. Visitors arriving from Bucharest via Brasov on E68 will drive on a route that rewards fatigue with beautiful mountain landscapes of the Prahova Valley and Făgăraș Mountains. Equally attractive is the E81 route from Bucharest, via Pitești and Râmnicu Vâlcea, which takes visitors through picturesque foothills to the extraordinary Olt Valley gorge. Access from Arad and Timișoara/ Deva is via the E68 route while visitors arriving from Târgu-Mureș, Sighișoara, and/or Mediaș will use DN14 along the Târnava Mare Valley and then go past the hillocks of Hârtibaciu and Secașe.

Access by railroad is possible via the same four directions as the driving routes. For information and reservations: CFR Agency Sibiu, 6 N. Bălcescu ST., Telephone: +4 0269 212 085 www.mersultrenurilor.ro

Forest range Peak, altitude Reservation Natural monument Airport, Sibiu Normal railway Modernized public road County road Village road Forest road

Museum Fortified church Historical monument Convent Memorial house Hunting range Fishing range Mountain biking Ski slope Gondolla Skilift Gas station

Spa Resort Hotel Camping site Chalet Retreat / shelter Tourism School camps

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Air travel offers the most diverse access options. Sibiu has a modern international airport (Șos. Alba Iulia No.73, phone: +4 0269 229 235, www.sibiuairport.ro) situated right outside of the town and connected with direct flights to Bucharest and various cities in Germany (Munich, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt/ Main, Stuttgart), Austria (Vienna), Italy (Milan, Bergamo, Torino, Verona, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Ancona, Bari, Naples), Greece (Athens, Thesaloniki), Republic of Moldova (Chișinău) and Ukraine (Lviv, Kiev, Odessa). Flights are operated by the following airlines: Austrian Airlines (www.aua.com/ ro/rom), Blue Air (www.blueair-web. com), Carpatair (www.carpatair.com, phone: +4 0269 229 161), Lufthansa (www.lufthansa.com) and Tarom (www. tarom.ro, phone: +4 0269 211 157)..

Local and Regional Transportation Sibiu County maintains a network of intercity bus lines operated by private companies. The intercity bus station (www.transmixt.ro, phone: +4 0269 217 757) is situated next to the train station in Plaza 1 Decembrie 1918, and the international bus station (www.atlassib.ro, phone: +4 0269 229 209) is located at 1 Autogarii St. Scheduling Information is available on www.autogari.ro. Sibiu and Mediaș have an extended urban transportation network with lines of trolley buses and buses belonging to the local public transportation companies. Taxi companies operating in the two cities have accessible prices. Various companies offer car rental services and can be found on the Internet.

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Thalia Hall (State Philharmonic)

Culture Sibiu is well known for its rich culture, as proved by the city’s status as a European Cultural Capital in 2007, and it is this aspect that makes the county so attractive. The majority of the important cultural institutions of the county are concentrated in the city of Sibiu. The Brukenthal National Museum, located in the main city square of Sibiu (www.brukenthalmuseum.ro, Piaţa Mare no. 4 - 5, phone: +4 0269 217 691), was created using Governor Samuel von Brukenthal’s private collection and proudly presents more than 1,200 paintings made by Italian, Flemish, Austrian and German artists, among which the creations of Boticelli, Tizian, Magnasco, Rubens, Cranach and van Dyck stand out. The museum includes 1,000 prints by Durer, Tiepolo, Piranesi and a library of 280,000 volumes, among which 30,000 are rare and 382 are incunabula. In the Romanian Art Gallery visitors can enjoy paintings by Grigorescu,

Brukenthal Palace, Baroque hall

Pallady, Baba and Ciucurencu. The History Museum (2 Mitropoliei St., phone: +4 0269 218 143), the Natural Sciences Museum (1 Cetăţii St., phone: +4 0369 101 782), the Pharmaceutical History Museum (26 Small Square, Phone: +4 0269 218 191), containing a beautiful collection of medical and pharmaceutical instruments from 17th to 19th centuries, the Contemporary Art Gallery (6 Tribunei St., phone: +4 0369 101 783) and the Museum of Weapons and Hunting Trophies “August von Spiess” (4 Şcoala de Înot St., phone: +4 0369 101 784) are also part of the Brukenthal Museum Complex. An especially attractive museum is the ASTRA Museum Complex (www.muzeulastra.ro, 11 P-ţa Mică, phone: +4 0269 218 195) that invites visitors to walk in Dumbrava Sibiului through the biggest ethnographic open-air museum in Central Europe. The Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization (Calea Rășinari, phone: +4 0269 252 976), with its 96 hectares of groves, lawns and lakes offers the visitor an

amazing illustration of life in the traditional Romanian village with peasant homesteads, churches, watermills and windmills, sheepfolds, shops, workshops, pubs, and inns brought in from all of Romania’s provinces. The ASTRA Museum Complex is also home to the ASTRA Film Studio (12 Huet Square, www.astrafilm.ro), specializing in ethnographic and anthropologic documentaries, and 3 distinct museum institutions, all located in the same building in central Sibiu (nr. 11 Small Square): the ASTRA Museum of Transylvanian Civilization with a collection of embroideries, traditional costumes and religious objects; the “Franz Binder” Museum of Universal Ethnography, exhibiting objects, traditional weapons and African statues, Japanese traditional toys, Chinese traditional costumes, Japanese, Ecuadorian and Indonesian handicrafts; and the “Emil Sigerius” Museum of Traditional Saxon Art that presents ceramics, painted furniture, traditional costumes, interior design textiles and embroideries.

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The Municipal Museum of Mediaș (46 Mihai Viteazul St., phone: +4 0269 841 299) is home to collections containing 15,000 pieces grouped according to History, Ethnography, Art, and Natural Sciences. The “Hermann Oberth” Memorial House is also located in Mediaș (23 Hermann Oberth St., phone: +4 0269 841 140) and contains exhibitions about Conrad Haas and Herman Oberth, two pioneers of rocket science and spatial flight theory. The “Radu Stanca” National Theater in Sibiu (www.sibfest.ro, 2 Corneliu Coposu Blvd., Phone: +4 0269 210 092), which also has a German section, is renowned- as one of the most innovative institutions of its kind and plays host each year to the Sibiu International Theater Festival, famous for its nonconformist representations and open-air plays in the historical city center as well as in more unconventional locations (fortified churches, gyms, industrial halls, or on the shore of Ocna Sibiului lake). Information and tickets: Theatrical Agency, 17 N. Bălcescu St., phone: +4 0369 101 578.

ASTRA Library, reading hall

The Sibiu Philarmonica (www.filarmonicasibiu.ro, 3-5 Cetăţii St., phone: +4 0269 206 507) puts on a full season of concerts and diverse musical events. Information and tickets: Theatrical Agency, 17 N. Bălcescu St., phone: +4 0369 101 578. Lovers of culture also have the ASTRA County Library at their disposal (Sibiu, 5 Gheorghe Bariţiu St., phone: +4 0269 210 551) as well as the British Library, American Library and German Library (4 Lucian Blaga St., information at University Central Library, phone: +4 0269 446 077). In Medias, visitors may stop by the Mediaș Municipal Library (Mediaș, 3 George Enescu St., phone: +4 0269 841 161).

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The City of Sibiu Sibiu, the county capital, is one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Transylvania. The medieval fortifications, Gothic churches, Renaissance buildings and elegant Baroque palaces give Sibiu a special charm, transforming it into an objective of cultural patrimony in and of itself. Visitors may witness eight centuries of urban history in the historical center whose heart beats in the three main squares that have recovered their initial splendor. The historical center is easy to explore - it is enough to let your feet guide you through the Upper Town, on Nicolae Bălcescu Street, nicknamed Corso by the locals, where you may walk among the lines of 19th century houses, richly ornamented with stucco work, giving in to the temptation of a stop at a cafe shop, pub or pizzeria with tables on the street. On Cetătii Street, running parallel to Corso, one can still see the strong Sibiu city walls, with 3 of 30 defensive old towers still standing - the Cloth Makers’ or Harquebusiers’ Tower (16th century), the Potters’ Tower (16th century) and the Carpenters’ Tower (15th century) - as well as the bastion, named the Thick Tower, that was transformed in 1788 into a theater and renamed Thalia Hall. Walking down Corso will take you to the Big Square, dominated by the City Hall, a splendid Jugendstil building, (1906, renovated in 2006) and the imposing Baroque edifices of the Brukenthal Palace (1785), the Roman - Catholic Church (1733) and the former Jesuit College (1739). Inside the City Hall building there is a Tourist Information Center. The Square is animated by 2 fountains and surrounded by Renaissance buildings, with high gates and roofs with typical small eye-shaped skylights, that host many of the city’s cultural manifestations as well as providing a meeting point and walking destination.

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Upon entering the Small Square, the Red House, recently renamed the Luxembourg House, and the House of Arts (the former Butcher’s Trade Market dating back to 1370) will immediately catch your eye. From here, you may pass beneath the richly ornamented cast iron bridge, named the Liar’s Bridge (1859), on a little street that takes you into the Lower Town or you can climb the City Council Tower. This edifice, originally built in 1370, and rebuilt at various times following fires or collapses, is a splendid place where you can admire a panorama of the old city and better understand its urban structure. The Upper Town, built on a hill and surrounded by the remains of old fortifications, is linked to the Lower Town through picturesque passages with stone stairs - The Stair Passage, The Tower Stairs, The Ocna Stairs and The Goldsmiths’ Stairs. The same picturesque panorama can be admired from the 73.34-meter high tower of the Evangelical Church (1370 - 1520), the most important and impressive Gothic edifice in the city, which dominates the Huet Square. The Church is located in front of the Baroque-style Brukenthal College that replaced a 14th century school in 1786. From the Huet Square you can continue your walk on Mitropoliei Street, where you can see the Reformat Church (1786) and the Neo-Byzantine styled Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral (1906).

