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This material is produced by Sibiu County Tourism Association Edited by Sibiu City Hall's Culture, Sport and Tourism Department Text author: Mihaela Kloos-Ilea English translation: Lucian Niculescu Design: Iuliu Duma Available free of charge SIBIUSIBIU -- HERMANNSTADTHERMANNSTADT YOUNG SINCE 1191 EN USEFUL INFORMATION

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WELCOME TO SIBIU 2 Rooms Casa Luxemburg Piaţa Mică, nr. 16 004 0729 887 478 [email protected] www.casaluxemburg.ro 10 REASONS TO VISIT SIBIU 4 to let 3 004 0269 216 854 MEDIEVAL SIBIU 6 Rooms Casa Manu Str. Gheorghe Dima, nr. 7 004 0751 432 893 [email protected] THE LARGE SQUARE 6 to let 3 THE COUNCIL TOWER 8 Rooms 004 0269 234 347 Casa Roth Str. Ion Creangă, nr. 26 [email protected] www.casa-roth.de SIBIU'S FORTIFICATIONS 10 to let 3 004 0743 809 050 THE TOWERS 10 Rooms Casa Timpuri Vechi Str. G-ral Gheorghe Magheru, 004 0742 751 434 [email protected] CETĂŢII STREET 12 to let 3 nr. 22 THALIA HALL IN THE THICK TOWER 13 Rooms Downtown Studio Str. Târgul Vinului, nr. 6 004 0722 256 938 [email protected] www.travelspecialist.ro CELEBRITY ALLEY 13 to let 3 MYTHICAL SIBIU 14 Rooms Grand Central Str. Şelarilor, nr. 5 004 0722 256 938 [email protected] www.travelspecialist.ro THE BRIDGE OF LIES 14 to let 3 CRAFTSMEN'S SIBIU 16 Rooms 004 0727 999 111 THE JOURNEYMEN'S HOUSE 17 Huet Residence Piata Huet, nr. 3, ap. 3 [email protected] www.huet-residence.ro to let 3 004 0369 101 836 MULTICULTURAL SIBIU 20 THE EVANGELICAL CATHEDRAL 21 Rooms Siebenburgen Str. Daliei, nr. 2 004 0742 727 869 [email protected] www.siebenburgen-apartments.com to let 3 THE METROPOLITAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL 22 Rooms THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 24 Casa Conţiu Str. Bahluiului, nr. 20 004 0745 251 457 [email protected] www.casa-contiu.xhost.ro to let 2 THE GRAND SYNAGOGUE 25 © Silvana Armat Rooms Downtown Studio Str. Târgul Peştelui, nr. 17 004 0722 256 938 [email protected] www.travelspecialist.ro to let 2

Rooms 004 0744 355 822 La Carul cu Flori Str. Luptei, nr. 34 [email protected] to let 2 004 0269 244 312

Apartment- Str. Nicolae Bălcescu, nr. 1-3 004 0722 149 011 [email protected] hotel Central 3 004 0269 233 707

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Hohe Rinne Păltiniş Păltiniş 004 0269 215 000 [email protected] Hotel Hotel & Spa 4 004 0745 300 134 www.hoherinne.ro

Tourist cabin Nora 1 Păltiniş 004 0747 700 295 [email protected] CONTENTS

SIBIU – A CITY OF MUSEUMS 26 BRUKENTHAL PALACE 26 ASTRA MUSEUM 30 TEUTSCH HOUSE 32 REDISCOVERED SIBIU 34 THE LUXEMBOURG HOUSE 34 PUBLIC BATH OF SIBIU 36 GASTRONOMERS' SIBIU 38 GREEN FRIDAY 38 EUROPEAN REGION OF GASTRONOMY IN 2019 39 THE GREEN SIBIU 40 ON BICYCLE IN SUB ARINI PARK 40 THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN 42 MAP 44 EXPLORE THE SURROUNDINGS 46 CULTURAL SIBIU – SCHEDULED EVENTS 50 TOURIST IN SIBIU 62 HOW DO I GET TO SIBIU 63 TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER 64 ACCOMODATIONS 65

1 SIBIU - HERMANNSTADT / YOUNG SINCE 1191 WELCOME TO SIBIU

I invite you to discover a surprising young city with a rich history, dynamic and peaceful, unique and diverse. Whether you've come to Sibiu for a whole week or maybe just to take part in some specific event, you'll be sure to find here what you've been looking for.

Those captivated by the beauty of the historic city and its museums will be delighted to discover Sibiu as an old settlement from 1191, thriving nowadays with a young and vivid spirit. Downtown Sibiu never sleeps and lives in a frenzy of events amidst tourists having a great time at the terraces and natives meeting here. The cultural happenings in the centre of the city – pop, rock, jazz, traditional or classical concerts, movies, theatre and dance shows, as well as various festivals and theme fairs – bring all generations together.

Those who seek the contemplative rapture of art in all its various forms may visit the city's museums, watch a Radu Stanca Theatre or a Ballet Theatre performance, attend and enjoy a plethora of exhibitions. A natural, quiet and peaceful corner is to be found at the Zoological Garden, the oldest in Romania, featuring an ever growing collection and constantly building new facilities.

For each and everyone of you the city will be an unique experience, depending on how thoroughly you'll end up knowing it. I invite you to get acquainted with Sibiu and lend it your personal touch.

Have a pleasant stay in Sibiu! We're looking forward to see you come back.

Astrid Fodor Mayor of Sibiu

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3 SIBIU - HERMANNSTADT / YOUNG SINCE 1191 10 REASONS TO VISIT SIBIU Discover Sibiu, feel its energy, relish its flavours, partake of the charm of a medieval cosmopolitan and buoyant city.

Contrasts Stories Between old and new, tradition and innovation, Sibiu There are as many characters and urban legends is a city of harmonious contrasts. The city of events here, as there are people and places to see. On lives a fast paced life, while time seems to stand still crowded streets or small secret lanes you will be in medieval Sibiu. spellbound by some coat of arms, some baroque adornment, some portal carved with sun rays, a Multiculturality charming detail that plunges you in the fairytale. After all, this is Transylvania, the land of strange In Sibiu (German name Hermannstadt) several and compelling legends! nationalities have been living together for centuries, hence its eclectic air and remarcable heritage. Sibiu is a culturally diverse and colourful city also thanks Flavours to the tourists from all over the world that come The Old Town's streets smell like coffee and the here every year. restaurants entice you with their dainties. The cultural diversity turns the local cuisine into a People luscious symphony of authentic Romanian, Saxon, Hungarian and Jewish flavours. Sibiu is a tasteful A cheerful mixture of cultures and courteous people city. – servus, this is Sibiu! They say people in Transylvania are gentle and good-hearted, and those who live in Sibiu are no exception. The trustworthy Nature natives of Sibiu will greet you with a smile, proud of Set at the bottom of all year round snow-covered their hometown. Wherever you go, you'll always find mountains, Sibiu is one of Romania's most idyllic someone eager to have a chat, ready to help you cities. The parks, the zoological garden, the bicycle with directions. Just like their hometown, the tracks are oases of active relaxation which turn residents of Sibiu stay young regardless of their age. Sibiu into a balanced and environment-friendly city.

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Infrastructure With its international airport and a full-fledged Because it stays forever young, even though 2016 infrastructure, Sibiu is both an alluring destination marked 825 years since its first documentary and an ideal basis for all sorts of trips that will help attestation, and for a thousand of other reasons you discover picturesque villages and traditions long that you will discover once you'll get here. since forgotten in Western Europe. Whether to taste good food in Mărginimea Sibiului, climb mountain spines or explore the fortified churches from Valea They say the shortest way to yourself Hârtibaciului, you'll always find a reason to extend is around the world. your stay in this area. Stop in Sibiu first! Vision Sibiu has been and remains a city of premieres. The first museum in Central Europe, the first school, the first hospital, the first pharmacy, the first theatre and first zoological garden in Romania opened here. The only Romanian town that got elected as European Capital of Culture (in 2007), Sibiu has since been leading the top of national tourist destinations.

Culture During these last 10 years Sibiu has become an established cultural brand. From the Theatre Festival to the Christmas Market, the events taking place here in Sibiu attract and dazzle an international audience year after year. Watched by the eyes of the olden roofs, you imperceptibly become an actor on the city's vibrant stage.

Dynamics A rapidly developing city that keeps reinventing itself, Sibiu will never fail to surprise you no matter how many times you come back, making you feel like a guest of honour or one of the natives, providing unforgettable memories and making you love every minute of it.

© Robert Barlea 5 SIBIU - HERMANNSTADT / YOUNG SINCE 1191 MEDIEVAL SIBIU The Large Square Sibiu's Stage The Large Square is the heart of Sibiu, the place where you need to hang out in order to feel the city's heartbeat, to listen to its music and relish its beauty. Under those tireless eyes watching it from the roofs, the Large Square looks different each time, yet stays always the same.

