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Must-see attractions in Transylvania

  • Romania, Transylvania, Exterior

    Corvin Castle

    Transylvania

    Some castles perch on mountains, others skulk in mist-shrouded hills, but Hunedoara’s juts out from an industrial jungle. Despite being surrounded by…

  • Romania, Castelul Peles (Peles Castle), facade seen from gardens set against blue sky

    PeleÅŸ Castle

    Sinaia

    Over 40 years, dozens of builders, artists and wood-carvers brought Peleş Castle into existence. The neo-Renaissance masterpiece was commissioned by…

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Alba Carolina Citadel

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    Alba Carolina Citadel

    Transylvania

    Alba Carolina Citadel is the crowning attraction of Alba Iulia. Within this star-shaped citadel are museums, churches and the Unification Hall that sealed…

  • Hotel Castel Dracula

    Transylvania

    One of the high points of any vampire-themed trip to Transylvania is kitsch Hotel Castel Dracula. Its blood-curdling decorations, and location on a…

  • FăgăraÅŸ Citadel

    Transylvania

    Encircled by a moat fringed with willow trees, Făgăraş Citadel is an impressively intact fortification from medieval Transylvania. The oldest part of this…

  • St Mary's Evangelical Church

    Sibiu

    Sibiu's Gothic centrepiece rises more than 73m over the old town. Inside, marvel at ghoulish stone skeletons, 17th-century tombs and the largest organ in…

  • Zosim Oancea Glass Icons Museum

    Transylvania

    This museum of painted icons, named after the priest who collected them, is a true hidden gem. Unlike the sombre wooden icons you’ll see elsewhere in…

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    Fabrica de Pensule

    Cluj-Napoca

    More of a living, breathing creative space than a gallery, Fabrica de Pensule teems with just-made artwork by local and foreign creators who use this…

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    St Michael's Church

    Cluj-Napoca

    The showpiece of PiaÅ£a Unirii is 14th- and 15th-century St Michael’s, the second-biggest Gothic church in Romania (after µþ°ù²¹ÅŸ´Ç±¹â€™s Black Church). Its neo…

  • Sarmizegetusa Regia

    Transylvania

    The Sarmizegetusa Regia archaeological site is Romania’s Stonehenge. Only stones remain, enclosed by pretty woodlands, but they reveal compelling clues…

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    Bran Castle

    Transylvania

    Rising above the town on a rocky promontory, Bran Castle holds visitors in thrall. An entire industry has sprouted around describing it as ‘Dracula’s…

  • Citadel

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    ³§¾±²µ³ó¾±ÅŸ´Ç²¹°ù²¹'s delightful medieval buildings are enclosed within its citadel, a Unesco-listed complex of protective walls and watchtowers. Walking in the…

  • Windmill from Constanta County at Museum of Folk Civilisation in Astra, Sibiu, Romania, Europe

    ASTRA National Museum Complex

    Transylvania

    Five kilometres from central Sibiu, this is Europe's largest open-air ethnographic museum, where churches, mills and traditional homes number among 400…

  • Brukenthal Palace

    Sibiu

    Brukenthal Palace is worth visiting as much for its resplendent period furnishings as for the European art within. Duck beneath the Music Room’s…

  • Libearty Bear Sanctuary

    Transylvania

    Not enough time to join a bear hide excursion to see these impressive carnivores lumbering through their natural habitat? Libearty Sanctuary is the next…

  • Râşnov Fortress

    Transylvania

    Commonly paired with Bran Castle on day trips from µþ°ù²¹ÅŸ´Ç±¹, Râşnov Fortress might just be the more enchanting of the two. The medieval citadel, built by…

  • Fortified Church

    Transylvania

    Biertan’s late-Gothic church, ringed by concentric walls and flanked by towers, is among the largest and most impressive in Transylvania. The triple-naved…

  • Black Church

    µþ°ù²¹ÅŸ´Ç±¹

    Romania’s largest Gothic church rises triumphantly over µþ°ù²¹ÅŸ´Ç±¹â€™s old town. Built between 1385 and 1477, this German Lutheran church was named for its…

  • Brâncoveanu Monastery

    Transylvania

    Wondrously decorated with carved columns, apocalyptic frescoes and gardens with barely a petal out of place, Brâncoveanu Monastery is as pristine as its…

  • Salt Mine

    Transylvania

    The meadowlands and chalky hills surrounding Turda have a secret underworld: a salt mine so impressive, it could be a supervillain’s lair. Walking along…

  • Fortified Church

    Transylvania

    The whitewashed and tile-roofed fortified church in Viscri is a splendidly restored feat of medieval engineering. Its outbuildings display decorated…

