Two minutes from the Council Square, on a side street most tour groups walk past. The facade is modest. Inside, the courtyard opens up to two levels of arcades and a single old linden tree that has been there longer than the house. Six rooms, each different — one with a private terrace over the old wall, one with the original Saxon ceiling beams, one in the cellar with a vaulted ceiling and a view of the candles on the breakfast table.
The breakfast. It is a single tasting menu — eggs from a farm in Cisnădie, ham cured in the cellar by Andrei’s uncle, the rye sourdough from Atrium Bakery on the next street, butter from a co-op in Sibiel. Ileana brings it out herself.
- ·Wi-Fi (300 Mbps)
- ·Breakfast included
- ·Wine cellar tastings
- ·Concierge
- ·In-house spa
- ·Bicycles
Ileana and her husband Andrei bought the building in 2014. The restoration took five years and reached down to the cellar where they uncovered a 14th-century vault — now the breakfast room.
A few of the sights within easy reach of this house.
~50 m awayThree connected squares, the Liars' Bridge, and houses with "eye" windows in the roofs.
~19 km awayA single-room museum of painted glass icons — one of the most surprising small museums in Europe.
~19 km awayThe shepherding villages west of Sibiu — UNESCO is considering them as intangible heritage.
~44 km awayTop Gear called it the best driving road in the world — 90 km of hairpins over the Făgăraș range.