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With every age of the city, the Large Square played a The weather vanes on the tops of the buildings, marking different influential role which gave this place a the construction year or the guilds' emblems, are particular charm. The Square has been marking the spinning with the wind, and the Large Square has been burg's centre since 1411, when it was mentioned as changing along with the times. A streetcar used to pass a grain market, even though it existed since 1366, here once, running towards Gării Street. During the along with the third fortification belt. During the communist regime the square was set up as a park, and Middle Ages Der Grosse Ring or Grosser Platz was the medieval buildings on the north side found the place where the renowned guilds used to trade themselves within an ace of being demolished, in order their merchandise, and where public gatherings and to make room for some blocks of flats. Luckily the trials were held towards the end of that period. In disaster was stopped right in time and the medieval those times the Large Square also functioned as an look of the square was saved. open air courthouse of sorts. The pillory stood at the centre of the square, with the statue of righteous Since 2005, the buildings around the square have been Roland on top of it. It was a place of terror, where rehabilitated, so they can now tell their story in their witches and criminals were sentenced to death, authentic garments. Architectonical jewels that used to while other law-breakers, such as the belong to the wealthiest families of the city, today the troublemakers or brawlers were exposed to the edifices bounding the Square are historical monuments. public in the Lunatics Cage. Regardless of the season, the Large Square always stays in the limelight.

Important buildings around the Large Square (see the map, p. 44-45)

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The Council Tower The Symbol of Sibiu

If you want to discover the stories of Sibiu, your journey should start from the heart of the city: the Council Tower. An arch connecting the Small Square and the Large Square, an axis mundi that has been unifying for ages the life of the people in Sibiu. From the top of the tower, an urban oasis of beauty spreads at your feet.

Nowadays a historical monument, the Council Tower's story starts in 1224-1241, at the same time as the second fortified belt. In its immediate vicinity the „City Hall“ used to gather, hence its name. Out of the initial tower, only the lower part resisted over time, up to the first floor. The tower looked very different through the ages, being rebuilt in 1588 after a devastating earthquake, heightened and then repeatedly going through various rehabilitation works.

In close proximity to the first cornerstones of old Hermannstadt, the Council Tower has played an administrative, military and cultural role through every age of the city. It was consecutively a gate tower, a watch tower, a jail, a granary, a museum, or an observation point for a spectacular vista. The Council Tower has been the silent witness of history over the centuries.

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In its shadow lingered noble guests or ruthless conquerors, merchants, busy natives, bohemian tourists or friendly pidgeons. From the medieval executions till the present festivals that enliven both squares of the city, the Council Tower might tell the whole history of Sibiu.

The clock, whose elaborate mechanism can be admired just below the top floor, is pacing together with the people strolling in the Large Square, while the tall tower watches over the city in all four directions.

The vista from the top of the tower, a true bird's eye view, reveals the show of a photogenic city: southwards one can sweep a part of the Large Square, the central area, Vasile Aaron District, till one's eyes climb over the snowy summits of the Făgăraş Mountains. Westwards the eyes will reign over the other part of the Large Square, Nicolae Bălcescu Boulevard – the city's commercial aorta, swarming with tireless people – over Sub Arini Park and Dumbrava Forest, to the summits of Cindrel Mountains. Northward and eastward one's eyes wander about the Terezian District, the railway station and Guşteriţei Hill.

In 2007, when Sibiu was the European Capital of Culture, The Council Tower grew rich with a new commemorative plaque bearing its mission, which is also the whole city's mission: „Cultural diversity, a bridge between heritage and the culture of the future.“

A narrow door on the Small Square side will let you inside the tower.

1 Small Square Open: daily, between 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Closed on legal holidays

Sibiu's Fortifications A Time Travel One next to another, the old stronghold towers gather round the heart of the city like a girdle of unflinching sentries. “The Red City” – that's how they called Sibiu because of its massive red clay brick walls that kept the foes at bay. The fortifications watched over the whole history of Hermannstadt and these walls carry the city's 825 years of attested history carved deep within them. By virtue of the city's privileged status and the prestige of the German residents who settled here, and also because of the permanent invaders menace, the city's fortifications have The Towers – evolved into a complex and inexpugnable Sibiu's Sentries defensive system. Of the original fortifications only 10 towers, the Passage of the Stairs, the Soldisch Bastion, the Haller Bastion, the exterior defense wall and the one in Cetăţii Street have survived to this day. Next to their military role, the towers also served as headquarters and storehouses attended by the guilds of old Hermannstadt, which was a renowned craft centre, placed on the axis that connected Western Europe to the South of Danube area and Constantinople. Today, the towers of Sibiu are still telling the story of a thriving and dynamic city.

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The medieval journey begins in the 13th century, Because of the Turkish and Tartars' when the city's first belt of fortifications was assaults, over the next centuries the third erected around Huet Square. A remnant of that (14th century) and then the fourth (15th age is the Stairs' Tower, considered to be the century) belt of fortifications had to be oldest construction preserved in Sibiu. The built around the Upper and the Lower second defensive belt surrounds the actual Town, the residential areas at that Small Square. time. Like a true fortress, the city was also protected by a wetland belt of ponds, channels and floodgates that allowed the controlled flooding of its surroundings.

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A Stroll on Cetății Street Cetăţii Street, overlooked by the fortified walls from the 15th century, is Sibiu's most romantic street.

The three defensive towers from the third belt of fortifications were named after the guilds that ensured their maintenance and defence: The Arquebusiers' Tower, the Potters' Tower and the Carpenters' Tower. The old houses, the brick wall with its watch road and the towers make up the story of a medieval corner marvelously preserved to this day.

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Thalia Hall Celebrity Alley in The Thick Tower Did you know that Sibiu has its own version of the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame? The summer of 18th century Sibiu was a city with a grand Viennese 2013 witnessed the opening of Celebrity Alley in air, thriving with culture. The Brukenthal Palace was Sibiu. A plethora of artists and cultural personalities built at that time, and the country's first theatre was who brought fame to the city will henceforth be established right inside the defensive belt's Thick shining stars on this lane in Cetăţii Park, located Tower. between the Thick Tower and the future planned theatre. Different from its tall and slender brethren, the Thick Tower was erected in 1540, like a citadel in itself. In 1788 Martin Hochmeister built Thalia Hall Behind each of these plates there's an extraordinary here, a true architectural gem aimed for theatre successful story intermingled with Sibiu's destiny. performances, which thus became Romania's first This is the city's way to say a symbolic “Thank theatre and one of the most interesting in Europe. In You” to the personalities who contributed to its 1826 the hall received a sumptuous Rococo evolution. redecoration. Its cultural mission still carries on as today, after its rehabilitation, Thalia Hall in the Thick Cetăţii Park Tower hosts the State Philharmonic's concerts.

Once you're here, make sure not to miss on a Philharmonic musical performance. It's a double delight: you'll get to visually admire Thalia Hall while savouring the beautiful harmonies of one of the greatest Transylvanian symphonic orchestras.

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13 SIBIU - HERMANNSTADT / YOUNG SINCE 1191 MYTHICAL SIBIU The Bridge of Lies Stories are coming to life at every street corner of Sibiu. While the eyes of the roofs are able to scan everything that moves between the Small Square and Huet Square, there is also a place that hears any whisper: The Bridge of Lies. They say once you set foot on it, it suddenly becomes alive and sensitive. Whenever © Silvana Armat somebody tells a lie, the awoken giant threatens to throw the liar over the rail. Do you dare to test its fame?

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A Grain of Truth A Controversial Name

Once there used to be a row of houses here, and The bridge name's origin is much disputed, involving right below them went a tunnel nicknamed „The a phonetic confusion between its German names. little Benches of the Lies” in the 16th century by Documents have called it Liegebrücke – The Lying Damasus Dürr. The buildings were demolished in Brigde, probably because it had no pillars, or, more 1851, and a temporary wooden bridge was then recently, Lügen or Lügnerbrücke, meaning The built. Bridge of Liars or Bridge of Lies. This last version asserted itself in the end. The cast iron bridge that we tread upon today was built in 1859, being the first of this kind Mongers throughout Romania's present territory and the second in Europe. The bridge was opened on and Hagglers December 17, 1860. On its southern side one can There are lots of whimsical myths related to this see Sibiu's glittering coat of arms, while on the place's name. Once upon a time, when famous northern side there is a label that marks the year mongers were gathering in the Small Square, the and place of founding: 1859, „Friedrichs Hütte”, bridge used to be a dreaded place of punishment. Germany. After haggling, unsatisfied customers would call the dishonest sellers to account, while the gawking crowd was roaring with laughter. It was also near this bridge that the garullous women met daily, spreading gossip and false news all around the city. Lovers

Leaving the pocket businesses behind and going straight to affairs of the heart, the bridge has always been a romantic walkway for lovers. In those times when handsome cadets of the Military Academy were studying in Sibiu, the bridge witnessed their romantic rendezvous. Under the charming light of the streetlamps, the lads were promising eternal love to the young ladies, but soon forgot their promises and left the poor girls waiting in vain for the lies to become true. Even today you might see such a girl dreaming with starry eyes of the prince who wooed her.