  • History Museum

    Sibiu

    This impressive museum begins with re-enactments of cave dwellers squatting in the gloom and dioramas of Dacian life. Out of these shadowy corridors, the…

  • Parcul Etnografic Romulus Vuia

    Cluj-Napoca

    Traditional architecture from around Romania has been faithfully reassembled at this open-air museum, 5km northwest of central Cluj. Most impressive is…

  • PeliÅŸor Palace

    Sinaia

    It’s hard to believe that Carol I’s nephew Ferdinand (1865–1927) could have been unsatisfied with lavish Peleş Castle; nonetheless, Pelişor Palace was…

  • Castelul de Lut Valea Zanelor

    Transylvania

    Resembling a gnome village, the Castelul de Lut complex has been created from clay, sand and pure whimsy. The self-styled 'clay castle of pixie valley'…

  • St Nicholas’ Cathedral

    µþ°ù²¹ÅŸ´Ç±¹

    With forested hills rising behind its prickly Gothic spires, St Nicholas’ Cathedral is one of µþ°ù²¹ÅŸ´Ç±¹'s most spectacular views. First built in wood in 1392…

  • St Michael's Cathedral

    Transylvania

    Completed in 1291, this is Romania's most venerable Roman Catholic cathedral as well as the country's longest, at slightly over 89m. Royal tombs,…

  • Alma Vii Fortified Church

    Transylvania

    In September 2016 the ribbon was cut on fresh restoration works in Alma Vii, and this charismatic village and centrepiece fortified church have never…

  • Hollywood like Brasov sign on Tampa mountain, Brasov, Romania

    Mt Tâmpa

    µþ°ù²¹ÅŸ´Ç±¹

    Rising 940m high and visible around µþ°ù²¹ÅŸ´Ç±¹, Mt Tâmpa is adorned with its very own Hollywood-style sign. Hard as it is to imagine, it was the site of a…

  • Trumpeter's Tower in Piata Sfatului.

    Piaţa Sfatului

    µþ°ù²¹ÅŸ´Ç±¹

    This wide square, lined with cafes, was once the heart of medieval µþ°ù²¹ÅŸ´Ç±¹. In the centre stands the 1420 Council House (Casa Sfatului), topped by the…

  • Birthplace of Vlad tepes Dracula, Sighisoara, Transylvania, Mures County, Romania

    Casa Vlad Dracul

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    Vlad Ţepeş (aka Dracula) was reputedly born in this house in 1431 and lived here until the age of four. It's now a decent restaurant, but for a small…

  • Bánffy Castle

    Transylvania

    The manicured gardens and orchards of this 17th-century fortress once gave it the nickname ‘Transylvania’s Versailles’. The aristocratic Bánffy family…

  • Deva Citadel

    Transylvania

    Deva's crumbling citadel looms from a rocky hilltop 300m above town. A steep climb leads up behind Parcul Cetăţii at the west end of B-dul 1 Decembrie…

  • Hărman Fortified Church

    Transylvania

    From the outside, Hărman’s fortified church resembles a bright white layer cake. Enclosed by its mighty walls is a triple-naved basilica, the Church of St…

  • Old Town Fortifications

    µþ°ù²¹ÅŸ´Ç±¹

    Old µþ°ù²¹ÅŸ´Ç±¹ was once enclosed by mighty fortified walls, 12m high and more than 3km-long. Built in stages between 1400 and 1650, these walls and defence…

  • City Walls

    Sibiu

    Thirty-nine towers, each protected by different guilds, watched over medieval Sibiu. See the remaining handful by walking north up Str Cetăţii past the…

  • Turda Gorge

    Transylvania

    Precipitous Turda Gorge (Cheile Turzii) lies 8km west of town (as the crow flies), and it makes a stunning, if leg-stiffening, half-day hike. The canyon…

  • Clock Tower

    ³§¾±²µ³ó¾±ÅŸ´Ç²¹°ù²¹

    The multicoloured-tiled roof of ³§¾±²µ³ó¾±ÅŸ´Ç²¹°ù²¹â€™s Clock Tower glitters like the scales of a dragon. The tower was built in the 14th century and expanded 200…

  • Church on the Hill

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    Don't miss hiking up the covered stairway to 'School Hill' (418m) to admire this evocative late-Gothic, triple-naved church. Originally a 13th-century…

  • Ethnographic Museum

    µþ°ù²¹ÅŸ´Ç±¹

    If you've ever wondered how hemp and goat hair were transformed into Transylvania's traditional scarlet and white village-wear, this exhibition space…