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Must See Attractions Festivals and events: The Watering of the Ions/Johns (Tălmacel, January 7th), The Lolas’ Carnival (Avrig, February), The Sibiu Jazz Festival (Sibiu, May, www.sibiujazz.ro), The Sibiu International Theater Festival (Sibiu, from the last weekend in May until the first weekend in June), The Young Potters’ Fair (Sibiu, the first weekend following June 1st), The Peony Festival (Gura Râului, the last weekend in June), The Organ Season at the Evangelical Church (Sibiu, June - September), ARTMANIA Festival (Sibiu, July, www.artmaniafestival.ro), The Artisans’ Fair (Sibiu, around August 15th), “Transylvanian Citadels” Festival (Sibiu, second half of August) In addition the events above, Sibiu County is home to a variety of folklore festivals, including: “Songs of the Mountains” (Sibiu, beginning of August), “Up on Jina Mountain “ (Jina, the last weekend in July), “Ancient Tradition on Secaș” (Apold, February), “Sing and Song on Hârtibaci”, “Potters’ Fair” (Sibiu, the first weekend in September), “Cheese and Brandy Festival” (Rășinari, the last weekend in August), Carl Filtsch Young Singers’ Festival (Sibiu, September), The Meeting of the Saxons (Biertan, September), “Astra Film Fest” Documentary Film Festival (Sibiu, once every 2 years, September). Dates and locations can vary from year to year and it is recommended to ask for further information at the Tourist Information Center.

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General Information and Practical Advice •

Local time: GMT+2; summer time: GMT+1 (last Sunday in March until last Sunday in October)

• Telephone: Romania country code is 0040; Sibiu county code is 0269. For local calls, within or outside the county, one must dial the county code and then the phone number.

• Emergency (Police, Fire, Ambulance): 112 • County maps can be found at the Tourist Information Centers, in bookstores and at gas stations.

• Parking: In town and city centers parking

is payable. In Sibiu, one can buy a parking card from the automatic street machines or newspaper stands, or pay for parking directly at the automatic machines for the barrier parking lots. In Mediaș one can pay directly at the automatic machines in the parking lots.

• Euro Master Card, Visa, American Ex-

press, Dinner Club, and JCB International credit cards are accepted in the majority of the hotels, rent-a-car companies, stores and large restaurants. It is advisable to check credit card acceptance beforehand;

• It is recommended when driving at night

on county roads to maintain a lower speed (below the speed limit of 90 KMPH) especially in summer and autumn, because the wagons used for agricultural activities often do not have head or rear lights.

• When traveling to villages, it is advisable to wear sturdy clothing and sport shoes or boots.

• In villages public telephones are rare so it is advisable to bring a mobile phone.

• Postcards can be found at news stands and

bookstores though stamps for mailing can be found only at post offices (Sibiu: Mitropoliei 14, Ștrandului 10, Alba Iulia 52, Uzinei 2, Aleea Haiducului 8, Rahovei 34, Semaforului 15, Lungă 61-63, Ludoş 3)

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Around Sibiu For those visitors with only one weekend to see the Sibiu area, it is recommended that the first day be spent visiting the city and the second day be reserved for a trip outside the city to Cisnădie, Cisnădioara, Rășinari, Cristian and Șelimbăr. Cisnădie is exemplary of a typical Saxon town, complete with narrow streets lined by houses, set perpendicular to the road, with stucco facades and green blinds at the windows. In the center of the town is the St. Walpurga fortified church, built at the beginning of the 13th century with a massive tower. After the Turkish attacks the church was both transformed, into the Gothic style, and fortified by raising the tower, endowing it with arrow holes and building three surrounding walls with towers (The Guardian’s Tower, The Larder Tower, The School’s Tower, The Blacksmiths’ Tower). The main tower, which originally had a gilded globe on top, was struck by lightning various times, and therefore, in 1795 it was recognized as the first lightning rod in Transylvania. Within the church precincts is the Museum of Textile Industry History that presents documents, images and machines, which reveal the evolution of wool processing from 1700 to 1900. From Cisnădie it is just a few minutes by car to Cisnădiaoara to visit the splendid St. Mihail Church (1223),

Fortification wall, Cisnadie fortified church

Cisnadioara Romanic basilica

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which has preserved the shape of the Roman basilica, a beautiful front with columns and blind arches and the fortification wall. From Cisnădioara one can exit on the county road from Rășinari to Păltiniș. Rășinari, birthplace of the famous writer Emil Cioran, can be reached from Sibiu by tram, passing through picturesque valleys. In the center of the village, which is part of Mărginimea Sibiului, there is an Orthodox church (1758), welcoming visitors with its beautiful exterior fresco. Cristian is located on the E81/68 road from Sibiu to Sebeș - Alba. In the center of Cristian there is a fortified church with double inner court and five defensive towers, one of them octagonal (The Larder Tower), built between the two sets of fortifications on the ruins of an older one. The village, which also has a landlers’ museum and an Orthodox church (1790), was named “Insula Cristiani” (Island of Christianity) in 13th century documents after surviving the 1241 Mongol invasion. Visitors can reach Șelimbăr from Sibiu on E81/68 heading towards Brașov. It is worthwhile to visit the St. Nicolae of Mohu Orthodox church (1782 - 1785), painted by the brothers Nicolae and Alexandru Grecu of Săsăuș, and the Orthodox church of Bungard, built in 1690 and rebuilt in 1824. One can also visit a roadside crucifix, built in 1925, in memory of Mihai Viteazu’s victory over prince Barthory. Saliste old church

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Mărginimea Sibiului Mărginimea Sibiului is a very picturesque area in the northwestern part of Sibiu County, at the foot of the Cibin Mountains. The area is bordered by the Sadu river valley to the south and the Săliște Valley to the North and contains mostly Romanian inhabited settlements, which used to be the former Amlaș Country that was documented in the 14th to 15th centuries. Mountain ridges dominate the landscape of the area and the villages with narrow roads still have old stone or fir log houses with high-shingled roofs. Traditional occupations of the area included crafts, wood, wool and pelt processing, beekeeping and raising animals, mostly sheep. Some villages practiced the transhumanitus shepherding, taking their flocks of sheep to the Danube, in Dobrogea, or even to the Balkan Peninsula. The locals can be seen on Sunday in their elegant traditional costumes of white shirts embroidered with black thread, considered to be precious garments saved only for holidays. After exiting Sibiu on E81 towards RâmnicuVâlcea there are the villages of Tălmaciu, with a small church from 1780, and Boița. Here one can see the ruins of two towers, remnants of fortifications used in the defense of, and collection of tolls in, the Turnu Rosu gorge. From Tălmaciu a right turn will take you on the road towards Sadu and Râu Sadului. In Sadu there is a beautiful little 18th century Orthodox Church, with red brick ornaments, and the Electric Plant Museum, which exhibits interesting samples of the history of the hydro-plant construction in 1896. One can see electric turbines from 1902 and 1903, which still function. Exiting Sibiu on E68 towards Sebeș - Alba and passing through Cristian, the road takes you to Orlat, where you can visit a stone and brick church, a historical monument, built in 1796, and then on to Gura Râului, a village famous for its harbor, sawmills and fulling mills that gave birth to the saying: “To the people of Gura Râului money arrives on the river”). Sibiel is also in this area, with the little church from 1765 and the famous

glass icon museum. Further down on E68 Săliștea, with Orthodox churches from 1724 and 1786. From Săliștea you can continue on to Tilișca where you can visit the ruins of a 1st century Dacian fortress. Going up into the mountains you will find Poiana Sibiului, with the 1766 wooden church, a historical monument, and Jina, famous for its folklore festival “Up on Jina Mountain.”

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Secașe Tableland North of the Sebeș-Alba-Sibiu-Brașov road is the Târnava Plateau, a steep-hilled area between the Mureș and Olt rivers. The Târnava Plateau has 2 subdivisions: the Podișul Hârtibaciului, or Hârtibaciu Tableland in the southeast and the Podișul Secașelor, or Secașe Tableland, in the southwest. The Secașe Tableland is a hilly area where Saxon villages alternate with Romanian villages. It contains the towns of Ocna Sibiului and Miercurea Sibiului and the villages of Șura Mica, Apoldu de Jos, Ludoș, Păuca and Loamneș. One can reach Miercurea Sibiului via E68 and visit the beautiful Saxon fortified church from 1496 on the ruins of a former 13th century Roman basilica and an Orthodox church built in 1864 with the altar facing South.