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CRAFTSMEN'S SIBIU

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The Journeymen's House Tradition and Continuity In Huet Square, between the Evangelical Church and the Stairs' Tower, you enter a charming medieval isle. Just like in an open air workshop, one can hear the tools hammering and smell the fresh clay. Peculiarly dressed young craftsmen are carving in stone, singing with their chisel to the rhythm of bygone days. The Middle Ages guilds feel right at home in Huet At the Journeymen's House you're standing near Square. the oldest edifice in Sibiu, the Stairs' Tower. It is part of the first belt of fortifications, dating from the 13th century. The tower was rebuilt in the 16th century, on the old foundation, as an access gate between the Upper and the Lower Town.

The Journeymen's House used to be a merchants' home in the past. The interior walls were fresco painted in the 16th century, and the outside is the result of some 19th century changes. Since 2002, the building has been the abode of the travelling journeymen who carry on the old guilds' tradition. In Europe they subsist only in countries with tradition such as Germany, Austria, Switzerland or France. The Journeymen's House in Sibiu is the first of its kind outside these countries and the easternmost European centre where journeymen are still active.

Rules of the Mysterious Journeymen

Ever since the Middle Ages, the travelling journeymen of Europe have been young wandering people, that have left their homes in order to learn different crafts and make themselves a living. At the end of their initiatic journey, they are supposed to become skilled craftsmen. There is a strict code that dictates who can be a travelling journeyman, and how. First, the young man must be under 30, and have no wife, no kids, obligations or debts. For three years and one day, he is not allowed to come closer than 50 km of his hometown. Afterwards, he commits to respect and obey the rules and traditions of his guild.

The young people are leaving home with only one coin in their pockets, and they will have to bring it back. The wandering journeymen are easily recognisable, because they're dressed in their specially designed outfit called „Kluft”: flared pants, waistcoat and coat in the guild's colour, white shirt with starched collar and hat.

Near the Journeymen's House you'll notice a wooden pole with lots of spikes and all kind of small sharp objects thrusted into it. At first sight it may look rather weird, but the explanation comes from another travelling journeymen custom: when leaving, each young man has to leave on this pole a nail or some small belonging. This will bring him luck in his future wanderings.

Did you know that... There is such a pole, called Stock im Eisen, in Vienna's centre, on the corner of Equitable Palace, near St. Stephen's Cathedral?

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Sibiu – Renowned Crafts Centre

The activity of the craft guilds played a major role in Sibiu's development. The first guild officially recorded was the Tanners' guild, in 1367. The guilds have helped the local economy by manufacturing and exporting their merchandise. They also played a military role, each guild guarding one tower and one city gate. Sibiu had 40 registered guilds in 1780. In 1872, the guilds became crafts cooperatives, and the craftsmen tradition gradually disappeared at the beginning of 20th century, because of industrialization.

Today the journeymen are an actual necessity for monuments' rehabilitation, because they are still using the traditional construction methods. All through the summer and during the Medieval Festival, Huet Square and Cetăţii Street become open-air workshops, reminiscent of the old crafts centre that Sibiu used to be.

3 Huet Square

© Focus Sibiu © Sebastian Marcovici 19 SIBIU - HERMANNSTADT / YOUNG SINCE 1191 MULTICULTURAL SIBIU Sibiu’s Churches A Story about Tolerance and Respect The religious edifices in Sibiu reflect the rich spiritual life of the city, defined by centuries of harmonious cohabitation of several ethnic groups and religions. Every Sunday the bells join voices in one consonant choir: the chant of multicultural Sibiu.

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The Treasure in the Heart of Sibiu

The Evangelical Church construction process started in 1320, on the ruins of an old Romanesque basilica. It was built in three stages, modified and then rehabilitated. The tower has seven levels, and its four turrets mean that the town had the right to The Evangelical Cathedral sentence to death. From up above in the tower a magnificent view of the city unfolds at one's feet. The sky of Sibiu moulds upon several slender tower The church will surprise you from the outside with silhouettes, ancient symbols of the city. One of them its Baroque portals and the massive, austere walls, is unmistakable from afar: the Evangelical and from the inside with its unearthly air and the Cathedral tower. A marvellous Transylvanian treasures that it shelters. Gothic-style monument, the Evangelical Cathedral is watching over the the city from its highest point. You will experience for real inside the church what written words can only suggest here: the deep organ tonalities, the lights playing on the floor, the silence The Legend that will take you up into another world. of the Evangelical The impressive treasure sheltered here consists of: the bronze font dating from 1438, presumably cast Cathedral Tower in the bronze resulting from the captured Turkish They say that when the Saxons were building the cannons, the old altar (1545) with its wings inspired church tower, they intended to rise an astonishing by Albrecht Dürer's Passions, the vestry door, the one that will go „right up to the sky”. Findind out south portal (1457), with its Baroque door, the north that Bistriţa had the highest church tower in portal (1509), the resting place of Baron Samuel von Transylvania, they sneakily sent two craftsmen to Brukenthal. measure its height. The craftsmen went there, climbed up, and then unreeled a rope from the top The 67 tombstones from the church ferula, where to the ground, measuring the tower. On their way there is also depicted the Painted Chronicle home, they put up for the night at some inn. With their tongues loosened by good wine, the craftsmen of the city, constitute an unique gallery in bragged about their mission. Therefore, while they Romania. The church organ was were sleeping, somebody from Bistriţa cut off 2 m or installed in 1915, being at that time the so of their rope. And thus, tells the legend, the largest one in South-Eastern Europe. Evangelical tower in Sibiu measures just a little over 73 m, while the one in Bistriţa is still the tallest one Huet Square in Transylvania: 75 m.

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The Metropolitan Orthodox Cathedral

Shaped like a Byzantine basilica, the Cathedral will remind you of another related monumental architectonical creation: Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Istanbul. The construction work on this imposing edifice started in 1902, and the cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was consecrated on April 30, 1906.

33 Mitropoliei Street Open: daily, between 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.

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The iconostasis and the dome were painted by Octavian Smigelschi, an artist whose works can also be admired at the Brukenthal Museum. The cathedral's central element is the dome, surrounded outside by four little turrets. The main portico is flanked by two massive turrets serving as belfries. Nowadays, the cathedral hosts the relics of St. Andrei Şaguna, the cathedral's spiritual father.

The Roman Catholic Church

In the heart of Sibiu, the Roman Catholic Church stands out among the architectonical jewels of the Large Square. Though younger than the contiguous buildings, the edifice was harmoniously incorporated in the architectural vista and invites you inside.

In the 16th century, after the Reformation, the Catholic churches in Sibiu turned Evangelic. In 1691, following the Leopoldine Diploma, Austrian imperial troops were quartered in town. Having no Catholic sanctuary, they were allowed to hold the service inside the Tailors' Hall in the Large Square, roughly on the same spot occupied by the Roman Catholic Church today. The arrival of the Austrian troops and officials marked the beginnings of the Catholic community in Sibiu, and some of them decided to settle down here permanently. Therefore, the construction started on July 4, 1726, and in 1733 the new church got consecrated.

Built in Baroque style, in 1904 it was painted by Ludwig Kandler from München the stained glass windows made in Budapest were installed. The organ came in 1860 from the famous Karl Hesse in Vienna, whose pipe organs resonate in many Transylvanian churches. The fresco behind the main altar, painted in 1777 by the Austrian artist Anton Steinwald, has been for a long time the one and only ornament of the church. The Baroque confesssionals and St. Joseph's altar are also dating from the 18th century.

The statue of St. Nepomuk, initially placed in the Large Square, where it stayed for centuries, is to be found now in the parochial house's courtyard. The communists removed it from its place in 1948, dismantled and discarded it in the courtyard of the Brukenthal Museum, but in 1987 the statue was restored and brought here.

3 Large Square Open: Monday to Friday, between 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, between 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

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The Grand Synagogue

Placed between the dull blocks of flats on Constituției Street, one of Sibiu's less-known monuments immediately catches one's eye: the Grand Synagogue. Designed by the Hungarian architect Ferenc Szalay and built in 1898-1899, the synagogue has an eclectic style that sets it apart in Sibiu's architectural landscape, gracefully combining Neo-Romantic, Neo-Gothic, Neo-Renaissance and moorish elements.

