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Saxon Triangle

Sibiu, Sighișoara, and the seven Saxon villages between them — a quiet, fortified, slow-travel landscape.

About the region

This is the heartland — Hermannstadt, Schäßburg, and the seven UNESCO Saxon villages of Biertan, Viscri, Mălâncrav, Câlnic, Valea Viilor, Saschiz, Prejmer. Prince Charles bought a house in Viscri. The Mihai Eminescu Trust has been restoring barns and lime ovens here for two decades. The light is different — sharper, drier, more central-European.

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Cities in this region
Sibiu
Sibiu

European Capital of Culture 2007, eight centuries of Saxon Hermannstadt, and the gateway to the Saxon villages.

Sighișoara
Sighișoara

The only inhabited medieval citadel in Europe — and the birthplace of Vlad Dracul.

Sights in this region · 8
Biertan Fortified Church
Biertan Fortified Church

The most photographed Saxon church — three rings of walls, a famous lock with thirteen tumblers.

Făgăraș Mountains
Făgăraș Mountains

The highest range in Romania — Moldoveanu (2,544m), bears, the European Wilderness initiative.

Mărginimea Sibiului
Mărginimea Sibiului

The shepherding villages west of Sibiu — UNESCO is considering them as intangible heritage.

Sibiel — Glass Icon Museum
Sibiel — Glass Icon Museum

A single-room museum of painted glass icons — one of the most surprising small museums in Europe.

Sibiu Old Town
Sibiu Old Town

Three connected squares, the Liars' Bridge, and houses with "eye" windows in the roofs.

Sighișoara Citadel
Sighișoara Citadel

The only inhabited medieval citadel in Europe — the painted houses, the clock tower, the cobbles.

Transfăgărășan
Transfăgărășan

Top Gear called it the best driving road in the world — 90 km of hairpins over the Făgăraș range.

Viscri Fortified Church
Viscri Fortified Church

A whitewashed Saxon church on a hill above the village Prince Charles fell in love with.

Ski in this region
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Arena Platoș (Păltiniș)Season closed
Arena Platoș (Păltiniș)

Sibiu’s home hill — Romania’s oldest mountain resort, 30 minutes from the old town.

Stays in Saxon Triangle

6 homes we have visited here.