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Hârtibaci Tableland

Iacobeni fortified church

In the heart of Sibiu County is the Podișul Hârtibaciului, or Hârtibaci Tableland, a hilly realm with valleys that are home to villages with Saxon fortified churches. At the edge, bordering the Secașe Tableland is Slimnic, a settlement containing the impressive ruins of a 15th - 16th century fortress. You can reach Daia and Roșia, which have preserved churches built over 13th century Roman basilicas, by exiting Sibiu on DJ106A. In Roșia, the writer Eginald Schlattner, author of “Decapitated Rooster,” which charmingly describes life in Southern Transylvania around the time of the Second World War, lives in the parochial house. Vurpăr has an even older Saxon church, dating from late 12th century, one of the oldest Roman constructions in the country,that is surrounded by fortifications and a bastion. DJ106A takes you farther to Nocrich, where you can see the 18th century house of the Brukenthal family and the fortified church of Hosman. The latter was built over a 13th century Roman basilica, to which was added a double set of walls and 6 defensive towers in the 16th century. Another attraction in Hosman is the engine-powered mill from the late 19th century that was produced by Langen & Wolf in Budapest. (Information: Gabriela Cotaru, phone: +4 0748 800 049). Five kilometers away from the main road you will discover, up on the hillock of the Fofeldea village, the church painted by the Grecu brothers. In Marpod you can see the 13th century Saxon church and close by, there is the 18th century wooden church of Ilimbav. In Altana, Chirpăr and Veseud you can visit beautiful fortified churches, and Veseud and Săsăuși also have two Orthodox churches built between 1790 and 1792.

Dealu-Frumos fortified church

Agnita fortified church

Agnita old Orthodox church

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Agnita, an agro-industrial town first mentioned in 1280, offers visitors a few attractions including the Hârtibaci Valley Museum, with exhibits about centuries old trade activities, and an Orthodox church from 1797. There is also the Gothic style Evangelical Church, with both Renaissance and Baroque elements that is fortified with walls and towers, from which you can still see the Bell Tower, the Taylors’ Tower that has been incorporated in the school building, the Shoemakers’ Tower, the Wheelmakers’ Tower and the Larder Tower, which was used in the past for storing provisions.

Entrance in the old Orthodox Church in Agnita

Along the road from Agnita to Sighisoara there are the villages of Iacobeni, with a beautiful fortified church, and Netus, with the oldest little wooden church in the Hârtibaciu Valley. Nearby is Brădeni, home to a 14th century church, a historic monument, located in the village center. Walls with bastions surround the church and the building itself is raised with defensive stories that include two lines of arrow holes and a water well in the inner yard. In the upper stories there is a unique collection of 140 decorated chests, used for storing clothes, jewels and food, dating from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.

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Axente Sever fortified church

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Târnava Valley In the northern part of the county the main attraction for visitors is the necklace of settlements along the Târnava Mare River and the perpendicular valleys. Beginning from Sibiu or Medias, an easy day trip will take you to visit the highlights specific to this area, namely the fortified churches. The Saxon communities built the churches during the 15th and 16th centuries following the first Turkish invasion of Transylvania in 1395. For defensive purposes the Saxons built fortified churches with protective walls and arrow holes or even true church fortresses with successive walls, crenels, ramparts, and towers to store provisions and where, in case of attack, the entire community would take refuge. Exemplary of such fortified churches are those from Axente Sever, Șeica Mica, Valea Viilor (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), Bazna, Atel, Ighișul Nou, Moșna, Malancrav, Valchid, Copșa Mare, Richiș, each one with its own special charm, archaic shapes and circular or rectangular precincts of fortifications with defensive towers. Set amongst the hills nearing Târnava is the village of Apold, whose church is built on a hillock with two walled precincts and nine towers. Particularly beautiful is the fortified church at Biertan, included in the UNESCO list World Heritage Sites. The massive fortifications include three rows of arcaded walls, seven towers and three bastions to protect a hall-shaped church (1500 - 1525), which contains precious altars, medieval pulpits and carved funeral stones. The vestry door preserves an amazing 16th century locking iron mechanism that, with a single turn of the key, closes the door with 13 locks. Also on the list of attractions is the town of Dumbrăveni, with the Armenian Church in the center, an 18th century building in the Baroque style, and the Renaissance styled Appafy Castle that now shelters a school.

Biertan fortified church

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Mediaş From Sibiu, a one-hour drive by car on DN14 will take visitors to Medias, the county’s second largest town, an old commercial and crafts center. The first thing to catch the visitor’s attention upon arrival in Medias is the Trumpeters’ Tower, which is the name for the steeple of the St. Margareta Gothic church, home to a very beautiful altar dating from 1480 - 1488. The church in the Castle’s Square is fortified with two rows of walls and defensive towers (the Bells’ Tower, the School’s Tower, The Rope makers’ Tower, the Taylors’ Tower). Fifty meters from the church is the Stefan Ludwig Roth High School, housed in an early 20th century building and the Schuller House, a beautiful 16th century edifice, with a renovated Gothic first floor and Renaissance upper floor with stone carvings at the windows and an arcaded patio with an arched roof. A short walk of a few minutes leads to the Franciscan complex, built in the 15th century and renovated in the 18th century, whose Baroque church has beautiful stucco decorations. Today the convent shelters the Municipal Museum. Located in the same area are also towers from the second row of fortifications - the Goldsmiths’ Tower, The Leather makers’ Tower, the Wheel makers’ Tower, the Knife makers’ Bastion and the Stone carvers’ Tower.

Leaning Towers Though not as famous as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but still leaning, are the towers of the Ruși church, which began to lean right after being built in the 18th century, and the Trumpeters’ Tower of Mediaș, which began leaning by 2.28 meters after being raised in the 16th century.

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Avrig old Orthodox church

Olt Country Also known as Făgăraș Country, this area extends to the southeast of the city of Sibiu along the middle course of Olt River, in the counties of Sibiu and Brașov. The region is guarded to the south by the Făgăraș Mountains and opens in the North towards the fields of the Olt River, from where one can scan the Hârtibaci Tableland. The part belonging to Sibiu County contains the town of Avrig and the villages of Racovița, Cârța, Porumbacu de Jos, and Arpașu de Jos. Access from Sibiu is via E68 in the direction towards Făgăraș and Brașov, crossing the hills of Hula Bradului before entering Avrig. Here the tourist can visit the Brukenthal Summer Palace, a splendid 18th century Baroque edifice, with three wings shaped like the letter U. The side wings have only one floor, while the central wing has two floors and an attic with an imposing facade. The garden with terraces, fountains and orange trees was composed in the Baroque

style of the Schonbrunn Garden. In Avrig you can also visit the 18th century Orthodox Church, in whose cemetery is the tomb of the scholar Gheorghe Lazăr. Close to Porumbacu de Jos, in Sărata, you can visit the 1804 “Nașterea Domnului” Orthodox Church, painted by the Grecu brothers, as well as the “Adormirea Maicii Domnului” church, built in 1791, in Arpașu de Jos. Take left off of E68 and you will find the village of Cârța, the location of the ruins of the Cistercian Abbey from 1202, an early Gothic monument in whose precinct there is an Evangelical church. In Cârțisoara tourists can visit Badea Cârțan Museum, which displays a traditional regional house, a collection of glass icons, painted furniture and pieces of traditional garments. The museum carries the name of a peasant (Gheorghe Cârțan, 1849 - 1911) who was part of the fight for political emancipation of Romanians in Transylvania, who delivered books brought from Romania and who walked all the way to Rome to see Traian’s column, proof of the Romanians’ Latin origin.

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Cârţa Cistercian Abbey

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Natural Wonders Dumbrava Forest. The park, situated three kilometers from Sibiu towards Păltiniș consists of a thick oak forest. Turnu Roșu Eocene Limestone Natural Reservation. The reservation is a natural reservation containing numerous marine animal fossils and plants. Access is from the train station at Podu Olt. Cisnădioara Cretaceous Limestone Natural Reservation. The reservation is home to 65 million year old formations, eroded by waters and wind, with marine fossils. Access is from Cisnădioara, via the Argint Valley. Ocna Sibiului Bottomless Lake Natural Reservation. This geologic natural monument is a lake formed in an 18th century salt mine and it is located in the vicinity of the road to the train station. Șuvara Sașilor - Tălmaciu Natural Reservation. It is a botanical reservation (daffodils, crocuses) in the Sadu Valley between Tălmaciu and Sadu. Zakel Hill. Steppe vegetation reservation – “jaleş”, “steluţa vânătă”, “saschiz”, “frăsinel”, “colilie”, “pătlagina uriaşă”, “negară”, “coada zmeului”, “amăreala siberiană”. Access is from Slimnic via a dirt path, two kilometers. Hașag Mud Volcanoes. A natural monument with geological value in the village of Loamneș, the volcanoes are located between Hașag and Mândra and not separated by the surrounding fields. Cindrel Natural Park. With an area of 9043 hectares, the park has 12 glacial calderas, among which the most important are Iezerul Mare, Iezerul Mic and Gropata. Access is from Păltiniș or Jina via marked trails or from Râu Sadului via Gâtu Berbecului, Rozdești and Șaua Cindrel. Mihăileni Canyon. This geological monument is located in the village of Mihăileni, on the banks of Calva creek. The canyon’s walls reach the impressive height of 20 meters. Access is made via the road Sibiu – Mediaș - Șeica Mică, at which point take a right turn towards Agnita.