During the communist regime it came close to being demolished, but was saved and remained in the service of the Jewish community. After 1990, because the number of parishioners dwindled dramatically, the synagogue ceased its activity, but it was integrated in the cultural circuit of the city, presently hosting exhibitions and concerts.

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Due to its cultural diversity and harmonious spiritual life, in 2007 Sibiu was chosen to host the third European Ecumenical Assembly.

Other worthwhile points of interest on an ecumenical itinerary: St. Ursula's Church (38 Gen. Magheru Street), The Reformed Church (9 Mitropoliei Street), The „Din Groapă” („In the Hollow”) Church (5 Justiției Street), The „Dintre brazi” („Among the Firs”) Church (17 Reconstrucției Street), The Holy Cross Chapel (21st of December 1918 Square), The Franciscan Church (12-14 Șelarilor Street), St. John's Evangelical Church (32 Mitropoliei Street), St. Luke's Church (29 Lungă Street), © Sebastian Marcovici The Asylum Church (4 Azilului Street) 25 SIBIU - HERMANNSTADT / YOUNG SINCE 1191 SIBIU – A CITY OF MUSEUMS Brukenthal Palace Welcome to the Brukenthal Palace! Here you are in the first museum opened for the public on Romania's present day territory and the largest museum in South-Eastern Europe.

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Built in a late Baroque style, the The massive oak wood doors with the cornucopia carved in suggest the entrance Brukenthal museum brings to the heart of a temple of art and opulence. of Sibiu the classy air of Viennese palaces. The core of its valuable collections comes from Passing under the Murano glass chandeliers and Baron Samuel von Brukenthal's heritage – a the rich stucco adorned ceilings, you will find yourself in some of the most spectacular rooms of fascinating personality who was the Governor of the palace: the drawing rooms and the Baroque Transylvania. You can admire here a number of Salons, where the high society of Sibiu used to European painting masterpieces, such as gather once, in the refined air of the famous soirées „Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon” by organised by the Baron von Brukenthal. Jan van Eyck, standing next to Hans Memling, Today, the Brukenthal Palace hosts the European Tiziano Vecellio da Cadore, Pieter Bruegel the Art Gallery of the Brukenthal National Museum. Younger and Pieter Bruegel the Elder's works. From the basement to the second floor of the palace, Treasures of the Palace you will travel through styles – the Gothic experience, the Transylvanian stone sculpture of the When you're standing in the Large Square looking at 13th – 19th centuries, the Prints and the Maps it, the elegant building impresses you especially Cabinet, the medieval Transylvanian art, the with the stone framing of the gate. Adorned with the gilded coat of arms of the Brukenthal family, the Anatolian rugs and the greatest European painting portal is also decorated with urns on top of the schools: from German and Austrian to the columns and garlands sustained by roses. Flemish-Dutch and Italian masterpieces. 27 SIBIU - HERMANNSTADT / YOUNG SINCE 1191

Samuel von Brukenthal (1721-1803) A Legendary Baron and a Famous Freemason

Samuel von Brukenthal was appointed Governor of Transylvania in 1777 by the Empress Maria Theresa, a position which he occupied for 10 years. He attended the gymnasium in Sibiu, today named after him, then studied at Halle, Jena, Berlin and Vienna universities, being accepted in the first Masonic Lodge in Vienna.

His whole life and career were always conducted by the Masonic code of ethics. The most important Masonic Lodge in 18th century Transylvania activated in Sibiu.

It was also in Vienna that the Baron started collecting important works of art. Samuel von Brukenthal's collection, listed in 1773 in Almanach de Vienne, was at that time one of the most valuable private collections in Vienna. In 1779 he built his stylish palace in Sibiu, as an official abode where he also hosted his collections.

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The first public exhibits were paintings from the 4-5 Large Square www.brukenthalmuseum.ro Baron's collection, a print collection, his library and Open: a coin collection. Since its official opening in 1817, March 21 – October 21, Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. October 22 – March 20, Wednesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. the museum constantly increased its collections through donations and acquisitions, to the impressive galleries of today.

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ASTRA Museum these carpets, every handpainted detail on a clay pot, every skillfully carved wood beam carries at the Sibiu's ASTRA Museum is not just an ordinary same time an artistic and a symbolic statement. museum, it's a whole world, a backward time travel, Here you have the human soul embodied in matter. a homecoming. A visit here resembles a holiday at The museum celebrates the village lifestyle as a your grandparents', back to those childhood years synthesis of romanian traditional civilisation at its filled with wonder and ageless fairytales. utmost specificity: wooden churches and mills, traditional homesteads, tools and household Covering 96 hectars of land (40 of which cover the objects. The thematic exhibitions mark out the permanent exhibition), the museum is the largest symbiosis of arts, crafts, utility and spirituality in the open-air ethnographic exhibition in Europe. rural world. A highlight of the museum in Sibiu and the most complete collection in the whole country is Some of the over 400 monuments of folk technique the folk industry installations collection, comprising and architecture, filled with beautiful ethnographic food, lumber, mining, metallurgical and apparel heritage objects, will look familiar, while others will industry installations. You will not fail to be amaze and reveal the beauty impressed by the windmill in the fisherman's and richness of the village homestead or by the craftsmen workshops which universe. Every one of are still going strong.

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Recently the museographers have started to shift their focus towards the imaterial heritage zone, and therefore the dwellings have turned into living spaces where people revive the olden lifestyle and trades. Many educational and cultural programs succeeding one another bring to public attention a series of valuable craftsmen which are today considered living heritage, according to the UNESCO paradigm. Thus comes alive a soulful museum replete with stories and authentic values.

A typical museum displays. The ASTRA Museum lives and breathes.

16-20 Pădurea Dumbrava Street www.muzeulastra.ro Summer opening hours (April to September): daily, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (the traditional houses interiors are not visitable on Mondays and Tuesdays) Winter opening hours (October to March): daily, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (the traditional houses interiors are not visitable) Bicyles are allowed daily between 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Teutsch House The Romanian Evangelic Church C. A. Museum

The museum's exhibitions will take you back in The building complex that hosts the Teutsch time through a thematic and chronological House today, erected in 1883, used to function tunnel, to the first Saxon colonists who settled in as an orphanage in the past. Next to it sits St. Transylvania. Since the church has always been John's Evangelical Church, built in 1911. The the pillar of the community, the museum museum opened in 2007. presents both the social and the spiritual life of the Saxons. 30 Mitropoliei Street www.teutsch.ro Teutsch House marks eight centuries of Opening hours: May to October: Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. existence for the Saxons and their church, November to April: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. concentrated in approximately 400 square m. A treasury of knowledge.

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Other museums to visit in Sibiu: „Franz Binder” World Ethnographic Museum (11 Small Square) The History Museum – Altemberger House (2 Mitropoliei Street) The Natural History Museum (1 Cetății Street) The History of Pharmacy Museum (26 Small Square) „August von Spiess” Hunting Museum (4 Școala de Înot Street)

© Mihaela Kloos-Ilea 33 SIBIU - HERMANNSTADT / YOUNG SINCE 1191 REDISCOVERED SIBIU The Luxembourg House A perfect blending example between Sibiu's medieval past and its present dynamics, the Luxembourg House also epitomizes a bridge between the city and the rest of Europe.

In 2007, Sibiu was the European Capital of Culture along with the city of Luxembourg. A strong spiritual bond that goes back centuries has linked these two areas, since the first Saxon settlers arrived here in the 12th century from the Moselle River area, a territory that belongs to present day Luxembourg. The vernacular Saxon in Sibiu is notably similar to the Luxembourg spoken language.

The House, one of the oldest buildings of the Upper Town, preserving its 13th century architectural charm to this day, was built upon the medieval city's first belt of fortifications. The current edifice is the outcome of a 15th century amalgamation of two Gothic dwellings, and opens towards both Small Square and Huet Square. It has beautiful Baroque street fronts adorned with splendid stucco floral motifs, and traditional carpentry windows with curved tops and stylized shells.

Previously known as Schaser House, the building got that name from the priest Johann Georg Schaser, who was its owner in the 19th century. It has been restored courtesy of the Luxembourg Service of Sites and National Monuments and received its present name on March 30, 2004, when Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Grand Duchess Maria Theresa visited Romania.

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Public Bath of Sibiu

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After several hours of strolling down Sibiu's The Public Bath edifice mixes Baroque bohemian streets, an oasis of relaxation awaits the visitor right in the centre of the city. and Jugendstil elements in a truly magnificent architectural creation. It was Besides the swimming pool, placed within a built by the architect and professor Karl wonderful architectural space, the Public Bath spoils its visitors with an Irish sauna and SPA Hocheder, who also designed the famous services, all meant to loosen you up and get you Müller Volksbad in Munich, one of back in shape. Here you will experience the perfect Europe's most spectacular bath houses. blend of glamour, beauty and fun.