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Masa Jidovului, La Grumaji, Pintenii din Coasta Jinei. These natural monuments are of high geological importance, representing rocks with particular shapes and dimensions. Golul Alpin al Muntilor Făgăraș Natural Park with Bâlea Natural Reservation. Located between the Suru and Podragu peaks, this area includes the natural reservation with the Bâlea glacial lake. Other glacial lakes are: Avrig, Podragu, Podrăgel, Doamnei, Călţun. Alpine flora: juniper, blueberries, peony, peak flower. Animals: black goat, rock hawk. Access from Turnu Roșu, Avrig, Cârța, Porumbacu de Sus or Arpașu de Sus. Arpășel Natural Reservation - Part of the Golul Alpin al Muntilor Făgăraș Natural Park. The reservation is located in the Northern part of the Făgăraș Mountains, in the Arpășel Valley, between 1,000 and 2,500 meters of altitude. Here live three quarters of the black goats of the Făgăraș Mountains, marmots, bears, mountain eagles, stags and goats. Iezerele Cibinului. The park is situated on the Frumoasei Plateau and contains two glacial valleys at an altitude of almost 2,000 meters, where you can find the glacial lakes of Iezerul Mare (three hectares and 13.5 meters deep) and Iezerul Mic (1.7 meters deep), and on whose banks there are: dwarf willow, radish, black goat, mountain rirapper. Access is from Păltiniș - Bătrâna - Cindrel.

RESORTS

Ocna Sibiului Sunbathing at Europe’s saltiest lakes The town is located only 12 kilometers from Sibiu, on the road that turns right from E68 from the Sibiu Airport. Extracting salt was an old Iron Age occupation and processing it was the locals’ main occupation for centuries until the closure of the last salt mine in 1931. Around 1820, when the curative quality of the salty water and mud became renowned, a spa resort was created around the natural lakes formed in the abandoned salt mines. Among the 15 lakes, Lacul Negru, Lacul Roșu and Lacul Brâncoveanu are the saltiest in Europe, with a salt content of 415 grams per liter of water. Currently the spa resort is housed in a few Jugendstil style buildings, renovated between 1906 and 1909, and contains modern equipment for treating rheumatism, ear, nose, throat and endocrine illnesses. The complex offers accommodation in two hotels, both offering three and four star accommodations, with restaurants and various sources of entertainment. Hotel Helios****, Hotel Salinas*** str. Băilor 22 – 24, tel. 0269 577348. www.ocnasibiului.ro

RESORTS

Bazna This spa resort is situated 18 kilometers from MediaČ&#x2122;, in the village with the same name, whose main attraction is a beautiful fortified church, built in the 14th century on the ruins of a Roman basilica. The mineral waters, rich in chlorine and sodium, were studied between 1762 and 1779 and the first spa appeared in 1815. Now the spa resort has six treatment centers that offer physiotherapy, electrotherapy, paraffin, massage, Scottish shower, mud baths and galvanic baths. Tourist services and accommodation: Complex Balnear Expro (www.bazna.ro, phone: +4 0269 831 512) with a three star hotel, sporting and recreational areas - fitness room, sauna, salty water pool, open-air swimming pools, tennis, basketball, volleyball courts.

RESORTS

Păltiniş The year round tourist resort of Păltiniș is situated in the Cindrel Mountains, 32 kilometers southwest of the city of Sibiu. From an administrative point of view, Păltiniș is part of the city of Sibiu. The resort sits at 1,442 meters and was founded by the Transylvanian Carpathian Society (Siebenbürgischer Karpaten Verein) in the last decade of the 19th century. The alpine air is good for asthenia, lung illnesses and stress treatment, while the hotels, villas, restaurants and five months of snow per year make Păltiniș a popular destination for winter sports. The Oncești ski slope has a chair lift, ski lift and rental shops for ski and snowboard equipment. Additionally a few other ski slopes with ski lifts have been developed nearby (Şanta). Păltiniș is a very good starting point for hiking in the Cindrel and Lotrului Mountains.

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Bâlea Situated 64 kilometers from Sibiu on a road which splits to the right from E68 and continues directly up to the ridges of the Făgăraș Mountains, Bâlea is not a proper resort, but rather an alpine location loved by hikers and those who enjoy winter and winter extreme sports, extreme skiing, snowboarding (classic, off - trail, jumping, jibbing) and gliding. Because of great risks of avalanches it is necessary to constantly consult local guides or the mountain rescuers (+4 0269 216 477; +4 0723 140 144). The Bâlea Cascadă Chalet (www.balea.ro, www. balea-turism.ro, phone: +4 0269 211 703, +4 0724 244 463, info@balea-turism.ro) is located at an altitude of 1,234 in the vicinity of the 60-meter waterfall. Paltinu Chalet, at 2,044 meters (www.balea-lac. ro, phone: +4 0724 244 464) and Bâlea Lac Chalet (www.cabanabalealac.ro, phone: +4 0269 523 517, built in 1904 by SKV) are close to a 4.65-hectare glacial lake. Each year, Bâlea Lac is also home to a unique ice hotel. In winter, tourists can hike from Bâlea Cascadă to Bâlea Lac, a distance of 3,800 meters. The ski season lasts eight months and hosts the Bâlea Freeride and Bâlea XRide events and ends with the Summer Snow Holidays that take place every year around the 15th of June. At an altitude of more than 2,000 meters is the Transfăgărășan highway, the 90 kilometer long road that links Transylvania and Wallachia by crossing an alpine landscape that takes your breath away. The road cuts through the top of the mountain through an almost one kilometer long tunnel at an altitude of over 2,040 meters and then descends near the Vidraru Lake. Because of the snow, the road is open only a few months during summer (July 1st November 1st).

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Spare Time Those who love to walk may wander around in the Sub Arini Park in Sibiu (founded in the 19th century) that ultimately reaches Dumbrava Sibiului where you can visit the Zoo (Pădurea Dumbrava, phone: +4 0269 422 430) or take a rowboat out on the lakes. On the alleys of the Sub Arini Park there are special landmarks for cycling and inline - skating and for those who enjoy extreme sports there is a skateboard and inline skate park on Coposu Blvd. Those who wish to swim may visit the indoor swimming pool at Baia Neptun (Sibiu, 2 Andrei Șaguna St, phone: +4 0269 214 445), housed in a splendid Jugendstil building dating from 1904, or the modern Olimpia swimming pool (Sibiu, 31 - 33 Victoriei Blvd., phone: +4 0269 214 488). In summer tourists may also swim at Ștrandul Mare (26 Vasile Cârlova St.) or at the open-air swimming pool in the Sub Arini Park, located in the vicinity of two tennis courts. Basketball, indoor football, soccer, tennis, and table tennis enthusiasts may rent courts for their favorite sport at Sala Polivalenta Transilvania (Sibiu, 1 O. Goga St., phone: +4 0269 240 862)

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The Air Adrenaline Sibiu sporting club (www.airadrenaline.ro) offers parachuting in Bâlea, Păltiniș, and Tocile - Sadu. Aeroclubul Transilvania (Sibiu, 14 A. Iancu St., phone: +4 0269 229 240) offers other aeronautic activities such as gliding, airplane piloting and skydiving. Kart racing lovers may go to the Road Runner Club SRL (www.karting.ro, phone: +4 0269 216 645, info@karting.ro). Those who enjoy motorcycling may go to the Crazy Bike Club (www.crazybike.ro, Sibiu, 33 Moldoveanu St., phone: +4 0722 614 684), which organizes The Crazy Bike Party every year in July, or they may visit the Enduro Club (www.enduro-sibiu.ro, phone: +4 0744 368 817), which organizes the annual Sibiu Enduro competition. Adventure seekers can go rafting on the Olt river, enjoy bicycle tourism or hiking with the Inter Pares travel agency (phone: +4 0269 228 610, office@inter-pares.ro). Hunting and fishing: The Sibiu County Association of Sporting Hunters and Fishermen (Sibiu, 20 Constituţiei St., Phone: +4 0269 217 134) or the Sibiu Forestry Department (www.dssibiu.ro, office@sibiu.rosilva.ro, phone: +4 0269 242 411). Other useful contacts: • Horseback riding: Casa Pandora (www.casapandora.ro, Cristian XXIV St., phone: +4 0269 579 717) • Fishing, hiking, horseback riding: Complexul Turistic Albota (www.albota.sobis.ro, Arpașu de Sus 505 Phone: +4 0743 321 015) • Bowling: Bowling Saloon Sibiu (Sibiu, 2-4 Treboniu Laurian St. Phone: +4 0269 220 606 rezervari@bowlingsaloon.ro)

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Handicrafts Souvenir lovers will be enchanted by the variety and authenticity of the traditional products specific to Sibiu County. Handicraft lovers can choose from various traditional products made by Romanians, Germans, Hungarians and Roma people. For those who appreciate authentic handicrafts, it is recommended to visit the stores of the ASTRA National Museum Complex (Piaţa Mică 21 and Calea Răşinari, at the entrance in the open-air museum), where one may purchase painted glass icons, wood carvings, bone carvings, traditional costumes, jewelry, painted eggs, embroidered towels, mats, loomed carpets, ceramics, masks, and musical instruments from Sibiu County as well as all other regions of the country. Handicrafts can also be found at a few souvenir shops located in the center of Sibiu. Visitors also have the opportunity to buy these luxury objects straight from the artisans when traveling to the villages of the county and visiting various fairs and traditional events. Among these, of special importance, and highly recommended, are the Potters’ Fair, the Romanian Artisans’ Fair, the Trades Fair, the National Festival of Romanian Traditions, and the Artisan Children’s Fair that are held annualy in Sibiu.