2 Andrei Şaguna Street www.baiapopulara.sibiu.ro Open: Tuesday to Saturday, between 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.

On her stall in Huet Square, auntie Maria lines up the dewy red-green rhubarb stems freshly picked- out. You probably didn't know this, but sourish rhubarb is a favorite ingredient of Saxon cuisine, much sought after in spring.

Every Friday Auntie Maria comes from Turnişor and brings her most beautiful vegetables to the market, all of them lovingly plowed with her toilworn hands. You will find many farmers and local growers like auntie Maria here, enticing you with traditional dainties on Green Friday: all kinds of cheese from Mărginime, flavoured comfitures and steamy home- baked pies, organic fruit and vegetables, cold meats or beverages based on recipes from the olden days.

Green Friday is the perfect opportunity to revel in Sibiu's fragrances, amidst the natives.

Huet Square Every Friday, between 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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Sibiu, European Region of Gastronomy in 2019

If it's true what they say, that the way to a man's heart goes through his stomach, then the menus of Sibiu's restaurants will thrill you for certain. The star ingredient of the local cuisine is once again the multicultural mosaic. Romanian, Saxon, Hungarian and Jewish flavours blend together in a surprising Transylvanian fusion. Grandmothers' traditional recipes, locally grown organic foods and latest cuisine trends are the creative elements mingled in the local cuisine.

Moreover, a series of gastronomic events, from brunches in Valea Hârtibaciului homesteads and cheese tastings in Mărginimea Sibiului, to the Food Culture Festival taking place in the city at the end of summer, promote the culinary style of this province. Gastronomic tourism becomes thus a new way for food-minded people to get to know Sibiu and enjoy an authentic cooking experience. After having been chosen European Capital of Culture in 2007, Sibiu gets ready to step up on the international culinary stage, as a candidate for European Region of Gastronomy in 2019.

39 SIBIU - HERMANNSTADT / YOUNG SINCE 1191 GREEN SIBIU On Bicycle in Sub Arini Park A ride on the bicycle track in Sub Arini Park is a real trip to the heart of nature, where the sounds of the city gradually fade out and give way to the chirpy bird trills.

Sub Arini Park initially opened in 1856, as a cosy English garden with lush greenery, lawns, and ponds arranged in an organic layout. Sibiu was one of the places where the City Embellishment Society, resurrected today, had been very active. Owing to the Society's efforts, the music pavilion and the spring well were built, public lighting was introduced and the flora has been largely enriched.

Today the most ancient trees of the park are over 150 years old, while 30 indigenous and 38 exotic species from North America and the Far East, including the famous ginkgo biloba, the resplendent magnolias, the American maple tree and the Californian cypress, provide a perfect home for the birds. On summer days, the music pavilion hosts concerts in a charming ambience.

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Parks are yet another surprising face of Sibiu, a city that has always taken environmental protection in earnest in its quest for an active, healthy and ecological life. From Sub Arini Park you can ride further through Călăreţilor Lane towards Dumbrava Forest. The enchanted forest!

Şcoala de Înot Street > Sub Arini Park > Călăreţilor Lane > Luduş Street > Dumbrava Sibiului Natural Park

The Zoological Garden

Welcome to the Zoo! A green giant greets you with its wide-open arms at the entrance, a secular oak tree like few others, rumored to be over 600 years old. A true natural monument!

All zoological gardens are exciting places for kids and miniature worlds to explore. At the Sibiu Zoo you will come face to face with the largest crocodile in Romania, with lions and zebras from the African savanna, or homely species from the Carpathian forests.

Sibiu Zoo is the first zoological garden in Romania, established in 1929 in Dumbrava Forest, next to the pond. The garden's 187 animals from 47 species peacefully and harmoniously share a 15 hectars territory.

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142 Dumbrăvii Road www.zoo.sibiu.ro Visiting hours: January: daily between 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. February: daily between 9.30 a.m. – 5 p.m. March, October: daily between 9.30 a.m. – 5.30 p.m. April, September: daily between 9.30 a.m. – 6.30 p.m. May, August: daily between 9.30 a.m. – 7.30 p.m. June, July: daily between 9.30 a.m. – 8 p.m. November, December: daily between 9.30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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44 1 The Council Tower 2 The Bridge of Lies 3 The Evangelical Cathedral 4 The Metropolitan Orthodox Cathedral 5 The Roman-Catholic Church 6 Saint Ursula's Church 7 The Reformed Church 8 The Franciscan Church 9 Teutsch House 29 10 The Asylum Church 11 Stairs' Tower 12 The Journeymen's House 30 13 Samuel von Brukenthal National High School 14 The Grand Square 15 Brukenthal National Musem 16 The City Hall, Tourist Information Center 17 Weidner-Reussner-Czekelius House 18 Haller House 19 Generals' House 20 Luxembourg House 21 Popular Bath 22 Arquebusiers' Tower 31 23 Potters' Tower 24 Carpenters' Tower 25 The Thick Tower 26 Celebrity Lane 27 Cetăţii Park 32 28 The Grand Synagogue 29 Sub Arini Park 30 The bicycle track 31 The Zoological Garden 32 The “ASTRA” Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization45 SIBIU - HERMANNSTADT / YOUNG SINCE 1191 EXPLORE THE SURROUNDINGS Take a Trip from Sibiu Sibiu is ideally located in the heart of the country, in a well-developed infrastructure area. Within a stone's throw from the city one can find some of the most picturesque tourists sites in Transylvania, a region recommended by Lonely Planet as the best holiday destination for 2016.

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Păltiniș Resort

Located at 1440 m in the Cindrel Mountains, Păltiniș is the oldest mountain resort in Romania and one of the favorite winter sports destinations. During summer the meandering trails through alpine pastures and glacier lakes attract all kinds of hiking and biking lovers.

The hotels and pensions in Păltiniș are famous for their exquisite accomodation and high quality services. After a few hours of skiing or an unforgettable stroll, you can relax in a SPA and enjoy culinary feasts and top amenities. The Păltiniș Hermitage, with its old wooden church, the Hohe Rinne spring that gave the old German name of the resort, the adventure park nearby, the ski runs and the countless mountain trails are good reasons to chose Păltiniș for a dream holiday in the heart of the © Daniel Secarescu mountains. Mărginimea Sibiului

From Rășinari to Săliște, Poiana Sibiului and Jina, in the Mărginime villages time moves slower and the air smells like freshly mown grass. The natives live by rules unchanged for many generations, leading their flocks of sheep to pasture and doing the daily household chores. The country has thus kept alive its cultural heritage and its identity.

For tourists, Mărginime means a foray into a pastoral landscape long since gone in Western Europe. With its farmers' homes where you can © Sebastian Marcovici taste exquisite cheese, with its cattle trails and mountain crests that reach to the skies, in Mărginimea Sibiului you literally find yourself near a low foothill, at heaven's doorsill.

Mărginimea Sibiului concentrates most of Romania's old traditions and authentic spirit.

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Cisnădioara Romanesque

Basilica envy, and he vainly tried to beat their craftsmanship. These ascetic monks, famous for their diligence, Built in the 12th century, the fortified church in erected here an edifice that proved influential for Cisnădioara is one of Romania's oldest Transylvanian architecture. Originally Romanesque, Romanesque basilicas, preserved almost the abbey was later rebuilt in an Early Gothic style. unchanged, and hosting the oldest church organ in The rows of columns and vaults, the Gothic rosettes, the country. The legend has it that the village lads the ruins with their nostalgic patina give this place used to prove their strength before getting married an austere, peculiar and magnificent charm. by rolling uphill the big boulder stones from the 110 Principală Street, 557070 Cârța monastery yard, gathered there for times of trouble. Presently the basilica at the feet of Cindrel Mountains comes alive at film projections, concerts Bâlea Lake and or romantic picnics in the moonlight. Bâlea Waterfall

The Cistercian Abbey Regardless of the season, the mountain trails from in Cârţa the heart of Făgăraș Mountains open up to marvellous vistas. Located at an altitude of 2034 m, In the centre of Cârţa village sits the only surviving Bâlea Lake sits next to Romania's highest Cistercian Abbey in Romania and the easternmost mountaintops. in Europe. During winter, one of the very few ice castles in Europe is built here at Bâlea Lake to accommodate The legend has it that around 1202, when they built you. the spectacular monastery, the Cistercian monks made the very Devil green with

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The Transfăgărășan Road Not far from Bâlea Lake starts the Transfăgărăşan Road, considered one of the world's most spectacular Starting from 1572 Biertan became the Evangelic mountain roads. Episcopal See for three centuries. The church boasts the largest polyptych altar in Transylvania, The Transfăgărășan stretches 151 km and sinuously consisting of 28 painted panels, while the pews climbs to an altitude of 2042 m, going through the dating from the 16th century are considered the highest mountains in Romania. It stays open every most valuable in Transylvania. The famous door of year from June 30 to November 1st. the sacristy is an amazing medieval gem with its impressive complex system of 19 locks, rewarded at Biertan Fortified Church the Paris World's Fair in 1900.

Dominating the hill in the heart of the village, the One of the tourists attractions here is the imposing Biertan fortified church seems to come off reconciliation room, an austere space destined to a a painter's easel. Biertan is among the most visited sort of couple therapy that seemed to work Saxon villages in Transylvania, with its fortified successfully. Those who had enough of married life church appearing on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1993. were jailed for a few weeks in this room, until they came to their senses. Meanwhile, the couple shared a The present church was built in 1522. The Late small table and a single bed, a single dish, one spoon Gothic style architecture predominates, with and one jug for water. Legend has it that a single Renaissance influences, this being the last couple remained adamant in its decision to split, but church-fortified hall of this kind in Transylvania. even they put up with one another eventually.

CULTURAL SIBIU

Sibiu Jazz Festival

A famous festival with a long tradition in Europe. Lots of concerts, jam sessions and workshops take place over a period of seven days, with jazz music as their common theme, and a dialogue between this musical style and other genres such as folklore, classical music, rock, salsa, hip-hop etc.

Contact: Sibiu Jazz Festival Foundation Tel: 004 0269 219810 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sibiujazz.ro

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International Theatre Huet.Urban Festival Festival in Sibiu Huet Square in Sibiu is an enchanting landmark for The most important performing arts festival in both tourists and locals. This is the reason why the Romania, with over 450 events presented by Huet Urban Festival has been organized here every companies from more than 70 countries. One of the year, starting in 2010, in order to promote this urban most spectacular sections features the street corner over the space of a week-end rich in various performances and concerts in the Large Square. cultural activities. The Festival aims to engage the Every year, for 10 days, more than 2800 artists play economic agents in the area and at the same time in 67 locations in Sibiu. to bring to public notice the importance of conserving the cultural heritage. Contact: “Radu Stanca” National Theatre Sibiu Tel: 004 0269 210092 Contact: www.facebook.com/Huet.Urban E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sibfest.ro

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Sibiu International Summer Concerts of Film Festival (TIFF) The State Philharmonic

The international festival of feature film in Romania of Sibiu has become a well-known brand in the region not Taking place during summer in dedicated and only due to the quality of the screened movies, but unconventional (open-air) spaces alike, the shows also thanks to the excellent organization, the are based upon popular music (film scores, sparkling atmosphere and the myriad of events: symphonic rock, pop, entertainment music, but also from seminars and workshops to concerts and all religious works) by Romanian and foreign night long parties. composers.

Contact: Transylvania Film Festival Association Contact: State Philharmonic of Sibiu Tel: 004 0213 266480 Tel: 004 0269 206505 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.tiffsibiu.ro Web: www.filarmonicasibiu.ro

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Feeric Fashion Week ARTMANIA Rock Festival

The biggest fashion week in the Balkans. Over the last years famous names and celebrated A distinctive experience for Romanian and foreign rock bands such as Him, Amorphis, Tristania, designers alike. During the festival, big names of the Anathema, Lacrimosa, Tiamat, My Dying Bride and fashion industry rally up in Sibiu, along with various Serj Tankian have performed on the festival stage. performing artists, to celebrate high fashion as an Contact: SC Artmania Events SRL art form through a series of shows, exhibitions, Tel: 004 0747 890853 presentations and events. E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.artmaniafestival.ro Contact: Mitichi Foundation Tel: 004 0756 590101 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.feeric.ro

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“Songs of The Mountains” “Transylvanian Fortresses” International Folklore Medieval Festival Festival The stories of Sibiu's fortifications and its Middle Ages glorious past come to life every year during the The biggest and oldest traditional festival in Sibiu, “Transylvanian Fortresses” Medieval Festival. For „Songs of the Mountains” celebrates the diversity of three days at the end of August the historic centre traditional culture through music, dance, customs hosts medieval music and dance live shows, street and gastronomy. More than 600 artists from fightings, tilting matches, professional or amateur Romania and four other countries turn the centre of theatre performances, photo exhibitions, craftsmen Sibiu into the stage of universal folklore. workshops, and a medieval market.

Contact: The “Cindrelul - Junii” County Center Contact: The Cultural Department of the City of Sibiu for Traditional Culture Preservation Tel: 004 0269 229627 Tel: 004 0269 210945 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.fmct.ro Web: www.traditiisibiene.ro

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Potters' Fair

Master potters from all over the country, representing the most renowned pottery centers in Romania, gather at the fair. During the festival, the Large Square, located in the center of Sibiu, regains its original holiday fair purpose.

Contact: The “Cindrelul - Junii” County Center for Traditional Culture Preservation Tel: 004 0269 210945 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.traditiisibiene.ro

Gastronomic Transylvania Food Culture Festival

Gastronomic Transylvania – Food Culture Festival celebrates and advertises the traditional gastronomic culture of Southern Transylvania. In addition to increasing the number of those who appreciate this culture, the festival aims to highlight the rich diversity found in local products and recipes. The culinary experiments are meant for the curious general public and for specialists alike.

Contact: My Transylvania Association Tel: 004 0722 396755 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mytransylvania.ro

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Astra Film Festival

Astra Film is an international film festival unique in this part of Europe which promotes the best Romanian and foreign non-fiction film productions, and provides film enthusiasts the opportunity to meet important directors from all over the world. Astra Film Fest is dedicated to documentaries tackling contemporary society issues.

Contact: Astra Film Foundation Tel: 004 0269 202430 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.astrafilm.ro

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Faust

Directed by: Silviu Purcărete Schedule: 2 representations each month Presented by: „Radu Stanca” National Theatre Sibiu Tel: 004 0269 210092 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.tnrs.ro / www.sibfest.ro Tcickets available online or at the Theatre's Agency, 17 Bd. Nicolae Bălcescu

Presented in the official section of the Edinburgh Festival, where Ofelia Popii was awarded Best Actress, "Faust" is an exceptional show in terms of artistic vision and complexity of the roles, with a baroque construction mastered to the tiniest and most vivid details: it features an impressively suggestive set and light design, elegant and burlesque provocative costumes, an entertaining and overwhelming music score with appropriate sound effects that add to that extravagant atmosphere, video projections ingeniously and convincingly incorporated in the architecture of the whole endeavour.

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The Christmas Market

During winter the city's Large Square turns into a festive village, covered by curtains of lights, alluring the visitors with the tantalizing aromas of gingerbread figures, multi-coloured comfits, fruit tea and roasted chestnuts as well as fairytale wooden cottages and Santa Claus' Christmas tree.

Contact: Events for Tourism Association Tel: 004 0269 224246 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.targuldecraciun.ro

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The Theatre Season at: “Radu Stanca” National Theatre

2 C. Coposu Boulevard

The theatre's portfolio comprises about 100 different shows, available not only in Sibiu but also on tour, in Romania and abroad. Virtually every evening plays are staged here in Romanian or in German.

You can check out the theatre schedule at www.tnrs.ro. Tickets can be purchased online on www.eventim.ro, directly from the Theatre's Agency, or at the entrance on the evening of the show.

THEATRE'S AGENCY 17 Nicolae Bălcescu Street, tel: 004 0369 101578 Tuesday to Saturday: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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The Ballet Theatre “Gong” Theatre

www.sibiuballet.ro for Children and Youth

Sibiu Ballet Theatre is the first Romanian dance 4 Al. Odobescu Street company featuring an international casting, with dancers from all over the world (New Zealand, USA, The GONG Theatre for Children and Youth is a public Japan, Australia, Brazil, Spain, Israel) and Romania establishment of performing arts with a rich alike. Every year the theatre adds 5 premieres to its repertoire that include puppet and actors animation repertory, including classic, neoclassic or shows, both in Romanian and in German language. contemporary ballet performances such as “Swans Gong Theatre takes care of the education and artistic Lake”, “Don Quijote”, “Sleeping beauty”, “Missa training of children and young people using the Prophana”, “The Seasons”, “Urban escapade” etc. newest and most diverse forms of expression of theatre art and animation. Tickets can be purchased online at www.bilet.ro, or reserved at www.sibiuballet.ro and purchased from Sibiu City Hall – Tourist Information Centre. Currently, the theatre's permanent repertoire includes more than 60 performances, created Sibiu City Hall – Tourist Information Centre 2 Samuel Brukenthal Street (entrance F – from the Large Square) between 1993 - 2016, while the number of premieres, Monday – Thursday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from the beginning to this day, exceeds 450. Friday: 9 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. The theatre schedule can be found at www.teatrulgong.ro and tickets can be purchased online at www.eventim.ro, from the theatre house, according to the ticket agency schedule (Monday, Tuesday: closed; Wednesday – Friday: 11 a.m to 6 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday: 10 a.m to 2 p.m.) or directly at the entrance, 30 minutes before the show starts.