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Sibiu’s Aromas: Gastronomy A visit to Sibiu has a specific taste. After a day of wandering around on narrow streets or through hills and valleys, in the shade of fortification walls or defensive towers, or after a day of skiing, everybody cedes to culinary temptations. Gastronomic allurements are lurking everywhere - in restaurants and in the villages that strictly preserve the traditional flavors and aromas of quality products that must be known and tasted at leisure. Fascinating culinary journeys await visitors everywhere - at the homes of friends, in a wine seller, a bed and breakfast or a restaurant. Such

gastronomic diversity is a result of mixing many styles of producing and eating food and various cuisines - Romanian, in the mountain pastoral villages, Saxon (rural and urban), Austrian and Hungarian. True “gastronomic detectives” will discover authentic cuisine, knowing how to discern such treasures from the tourist and industrial food industry. For appetizers there are various types of cheese, produced mainly in Mărginimea Sibiului, including white cheeses of differing consistency and flavors - from soft and non-salty to dry and quite salty, soft cottage cheeses (finer and more grainy), sweet or fermented cheeses, soft nonsalty cheeses, hard yellow cheeses (sometimes smoked) and the cheese stuffed in a sheep’s bladder. The latter

also comes in differing consistencies and flavors ranging from soft enough to spread on a slice of bread, hard, dry and spicy, and the one aged in tree bark. Typical snacks from the region include onion pies and cabbage pies found in bakeries and pastry shops, and bread topped with pork lard and sprinkled with onion. Also available are typical Romanian snacks including balmoș, bulz, grilled pastrami with garlic sauce and polenta, sausages (dry, smoked, etc.), and Central - European snacks such as crepes with soft cottage cheese, dill or caraway seeds. For those who are looking for an easy start we recommend the Saxon soups made with caraway seeds, onions or apples, sour lettuce soup with sour

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cream and beaten eggs. The sour bean, chicken, pork or veal soups are sweeter and spiced with tarragon, a plant less well known in the rest of the country. For the main course, or second course, visitors may enjoy sarmale (cabbage rolls, bigger than in other parts of the country with smoked meat added) topped with sour cream, or choose chicken, pork, or veal paprika, a kind of stew. Some specific dishes are not to be found in restaurants, such as the pomana porcului (a stew with various types of pork), poor potatoes, potatoes with sour cream or pea stew with smoked pork fat, paprika powder and scallions. What makes these dishes so specific for the area is the combination of ingredients and unexpected spices: meat dishes are spiced with vinegary horseradish or accompanied by a sour cherry sauce, apples or red berries, or with vinegary pickles. Additionally, dock-sorrel and hops are often added to the lettuce salads, and red onion salad or beet salad with vinegary horseradish are also popular. For dessert there are numerous options ranging from the ancient recipe of polenta with plum marmalade to cozonac with poppy seeds and plum dumplings, which have since spread across the country. Food lovers should also try the rhubarb pie or rhubarb compote (rhubarb is the sour, reddish stem of a plant), sweet noodles with poppy seeds or crepes with soft cottage cheese sweetened with sugar or various fruit jams. Visitors should make an effort not to miss Sibiu’s local beer, which is to be served at the brewery restaurant’s very own beer garden, Trei Stejari (www.restaurant-treistejari. ro, 2 Fabricii St., phone: +4 0269 430 631). Various types of beers are on tap here including filtered, unfiltered, blond, black or the so-called “cut beer” (2 types of beer, blond and black, poured into the same mug yet don’t mix due to their different densities). Tourists in Sibiu must be sure not to miss an occasion to try the local plum brandy or the double distilled firewater famous in the area.

Accomodations

Location Ortschaft

Type Art

Name Benennung

Address Adresse

Telephone Telefon

E-Mail/Website E-Mail/Webseite

Apoldu de Sus

Motel

La trei fraţi Vlăduţ **

DN1

0269 534 050

vladut_petrotrans@yahoo.com

Arpaşu de Sus

Tourist complex

Albota ****

Nr. 505

0743 321 015

office@albota.sobis.ro; www.albota.sobis.ro contact@Guesthouseadragonul.ro www.Guesthouseadragonul.ro

Avrig

Guesthouse

Dragonul ***

Str. Horia 28 A

0269 523 661 0745 605 547

Avrig

Guesthouse

Poiana Bradului ***

DN1, km 291 + 500

0745 542 661

Avrig

Guesthouse

Popasul Avrig **

DN1, km 285+300

popasulavrig@yaoo.com www.popasulavrig.ro

Bazna

Hotel

Expro ***

Str. Avram Iancu

Bazna

Guesthouse

Mariana ****

Str. Principală 96

Bazna

Guesthouse

Bassen Pension ***

Nr. 237

Bazna

Guesthouse

Bazna **

Str. Tudor Vladimirescu 201

Bazna

Guesthouse

Sachsenheim **

Str. Avram Iancu 143

Bazna

Villa

Vila 2 **

0269 524 020 0745 087 343 0269 831 512 0749 331 597 0269 850 028 0740 590 330 0745 237 603 0269 850 375 0269 850 350 0742 151 175 0269 850 101 0743 242 186 0269 850 120 0741 041 524

Bazna

Villa

Vila 15 **

0269 850 203

dopsimedias@yahoo.com

Biertan

Guesthouse

Unglerus ***

Str. Aurel Vlaicu 10

Biertan

Guesthouse

Todoran **

Str. Aurel Vlaicu 42

0269 868 349 0751 147 936 0269 868 189 0744 240 892

Biertan

Guesthouse

Tiriba **

Str. Aurel Vlaicu 30

0269 868 277

office@biertan.ro www.biertan.ro florintodoran@yahoo.com www.Guesthouseatodoran.3x.ro floriotodoran@yahoo.com www.Guesthouseatiriba.3x.ro

Biertan

Guesthouse

Flori **

Str. Nicolae Bălcescu 26

0269 868 346

Biertan

Guesthouse

Casa Dornroschen **

Str. George Coşbuc

0269 244 165

office@biertan.net www.biertan.net

Blăjel

Guesthouse

Casa Moga **

Str. Hula 1

casamoga@yahoo.com

Bradu

Rooms for rent

Euroil **

DN1

0269 831 826 0741 389 057 0269 559 216 0722 506 272

Bradu

Guesthouse

Iza ***

Nr. 511

0269 559 167

Cârţa

Camping

Salcia Bătrână *

Str. Prundului 311

Cârţişoara

Chalet

Bâlea Lac ***

Munţii Făgăraş

0269 521 347 0745 415 021 0269 523 111 0745 072 602

Cârţişoara

Chalet

Bâlea Cascadă **

Valea Bâlii

0724 244 463

Cârţişoara

Guesthouse

Bâlea Râu ***

DN7C- Transfăgărăşan

0740 937 211

Cârţişoara

Guesthouse

Casa Duşe **

Cârţişoara 232

0269 521 725 0744 960 574

Cârţişoara

Guesthouse

Denisa **

Bâlea Glăjerie

0740 400 714

Cârţişoara

Guesthouse

Bâlea **

Bâlea Glăjerie 711

0744 388 487

Cârţişoara

Guesthouse

Vama Cucului **

Transfăgărăşan DN7C 650

0744 393 264 0724 244 464 0744 638 823

rezervari@bazna.ro www.bazna-bassen-cazare.ro contact@bazna-bassen-cazare.ro passpartout@birotec.ro www.bassen.ro

de_oude_wilg@yahoo.com www.campingdeoudewilg.nl cabana_balealac@yahoo.com www.balealac.ro balea-turism@ctrnet.ro www.balea-turism.ro info@balearau.com www.balearau.com

www.pensiunipetransfagarasan.com

Cârţişoara

Villa

Paltinu **

Munţii Făgăraş Bâlea Lac

balea-turism@ctrnet.ro www.balea-turism.ro

Cisnădie

Rooms for rent

Casa Andra ***

Dealul lui Grigore 1

0269 563 441

Cisnădioara

Guesthouse

Apfel Haus ***

Zona Livada

0269 563 033

Cisnădioara

Guesthouse

Casa cu flori ***

DJ Cisnădie - Cisnădioara

0741 746 646

Cisnădioara

Guesthouse

La Cetate ***

Nr.179

0269 561 507

Cisnădioara

Guesthouse

Casa Klein **

Nr.162

0269 564 911

Cisnădioara

Guesthouse

Lia **

Nr. 244

0269 564 395

Cornăţel

Guesthouse

Guesthousea Ivvis **

Nr. 18

virginia@ivvis.ro www.ivvis.ro

Dumbrăveni

Hotel

Marion ***

Str. Mihai Eminescu 5

0269 583 660 0746 192 018 0269 865 185 0740 040 132

DN 1 Sibiu-Braşov

Hotel

Fântâniţa Haiducului ***

Km 296

0269 525 300

Cristian

Guesthouse

Casa Pandora ****

Str. XXIV

0269 579 717

bestwestern@fantanitahaidcului.ro www.fantanitahaiducului.ro www.casapandora.ro info@casapandora.ro

Cristian

Guesthouse

Spack ***

Nr. 9

0269 579 262

Cristian

Guesthouse

Danela **

Str. XIII

0741 050 880

Accomodations

Location

Type

Name

Adress

Telephone

E-Mail/Website

Cristian

Guesthouse

Kasper **

Str. XI nr. 26

0269 579 296 0744 844 150

Cristian

Guesthouse

Maria &Karla **

Str. X nr. 6 A

0269 579 104

Guesthousekarla@yahoo.com www.Guesthousekarla.8m.com

Galeş

Guesthouse

Amira **

Nr. 78

www.Guesthouseaamira.go.ro

Gura Râului

Hotel

Bocca del Rio ***

Nr. 1011

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Norica ***

Str. Cristianului 808

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Călin ***

Gura Râului 417

0269 553 419 0745 257 753 0269 572 115 0744 140 364 0269 572 030 0726 233 003 0269 572 323 0740 303 838