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How Do I Get to Sibiu?

Sibiu International Airport is located 5 km west of the city, BY PLANE with direct access to the E81 European Route. The following air companies operate at Sibiu Airport: Austrian Airlines, Tarom, Blue Air, Lufthansa and Wizz Air.

To check the flight schedule, please consult www.sibiuairport.ro or ask for informations by phone at: 004 0269 253 135.

To obtain direct information regarding the best connections for your trip, BY TRAIN please ask for informations by phone at: 004 0269 952.

Sibiu is crossed by E68 European Route (Arad – Sibiu – Braşov), which enters the BY CAR country at Nădlac border crossing point and E81 (Cluj – Sibiu – Piteşti – Bucureşti) European Route, entering Romania at Borş border crossing point.

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Tourist Information Center

For guidance and informations pertaining to Sibiu's landmarks please visit us to receive a free map! Sibiu City Hall

2 Samuel Brukenthal Street Tel: 004 0269 208 913 Fax: 004 0269 208 812 E-mail: [email protected] www.turism.sibiu.ro

Open: May 1 – September 30 Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. October 1 – April 30 Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

64 © Sebastian Marcovici USEFUL INFORMATION ACCOMODATIONS AVAILABLE HERE…

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Type Name Stars Address Phone E-mail Website

Hotel Hilton 5 Str. Pădurea Dumbrava, nr. 1 004 0269 505 600 [email protected] www.sibiu.hilton.com

Hotel Continental Forum 4 Str. Piaţa Unirii, nr. 10 004 0372 692 692 [email protected] www.continentalhotels.ro

Str. Ion Luca Caragiale, nr. 1A 004 0369 454 601 [email protected] Hotel Exclusive Hotel & More 4 004 0728 105 913 www.hotelexclusive.ro

Hotel Golden Tulip Ana Tower 4 Str. Şcoala de Ȋnot, nr. 2 004 0269 234 000 [email protected] www.goldentulipsibiu.ro

Str. General Magheru, nr. 12 004 0269 216 185 [email protected] Hotel Levoslav House 4 004 0788 143 438 www.levoslav.ro

Hotel Ramada 4 Str. Emil Cioran, nr. 2 004 0269 235 505 [email protected] www.ramadasibiu.ro

Hotel Am Ring 3 Piaţa Mare, nr. 14 004 0269 206 499 [email protected] www.amringhotel.ro

Ana Airport Şos. Alba Iulia, nr. 120 004 0755 032 042 [email protected] www.anaairporthotel.ro Hotel 3 004 0269 228 875

[email protected] Apollo Hermannstadt Str. Nicolae Teclu, nr. 14 004 0269 212 465 Hotel 3 004 0269 212 485 [email protected] www.hah.ro

Hotel Bliss 3 Str. Calea Turnişorului, nr. 116 004 0744 628 814 [email protected] www.hotelbliss.ro

Hotel Class 3 Str. Rahovei, nr. 40 004 0269 206 999 [email protected] www.hotel-class.ro

Hotel Eden 3 Şos. Alba Iulia, nr. 64 004 0369 452 025 [email protected] www.hoteledensb.ro

B-dul. Victoriei, nr. 55 004 0269 215 975 [email protected] www.gallant.ro Hotel Gallant 3 004 0751 061 697

Hotel Ibis 3 Str. Calea Dumbrăvii, nr. 2-4 004 0269 218 100 [email protected] www.ibishotels.ro

Hotel Ȋmpăratul Romanilor 3 Str. Nicolae Bălcescu, nr. 4 004 0269 216 500 [email protected] www.sibiu.imparatulromanilor.ro

Hotel Libra 3 Str. Calea Guşteriţei, nr. 21-23 004 0369 428 000 [email protected] www.hotel-libra.ro

004 0269 423 559 Parc [email protected] www.hotelparcsibiu.ro Hotel 3 Str. Şcoala de Ȋnot, nr. 1-3 004 0747 423 559

Hotel Premier 3 Str. Gen. Vasile Milea, nr. 76 004 0269 244 804 [email protected] www.hotel-sibiu.ro

Hotel Rin 3 Calea Dumbrăvii, nr. 12 004 0369 801 901 [email protected] www.hotelrinsibiu.ro

Str. Charles Darwin, nr. 16-18 004 0269 212 222 [email protected] Hotel Roberts 3 004 0724 522 071 www.hotelroberts.ro

Şos. Alba Iulia, nr. 49 004 0269 243 333 [email protected] Hotel Select 3 004 0755 548 726 www.hotelselectsibiu.ro 66 USEFUL INFORMATION

Type Name Stars Address Phone E-mail Website

Aleea Mihai Eminescu, nr. 1 004 0269 243 985 [email protected] Hotel Silva 4 004 0269 232 678 www.hotelsilvasibiu.com

Calea Turnişorului, nr. 36 004 0369 452 452 [email protected] Hotel Stefani 3 004 0755 115 415 www.hotelstefani.ro

Hotel Grand Hotel 2 Str. Pădurea Dumbrava, nr. 14 004 0743 619 223

Hotel Pamira 2 Str. Calea Şurii Mici, nr. 39 004 0269 220 217 [email protected] www.pamira.ro

004 0744 939 484 Sonne Str. Ştefan cel Mare, nr. 47A [email protected] www.sonne.ro Hotel 2 004 0369 426 026

Boarding house Vicenza Square 5 Str. Turnului, nr. 17 004 0732 950 332 [email protected] www.vicenzasquare.ro

Str. Podului, nr. 79B [email protected] www.pensiunecarmen.ro Boarding house Carmen 4 (Str. Viilor, FN) 004 0736 443 443

Boarding house La Residenta 4 Str. Cărbunelui, nr. 5 004 0722 380 822 [email protected] www.larezidenta.ro

004 0269 227 203 [email protected] www.pensiunea-romaria.ro Boarding house Maria 4 Str. Ȋnfrăţirii, nr. 13A 004 0751 105 705

Boarding house Palazzo 4 Str. Moldoveanu, nr. 19 004 0369 446 968 [email protected] www.pensiuneapalazzo.ro

Hugo Str. Hipodromului, nr. 3 004 0369 566 999 [email protected] Boarding house 4 004 0747 751 574

Str. Ştefan cel Mare, nr. 124 004 0369 439 347 [email protected] Boarding house Acasă 3 004 0756 114 018 www.acasasibiu.ro

Str. G-ral David Praporgescu, Boarding house Alexia 004 0746 920 771 [email protected] 3 nr. 1A

Str. N. Iorga, nr. 16 004 0269 442 572 [email protected] www.pensiunea-ambra.ro Boarding house Ambra 3 004 0741 746 689

Amso Str. Prejbei, nr. 5A 004 0269 242 666 [email protected] www.pensiunea-amso.ro Boarding house 3 004 0722 318 788

Boarding house Artemis 3 Str. E. A. Bieltz, nr. 59 004 0748 287 824 [email protected] www.pensiunea-artemis.ro

Boarding house Baroc 3 Str. Semănătoarelor, nr. 38 004 0745 835 951 [email protected] www.pensiuneabaroc.ro

Boarding house Belaşcu 3 Calea Turnişorului, nr. 116 004 0744 762 814 [email protected] www.belascu.ro

Str. Justiţiei, nr. 9 004 0269 214 814 [email protected] www.cardinalpensiune.ro Boarding house Cardinal 3 004 0740 655 415

Boarding house Chic Boutique 3 Str. Moş Ion Roată, nr. 6 004 0759 041 405 [email protected] www.pensiunea-chic.ro

Str. 9 Mai, nr. 29 004 0269 214 701 [email protected] Boarding house Casa Baciu 3 004 0733 979 924 [email protected] www.casa-baciu.ro 67 SIBIU - HERMANNSTADT / YOUNG SINCE 1191

Type Name Stars Address Phone E-mail Website

Casa Burgheză Str. Fochiştilor, nr. 11 004 0369 442 694 [email protected] Boarding house 3 004 0724 175 933

Boarding house Casa Frieda 3 Str. Nicolae Bălcescu, nr. 40 004 0269 218 821 [email protected] www.pensiuneacasafrieda.ro

Boarding house Casa Romană I 3 Str. General Magheru, nr. 40 004 0740 612 270 [email protected] www.casaromanasibiu.ro

Boarding house Casa Romană II 3 Str. Rotarilor, nr. 23 004 0745 545 554 [email protected] www.casaromanasibiu.ro

Casa Salzburg Str. Cetăţii, nr. 46A [email protected] www.casasalzburg.ro Boarding house 3 Str. Nicolae Bălcescu, nr. 45 004 0369 450 991