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Conacul dintre Râuri ***

Str. Principală 1056

0728 994 714

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Sânziana ***

Str. Principală 513

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Casa Loloiu **

Str. Principală 399

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Brad **

Nr. 617

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Tăban **

Nr. 727

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Sorina **

Str. Păltinişului 60

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Maria **

Gura Râului 833

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Macrea **

Str. Principală 447 A

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Hanzu **

Str. Câmpuşorului 843

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Ţepeş **

Str. Principală 958

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Ihora **

Nr. 169 A

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Lăpădat **

Str. Principală 952

Gura Râului

Guesthouse

Fort **

Str. Principală 362

Gura Râului

Chalet

Crăciuneasa *

0269 572 570 0740 275 386 0269 240 539 0740 205 004 0269 572 366 0751 057 201 0269 572 425 0744 349 727 0269 572 575 0752 114 253 0269 572 364 0744 624 846 0269 572 413 0749 314 586 0269 572 245 0740 398 796 0269 572 324 0744 649 154 0269 227 989 0751 281 858 0269 572 351 0744 642 846 0269 572 295 0745 846 887 0269 572 115 0744 140 364

Jina

Guesthouse

Iezeru ***

Nr. 1211

0744 487 362

Marpod

Guesthouse

Harbach ***

Str. Principală, Ferma 6

0269 584 116 0741 311 123

aoltenacu@asinature.com

Mediaş

Hotel

Edelweiss ***

Str. Aurel Vlaicu 5

0269 844 944

paulcom93@yahoo.com

Mediaş

Hotel

Traube ***

Piaţa Regele Ferdinand 16

0269 844 898

hotel.traube@dafora.ro www.dafora.ro

Mediaş

Hotel

Hotel Central **

Str. Mihai Eminescu 4-7

office@hotelcentralmedias.ro

Mediaş

Villa

Vila Flora ***

Str. Hermann Oberth 25

0269 811 187 0742 767 735 0269 835 665 0726 782 775

Miercurea Sibiului

Hotel

Comfort Hotel **

Nr. 816

0269 533 033

hotel_comfort@logon.ro

Mohu

Guesthouse

Luminiţa/Brană **

Nr. 23

0741 973 729

Nemşa

Guesthouse

Liana **

Nr. 196

0269 257 817

bleahunicu@yahoo.com

Ocna Sibiului

Hotel

Helios ****

Str. Băilor 22-24

www.ocnasibiului.ro

Ocna Sibiului

Hotel

Salinas ***

Str. Băilor 22-24

Ocna Sibiului

Hostel

Perla **

Str. Băilor 19 A

Orlat

Guesthouse

Anca ***

Str. Nouă 821

Orlat

Guesthouse

Ileana ***

Str. Nouă 771

Orlat

Guesthouse

Angela **

Str. Nouă 759

Orlat

Guesthouse

Perla Mărginimii **

Str. Gării 71A

0269 577 387 0728 995 161 0269 577 387 0728 335 161 0269 541 141 0746 018 386 0269 571 707 0744 767 582 0269 571 036 0744 542 365 0269 571 205 0741 225 340 0269 571 109 0740 179 082

Păltiniş

Hotel

Casa Turiştilor ***

Păltiniş

0269 574 035

Păltiniş

Guesthouse

Perla Păltinişului ****

Păltiniş km 5

0788 502 200

Păltiniş

Guesthouse

Casa de Piatră *

Păltiniş

0269 574 021 0745 791 981

Păltiniş

Villa

Vila Păltiniş ***

Păltiniş

0269 574 035

Păltiniş

Hostel

Trecătoarea Cerbilor **

Păltiniş

0269 210 934 0740 313 610

office@boccadelrio.ro www.boccadelrio.ro igligorea@yahoo.com www.Guesthouseanorica.ro Guesthouseacalin@yahoo.com

info@sanziana.ro www.sanziana.ro starcont@yahoo.com catalin.brad@yahoo.com taban.maria@yahoo.com Guesthousea.sorina@yahoo.com miticampean@yahoo.com

Guesthouseahanzu@yahoo.com tepes_Guesthouse@yahoo.com ihora_maria@yahoo.com ionutz22gr@yahoo.com

office@boccadelrio.com www.craciuneasa.ro

office_flora@yahoo.ro

www.ocnasibiului.ro cezarvsilviu@yahoo.com office@Guesthousea-anca.ro www.Guesthousea-anca.ro Guesthouseaileana@yahoo.com www.Guesthousea-angela.ro cazare@perlamarginimii.ro www.perlamarginimii.ro rezervari@scpaltinis.ro www.scpaltinis.ro contact@perla-paltinisului.ro www.perla-paltinisului.ro rezervari@scpaltinis.ro www.scpaltinis.ro sibiu@e-tineret.ro www.e-tineret.ro

Accomodations

Location

Type

Name

Address

Telephone

E-Mail/Website

Guesthouseancor@hotmail.com www.Guesthouseaancor.ro

Poplaca

Guesthouse

Ancor **

DJ 106

0724 328 233

Porumbacu de Sus

Guesthouse

Montana ***

Nr. 258

0723 632.587

Porumbacu de Sus

Guesthouse

Casa din Prund **

Nr. 362

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Mai *****

Str. Păltinişului 684

0269 522 770 0730 008 315 0269 557 269 0727 760 973

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Marcu ***

Str. Dosului 491

0723 089 915

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Cioran ***

Str. Protopop Emil Cioran 1503

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Badiu ***

Str. Octavian Goga 786

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Grebenea **

Str. Ştezii 366

0269 557 170 0745 957 160 0269 557 359 0744 480 658 0269 557 452 0744 175 752

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Năbărog **

Str. E. Ciuceanu 1771

0749 495 685

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Casa Şerban **

Str. Copăcele 172

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Otilia ***

Str. E. Ciuceanu 1707

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Phoenix ***

Str. Octavian Goga 777

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Valia **

Str. Sibiului 1866

0269 557 387 0746 285 221 0269 557 006 0740 092 399 0269 557 000 0745 308 034 0269 557 421 0752 071 933

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Casa Iliuţ **

Str. E. Ciuceanu 1816

0749 228 195

Răşinari

Guesthouse and camping Curmătura Ştezii ** houses

DN 106 Sibiu Păltiniş KM 18

0269 557 310 0745 140 159

curmaturastezii@yahoo.com

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Marin **

Valea Ştezii

0745 659 696

marinhoratiu1@yahoo.com www.Guesthousea-marin.ro

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Kleine Hutte **

Str. Cetăţii 335

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Siman **

Str. Popa Bratu 881

0269 557 037 0747 620 966 0269 557 653 0721 262 247

gheorghesaman@yahoo.com

Răşinari

Guesthouse

Simina *

Str. Cimitirului 927

0269 557 763

Guesthouseasimina@yahoo.com

Râu Sadului

Guesthouse

Maria **

Nr. 296

0747 271 651

Râu Sadului

Guesthouse

Mioriţa *

Str. Principală 3F

0269 567 003

Sadu Tocile

Guesthouse

Daniel **

Str. Dealul lui Grigore

0269 562 886

Sadu-Tocile

Guesthouse

Cerbul Carpatin **

Str. Dealul lui Grigore

0269 562 937

Sălişte

Guesthouse

Ittu ****

Str. I. Moga 5

Sălişte

Guesthouse

Casa cu livadă ***

Str. Şteza 124

Sălişte

Guesthouse

Casa Rudi & Ella **

Str. Luncii 14

Sălişte

Guesthouse

La Borcea **

Str. Şteaza 45

Sălişte

Guesthouse

Domnescu **

Str. Folteşti 59

Sălişte

Guesthouse

Fulea **

Str. Brata 52

Sălişte

Guesthouse

Casa Roşca **

Str. Brata 67

Sălişte

Guesthouse and camping Sălişteanca **

Str. Băii 13

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Crisalia ****

Str. Utea 284 A

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Genţiana ***

Str. Râului 183

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Crisalia ****

Str. Utea 284 A

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Genţiana ***

Str. Râului 183

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Sibiel ***

0269 211 432 0269 553 903 0269 553 740 0723 362 940 0269 553 753 0721 582 780 0269 223 356 0722 540 858 0269 553 812 0745 247 280 0369 427 949 0744 667 536 0269 553 623 0740 857 555 0269 553 121 0744 374 537 0729 108 880 0269 552 572 0269 552 601 0744 562 247 0729 108 880 0269 552 572 0269 552 601 0744 562 247 0269 239 095 0745 106 501

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Bunica Eugenia ***

Str.Unghiului 81

0269 552 509

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Costandel Ioan ***

Str.Unghiului 29

0740 840 680 0269 552 524

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Dordea Maria **

Str. Unghiului 140

0269 552 581

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Petra Vasile **

Str. Râului 289

0269 552 501

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Andrei Dan **

Str.Râului 216

0740 168 573 0745 855 354

octavian.carstea@yahoo.com info@Guesthousea-mai.ro www.Guesthousea-mai.ro Guesthouseamarcu@yahoo.com www.Guesthouseamarcu.ro Guesthousea_cioran@yahoo.com badiuss@yahoo.com

in_serban@yahoo.com contact@Guesthouseaotilia.ro www.Guesthouseaotilia.ro

rezervari@casa-ittu.ro www.casa-ittu.ro adina.paraschiv@clicknet.ro www.adina-turismrural.go.ro ella_q40@hotmail.com www.saliste.net Guesthousea@domnescu.ro www.domnescu.ro ifulea@yahoo.com www.Guesthouseafulea.ro casa_rosca@yahoo.com www.casarosca.com iulian_parau@yahoo.com www.salisteanca.com office@crisalia.ro www.crisalia.ro www.gentiana.go.ro office@crisalia.ro www.crisalia.ro www.gentiana.go.ro office@sibiel.eu www.sibiel.eu www.costandel-sibiel.ro adrianacostandel@yahoo.com

casaandrei_sibiel@yahoo.com

Accomodations

Location

Type

Name

Adress

Telephone

E-Mail/Website

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Herţa Elena **

Str. Râului 215

0269 552 570

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Sîvu Amalia **

Str. Râului 166

0269 552 579

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Casa Elena ****

Str. Principală

0745 301 814 0746 096 500

sorinavram63@yahoo.com

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Lunca Sibielului ****

0269 552 667

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Luca Ioan ***

Str. Bisericii 6

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Fântâniţa Florilor ***

Str. Utea 271

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Mioritica **

Str. Râului 197 A

0269 552 537 0741 623 242 0744 622 925 0269 552 662 0269 552 640 0740 175 287

office@sibiel.ro www.sibiel.ro luca_sibiel@yahoo.com www.Guesthousea-luca.ro

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Sandra **

Nr. 104

0269 220 466

fantanita.florilor@gmail.com coldeasv@yahoo.com Guesthousea_sandra@yahoo.com

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Ciortea Ana **

Str. Unghiului 48

0269 552 556 0744 600 756

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Luca Steliana **

Str.Unghiului 47

0269 552 555

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Muntean Maria **

Str.Unghiului 38

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Anca **

Str. Unghiului 33

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Flori **

Str.Unghiului 27

0269 552 516 0740 848 143 0748 537 010 0269 552 553 0746 783 600 0743 329 332 0269 552 615

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Costandel Daniela **

Str.Unghiului 21

0269 552 578

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Niţescu Valerica **

Str. Bisericii 326

0269 552 534

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Adriana **

Str. Bisericii 325

0269 552 573 0742 164 902

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Petra Dorina **

Str. Bisericii 320

0269 552 548

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Cândea Maria **

Str. Şcolii 313

0269 552 532

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Casa Moga **

Str. Şcolii 311

0269 552 582 0740 908 074

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Morariu Paraschiva **

Str. Şcolii 309

0269 552 619

Sibiel

Guesthouse

Casa Stanca **

Str. Şcolii 306

0269 552 583

casastanca@yahoo.com

Sibiu

Hotel

Hotel Palace Resort and SPA*****

Str. Pădurea Dumbrava 1

0269 252 929 0269 252 986

Sibiu

Hotel

Ramada ****

Str. Emil Cioran 2

0269 235 505

Sibiu

Hotel

Libra ****

Str. Calea Guşteriţei nr. 21-23

0269 234 244 0369 428 000

Sibiu

Hotel

Împăratul Romanilor ***

Str. Nicolae Bălcescu 4

0269 216 500

Sibiu

Hotel

Class ***

Str. Rahova 40

Sibiu

Hotel

Parc ***

Str. Şcoala de Înot 1-3

Sibiu

Hotel

Silva ***

Str. Aleea Mihai Eminescu 1

0269 206 999 0369 405 251 0269 423 559 0269 424 455 0269 243 985 0269 232 687

Sibiu

Hotel

Premier ***

Str. Calea Dumbrăvii 12

0745 356 840

Sibiu

Hotel

Apollo Hermannstadt ***

Str. Nicolae Teclu 14

Sibiu

Hotel

Ana ***

Şoseaua Alba Iulia 120

0269 212 465 0369 801 151 0269 228 857 0269 228 856

Sibiu

Hotel

Roberts ***

Str. Charles Darwin 16 -18

0269 212 222

Sibiu

Hotel

11 Euro **

Str. Tudor Vladimirescu 2

0269 222 014

Sibiu

Hotel

Grand Hotel Dumbrava **

Str. Parc Dumbrava 14

0269 252 922

rezervari@palaceresort.ro www.palaceresort.ro reservations@ramadasibiu.ro www.ramadasibiu.ro office@hotel-libra.ro www.hotel-libra.ro sibiu@imparatulromanilor.ro www.imparatulromanilor.ro hotelclasshermannstadt@yahoo.com www.hermannstadt-hotelclass.ro office@hotelparcsibiu.ro www.hotelparc.ro silva@hotelsilvasibiu.ro www.hotelsilvasibiu.ro office@hotel-premier.ro www.hotel-premier.ro office@hah.ro www.hah.ro office@hotel-ana.ro www.hotel-ana.ro hotelroberts@yahoo.com www.hotelroberts.ro receptie11eurosibiu@yahoo.com www.11euro.ro contact@parcdumbrava.ro www.parcdumbrava.ro

Sibiu

Hotel

Gallant **

Bd. Victoriei 55

0269 215 975

www.gallant.ro

Sibiu

Motel

Dumbrava *

Str. Pădurea Dumbrava 14

0269 252 922

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Vicenza Square *****

Str. Turnului 17

0269 223 927 0732 959 332

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Maria ****

Str. Înfrăţirii 13A

0269 227 203

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Casa Elixia ****

Str. Privighetorii 6-8

0269 252 061

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Happy Day ****

Str. Lungă 2 D

0269 234 985

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Zorba ****

Str. E. A. Bieltz 86

0269 229 227 0369 405 260

contact@parcdumbrava.ro www.parcdumbrava.ro office@vicenzasquare.ro www.vicenzasquare.ro office@Guesthousea-romaria.ro www.Guesthousea-romaria.ro office@casaelixia.ro www.casaelixia.ro rezervari@Guesthousehappyday.ro www.Guesthouseahappyday.ro contact@Guesthousea-zorba.ro www.Guesthousea-zorba.ro

nicoletamuntean@hotmail.com www.Guesthousea-anca.ro www.Guesthouse-sibiel.ro

mihaelamoga@lycos.de

Accomodations

Location

Type

Name

Address

Telephone

E-Mail/Website

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Smarald ****

Str. Hipodromului 3

0369 426 053

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Daniel ***

Str. Măsarilor nr. 1

0269 243 924

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Erlenpark ***

Str. Octavian Goga 77

0269 234 553

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Gasthof Clara ***

Str. Râului 24

0269 222 914

daniel@ela-hotels.ro www.ela-hotels.ro erlenpark@yahoo.com www.erlenpark.ro gasthofclara@yahoo.de www.gasthofclara.ro

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Kristine ***

Str. Luceafărului 42

0269 238 479 0721 457 338

Guesthouseakristine@yahoo.de

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Baroc ***

Str. Semănătoarelor 38

0740 467 843

contact@cartisoara.ro www.cartisoara.ro

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Maria ***

Str. Viilor 101

0269 239 547 0744 854 052

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Casa Luxemburg ***

Piaţa Mică 16

0269 216 854

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Hermannstadt ***

Str. Blănarilor 13

0269 212 340

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Rubin ***

Piaţa Crişan 7C

0269 207 680 0269 207 681

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Kon-Tiki ***

Str. Tudor Vladimirescu 12

0269 220 350

Sibiu

Guesthouse

La Viorel ***

Str. Lector 2

0269 211 410

laviorel@gmail.com

Sibiu

Guesthouse

La Maison Française ***

Str. Iosif Velcean 1

0269 224 046

anamaria@lamaison-francaise.ro www.pension-sibiu.ro

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Lion ***

Str. Moldoveanu 41

0728 936 348 0727 009 161

masca_maria@yahoo.com

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Magnolia ***

Str. Calea Turnişorului 144

0269 250 325

Guesthousea-magnolia@yahoo.com

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Millenium ***

Str. Ştrandului 11

0269 226 230

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Coroana de aur ***

Str. Nouă Mai 37

0752 110 289

office@coroanadeaur.ro www.coroanadeaur.ro

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Dumbrava ***

Pădurea Dumbrava

Guesthouseadumbrava@yahoo.com

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Korona ***

Str. Luptei 8

0269 252 935 0744 284 290 0269 225 533 0369 405 444

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Cibinium ***

Str. Charles Darwin 10

0269 216 946

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Nora ***

Str. George Topârceanu 11

0742 772 409 0743 145 713

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Tosca ***

Str. Ana Ipătescu 51

0269 230 385

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Verox ***

Str. Lungă 53

0269 222 456

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Villa Santa Maria ***

Str. Livezii 43

0269 224 451

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Ambra ***

Str. Nicolae Iorga 16

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Amso ***

Str. Badea Cârţan 1

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Belaşcu ***

Str. Calea Turnişorului 116

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Casa Baciu ***

Str. 9 Mai 29

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Carmen ***

Str. Viilor

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Casa Anca ***

Str. Calea Turnişorului 98

0743 113 092

casaanca@home.com

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Casa Burgheză ***

Str. Fochiştilor 11

0269 215 161

biacomsa@yahoo.com casaburgheza@gmail.com

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Casa Elisabeta ***

Calea Turnişorului 139

0788 439 224 0720 426 765

supercom92@yahoo.com

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Casa Frieda ***

Str. Nicolae Bălcescu 40

0269 434 253

ban.dumitru@yahoo.com

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Casa Bianca **

Str. E.A. Bieltz 93B

0744 599 466

m_peris@yahoo.com www.casa-bianca.ro

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Ardealul **

Str. Călţun 24

0269 243 006

paulhanea@yahoo.com

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Bella American INN **

Str. Prof. Aurel Decei 6

0728 830 822

bella@americaninn.ro

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Corina **

Şos. Alba Iulia 104

0269 228 492

corinatodosiu@yahoo.com www. Guesthouseacorina.ro

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Costas **

Bd. Vasile Milea 26

0269 212 411

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Emigrantul **

Str. Calea Cisnădiei 8

0269 443 752

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Richard **

Str. Anton Pann 25

0752 572 546

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Ela **

Str. Nouă 43

0269 215 197

www.Guesthouseasmarald.ro

office@casaluxemburg.ro www.casaluxemburg.ro info@Guesthouseahermanstadt-sibiu.ro www.Guesthouseahermannstadt-sibiu-ro office@Guesthousea-rubin.com www.Guesthousea-rubin.com

contact@Guesthousea-korona.ro www.Guesthousea-korona.ro office@Guesthouseacibinium.ro www.Guesthouseacibinium.ro office@Guesthousea-nora.ro www.Guesthousea-nora.ro Guesthouseatosca@yahoo.com www.tosca.go.ro verox-sibiu@yahoo.com www.Guesthouseaverox.ro sim_mol2002@yahoo.de www.Guesthousesibiu.ro