Str. 9 Mai, nr. 37 004 0269 243 929 [email protected] Boarding house Casa Sibianului 3 004 0725 928 610 www.casasibianului.ro

Boarding house Casa Veche 3 Str. Liviu Rebreanu, nr. 4 004 0269 213 034 [email protected] www.casavechesibiu.ro

[email protected] Str. Charles Darwin, nr. 10 004 0269 216 946 www.pensiuneacibinium.ro Boarding house Cibinium 3 004 0722 210 690 [email protected]

Boarding house Cocoşul Roşu 3 Str. Ocnei, nr. 19 004 0745 143 732 [email protected] www.cocosulrosu.ro

Boarding house Da Vinci Residence 3 Str. Calea Dumbrăvii, nr. 36 004 0747 908 054 [email protected]

Str. Măsarilor, nr. 1 004 0269 243 924 [email protected] Boarding house Daniel 3 004 0749 400 738 www.ela-hotels.ro

Boarding house Dumbrava 3 Str. Pădurea Dumbrava, nr. 1 004 0269 252 935 [email protected] www.pensiunesb.ro

Str. Ecaterina Varga, nr. 11 004 0747 222 602 [email protected] Boarding house Eli 3 004 0757 110 309

Str. Octavian Goga, nr. 77 004 0269 252 153 [email protected] www.erlenpark.ro Boarding house Erlenpark 3 004 0742 079 365

[email protected] Flamingo Str. Zorilor, nr. 15 004 0269 230 411 www.pensiuneaflamingosibiu.ro Boarding house 3 004 0748 267 295 [email protected]

Fortuna Str. Al. I. Cuza, nr. 22 004 0369 429 613 [email protected] Boarding house 3 004 0786 396 318 www.pensiuneafortuna.ro

Boarding house Gasthof Sara 3 Calea Turnişorului, nr. 139 004 0744 690 833 [email protected] www.gasthof-sara-sibiu.ro

Str. Paltinului, nr. 14 004 0269 216 297 [email protected] www.haus-paltinu.ro Boarding house Haus Paltinul 3 004 0728 275 444

Str. Blănarilor, nr. 13 004 0269 212 340 [email protected] www.pensiuneahermannstadt-sibiu.ro Boarding house Hermannstadt 3 004 0757 316 264

Str. Tudor Vladimirescu, nr. 10 004 0269 220 350 [email protected] Boarding house Kon-Tiki 3 004 0744 989 180 www.kon-tiki.uv.ro

Korona Str. Luptei, nr. 8 004 0269 225 533 [email protected] www.pensiunea-korona.ro Boarding house 3 004 0731 003 097 68 USEFUL INFORMATION

Type Name Stars Address Phone E-mail Website

Str. Luceafărul, nr. 42 004 0269 238 479 [email protected] www.pensiuneakristine.ro Boarding house Kristine 3 004 0721 457 338

Boarding house Lion 3 Str. Moldoveanu, nr. 41 004 0728 936 348 [email protected] www.pensiunealion.ro

Magnolia Calea Turnişorului, nr. 144 004 0269 250 325 [email protected] www.pensiuneamagnolia.ro Boarding house 3 004 0745 267 276

Boarding house Maria 3 Str. Viilor, nr. 101 004 0744 854 052 [email protected]

Str. Ştrandului, nr. 11 004 0269 226 230 [email protected] www.pensiunea-millenium.ro Boarding house Millenium 3 004 0751 954 457

Nane Str. Livezii, nr. 16 004 0269 227 626 [email protected] Boarding house 3 004 0721 464 515

004 0758 091 408 Osanu Str. Viile Sibiului, nr. 165 [email protected] www.pensiuneaosanu.ro Boarding house 3 004 0744 598 932

Str. Oborul de Vite, nr. 12 004 0269 221 065 [email protected] Boarding house Perla Sibiului 3 004 0744 559 048

Boarding house Rubin 3 Piaţa Crişan, nr. 7C 004 0269 207 680 [email protected] www.pensiunea-rubin.com

Str. Livezii, nr. 34 004 0269 224 451 [email protected] www.pensiunesibiu.ro Boarding house Santa Maria 3 004 0743 224 451

Tosca Str. Ana Ipătescu, nr. 51 004 0269 230 385 [email protected] Boarding house 3 004 0744 698 869

Boarding house Transilvania 3 Str. Hipodromului, nr. 9A 004 0754 628 379 [email protected] www.transilvania-sibiu.ro

Verox Str. Lungă, nr. 53 004 0269 222 456 [email protected] Boarding house 3 004 0744 577 756

Str. Călţun, nr. 24 004 0745 503 468 [email protected] Boarding house Ardealul 2 004 0269 243 006

Boarding house Casa Spatar 2 Str. Nicovalei, nr. 5 004 0741 212 844 [email protected]

Cony Str. Porumbacului, nr. 22 004 0369 448 867 [email protected] www.vilacony.ro Boarding house 2 004 0748 827 219

Şos. Alba-Iulia, nr. 104 004 0269 228 492 [email protected] www.pensiunecorina.ro Boarding house Corina 2 004 0724 594 588

Costaş B-dul Vasile Milea, nr. 26 004 0269 212 411 [email protected] Boarding house 2 004 0748 100 869

Str. Nouă, nr. 43 004 0269 215 197 [email protected] Boarding house Ela 2 004 0744 916 893 www.ela-hotels.ro

Boarding house Greenhouse 2 Str. E. A. Bielts, nr. 67 004 0269 227 800 [email protected] web.clicknet.ro/greenhouse/

Str. Berăriei, nr. 2 004 0369 427 427 [email protected] www.pensiuneaileana.ro Boarding house Ileana 2 004 0733 841 048 69 SIBIU - HERMANNSTADT / YOUNG SINCE 1191

Type Name Stars Address Phone E-mail Website

Str. Lector, nr. 2 004 0269 211 410 [email protected] www.pensiunealaviorel.ro Boarding house La Viorel 2 004 0741 107 337

Laura Str. Vasile Aaron, nr. 18 004 0269 244 826 [email protected] www.pensiunea-laura.ro Boarding house 2 004 0722 215 412

Str. Ioan Lupaş, nr. 2 004 0269 232 232 [email protected] Boarding house Luceafărul 2 004 0722 551 073 www.luceafarulsibiu.ro

Boarding house Nelu Klein 2 Calea Dumbrăvii, nr. 124 004 0269 252 111 [email protected] www.nelu-klein.ro

Boarding house Nero 2 Calea Dumbrăvii, nr. 76 004 0751 142 153 [email protected]

Podul Minciunilor Str. Azilului, nr. 1 004 0269 217 259 [email protected] Boarding house 2 004 0747 053 457 www.ela-hotels.ro

Boarding house Richard 2 Str. Anton Pann, nr. 25 004 0752 572 546

Str. Rahovei, nr. 101 004 0269 242 050 [email protected] Boarding house Turist 2 004 0740 246 825

Boarding house Casa Arcaş 1 Str. 16 Februarie, nr. 2A 004 0745 056 099 [email protected]

Piaţa Mare, nr. 16 004 0369 453 999 [email protected] Villa Casa Weidner 3 004 0740 254 460 www.villaweidner.ro

Hostel Center 2 Str. Avram Iancu, nr. 15 004 0745 089 492 [email protected] www.hostel-center.ro

Pădurea Dumbrava, nr. 16-20 004 0756 085 791 [email protected] Hostel Diana 2 004 0756 085 795 www.muzeulastra.ro

Hostel La Padre 2 Str. Someşului, nr. 14 004 0722 258 715 [email protected] www.la-padre.ro

[email protected] Str. Nicolae Bălcescu, nr. 13 004 0269 700 704 Hostel Welt 2 004 0731 280 210 [email protected] www.weltkultur.ro

Pangeea Str. Avram Iancu, nr. 4 004 0369 801 232 [email protected] Hostel 1 004 0747 294 806 www.sibiuhostel.ro

Hostel Smart 1 Pasajul Scarilor, nr. 1, ap. 3, 10 004 0731 147 049 [email protected] www.smart-hostel.ro

Hostel The Old Town 1 Piaţa Mică, nr. 26 004 0269 216 445 [email protected] www.hostelsibiu.ro

Dumbrava Sibiului – Muzeul 004 0269 250 348 Motel Hanul Veştem [email protected] www.hanvestem.ro 3 Astra 004 0745 703 845

Camping Ananas Str. Pinului, Cisnădioara 004 0269 566 066 [email protected] 3 004 0741 746 689 www.ananas7b.de

Rooms 004 0722 275 062 Andra Str. Mirăslău, nr. 1 [email protected] www.cazare-sibiu-andra.com to let 3 004 0369 429 982

004 0744 750 038 Rooms Casa Ivan Str. Călugăreni, nr. 34 [email protected] www.casaivan.ro to let 3 004 0269 233 991 70 USEFUL INFORMATION