0269 442 572 0740 046 819 0269 242 666 office@Guesthousea-amso.ro 0722 318 788 contact@belascu.ro 0269 213 180 www.belascu.ro info@casabaciu.ro 0269 214 701 www.casa-baciu.ro 0744 381 918 contact@Guesthousecarmen.ro 0745 673 512 www.Guesthouseacarmen.ro

emigrantul48@zahoo.com

ela@ela-hotels.ro www.ela-hotels.ro

Accomodations

Location

Type

Name

Adress

Telephone

E-Mail/Website

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Favorit **

Str. Calea Dumbrăvii 52

0269 223 567

Guesthousesibiu@yahoo.com www.Guesthouseafavorit.com

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Ileana **

Str. Berăriei 2

0369 427 427

www.Guesthouseaileana.ro kira-sibiu@yahoo.com contact@Guesthousea-laura.ro www.Guesthousea-laura.ro

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Kira **

Str. Calea Dumbrăvii 76

0749 838 676 0726 146 132

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Laura **

Vasile Aaron 18

0269 244 826

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Leu **

Str. Moş Ion Roată 6

0269 218 392

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Podul Minciunilor **

Str. Azilului 1

0269 217 259

podulminciunilor@ela-hotels.ro www.ela-hotels.ro

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Turist **

Str. Rahovei 101

0269 242 050

www.Guesthouseasibiu.go.ro

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Verena **

Str. Anton Pann 12

0269 233 355

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Cony **

Str. Porumbacului 22

0269 232 483

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Halemandero **

Str. Măsarilor 10

0269 212 509

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Casa Arcaş *

Str. 16 Februarie 2A

0269 432 578

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Dintre brazi **

Str. Pomicultorilor 11

0723 269 081

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Diana *

Pădurea Dumbrava

0269 252 939

centruldeinformare@muzeulastra.ro

Sibiu

Hostel

The Old Town *

Piaţa Mică 26

0269 216 445

Sibiu

Apartments for rent

Casa Ivan ***

Str. Călugăreni 34

0269 233 991 0744 593 842

contact@hotelsibiu.ro www.hostelsibiu.ro casaivan34@yahoo.com www.casaivan.pensiuni.biz

Sibiu

Apartments for rent

Central ***

Str. Nicolae Balcescu 1-3

0728 111 149

cazare_central@yahoo.com

Sibiu

Guesthouse

Greenhouse**

Str. E. A. Bieltz

0269 227 800

Şelimbăr

Guesthouse

Edelweiss ***

Str. Câmpului 13

0788 720 026

web.clicknet.ro/greenhouse greenhouse@clicknet.ro contact@Guesthouseaedelweiss.ro www.Guesthouseaedelweiss.ro

Şelimbăr

Guesthouse

Teodora ***

Str Râului

0726 170 673

Şelimbăr

Guesthouse

Casa Tudor ***

Str. Unirii

0722 793 669

Şelimbăr

Motel

Motel Dracula **

Str. Mihai Viteazu 296

0269 560 611

Şelimbăr

Motel

American Inn **

Str. Mihai Viteazul 2

Slimnic

Guesthouse

Slimnic ***

DN Sibiu Mediaş

0269 856 295

Slimnic

Guesthouse

Diangely ***

Str. Mediaşului 5

0726 192 000

Tălmăcel

Guesthouse

Rustic ***

Str. Râului 275

0269 242 330

Tălmăcel

Guesthouse

Calborean **

Tălmacel 131

0269 556 809

Tălmăcel

Guesthouse

La Anca **

Tălmacel 144

0269 556 847

Tălmaciu

Guesthouse

Poiana Soarelui **

Tălmaciu II, DN7, km 256

0269 555 533

office@poiana-soarelui.com

Tilişca

Guesthouse

Ana ***

Nr. 198 A

0269 554 115

Guesthouseaana@gmail.com www.Guesthouseaana.ro

Tilişca

Guesthouse

Irina ***

Str. Şcolii 535

0269 554 009

irina_balea@yahoo.com

Turnu Roşu

Guesthouse

Diana **

Nr. 684

0742 024 313

dimar@turnurosu.ro

Turnu Roşu

Guesthouse

Ioana **

Nr. 116

0269 527 822

ioanis@turnurosu.ro

Turnu Roşu

Guesthouse

Oşencuţa **

Zona Podu Olt 4

0744 598 932

augustus@turnurosu.ro www.turnurosu.ro

Vale

Guesthouse

Carmen **

Nr. 267

0269 552 705

Vale

Guesthouse

Mioriţa **

Str. Morii 15

0269 552 708

ipaculea@yahoo.com

Valea Avrigului

Guesthouse

Ghiocelul ***

DJ 117 F km 8

0744 391 877

Valea Avrigului

Guesthouse

Balada ***

DJ 7 Km 108

0744 685 803

Valea Avrigului

Guesthouse

Dolce Cabana **

0728 111 149

info@ghiocelul.ro www.ghiocelul.ro Guesthousea_balada@yahoo.com www.Guesthouseabalada.ro rezervari@dolcecabana.ro www.dolcecabana.ro

Valea Avrigului

Guesthouse

Tara *

0726 146 829

Veştem

Motel

Veştem ***

DN 1 km 296

0269 555 511

Veştem

Guesthouse

Perla Cibinului **

DN1- DN7, km 13

0269 555 900

office@vilacony.ro www.vilacony.ro

casa_arcas@yahoo.com

www.moteldracula.ro motel@americaninn.ro www.americaninn.ro

radoiu_rustic@yahoo.com

Tourist Information Centers in Sibiu County

SIBIU HISTORIC CENTER Str. Samuel von Brukenthal nr. 2 : +40.269.208.913 : infoturism@sibiu.ro www.sibiu.ro

CISNĂDIE Str. Cetăţii nr. 1 : +40.269.561.236 : info_cisnadie@sibiu-turism.ro www.cisnadie.ro

SIBIU Airport Str. Şoseaua Alba Iulia nr. 73 : +40.269.253.999 : infoturism@sibiu.ro www.sibiu.ro

MEDIAŞ Str. Piaţa Corneliu Coposu nr. 3  : +40.269.803.885  : info_medias@sibiu-turism.ro www.primariamedias.ro

SIBIU – Railway Station Str. Piaţa 1 Decembrie nr. 6  : +40.269.208.913  : infoturism@sibiu.ro www.sibiu.ro

OCNA SIBIULUI Str. Mihai Eminescu nr. 1  : + 40.269.541.177  : info_ocnasibiului@sibiu-turism.ro www.primariaocnasibiului.ro

SIBIU - ASTRA Open-Air Museum Str. Calea Răşinari : +40.269.252.976 : info_astra@sibiu-turism.ro www.muzeulastra.ro

RĂŞINARI Str. Sibiului  : +40.269.557.200  : info_rasinari@sibiu-turism.ro

AVRIG Str. Gheorghe Lazăr nr. 3 : +40.269.523.163 : info_avrig@sibiu-turism.ro BAZNA Str. Avram Iancu : +40.269.850.011 : info_bazna@sibiu-turism.ro www.comunabazna.ro BIERTAN Str. A.I. Cuza nr. 8 : info_biertan@sibiu-turism.ro www.primariabiertan.ro

SĂLIŞTE Str. Piaţa Junilor nr. 2  : +40.269.553.512  : info_saliste@sibiu-turism.ro www.saliste-sibiu.ro SIBIEL Str. Principală nr. 298  : +40.269.552.560  : info_sibiel@sibiu-turism.ro VALEA VIILOR Str. Principală nr. 120  : +40.269. 515.199  : info_valeaviilor@sibiu-turism.ro www.valea-viilor.ro

SIBIU COUNTY TOURISM ASSOCIATION Str. General Magheru nr. 14, 550185 SIBIU  : +40.269.218.121  : office@sibiu-turism.ro www.sibiu-turism.ro

Sibiu

The Treasure of the Carpathian Foothills

Text: Marius Constantin Translation: Brian and Anca King Photos: Daniel Bălţat, Marius Constantin, Scott Eastman, Russell Young, Menn Bodson Design and Printing: Honterus Sibiu Coordination: Sibiu County Tourism Association

Published with the support of the Sibiu County Council within the „Sibiu European Capital of Culture 2007-” program financed by the National Authority for Tourism. Free of charge