Sibiu

Piata Mica

Woodworkers Tower

We had never heard of Sibiu before planning our trip. It was voted best cultural centre in Europe in 2007. The old town centre is well preserved and there are a lot of beautiful places to see. It’s a mini Salzburg and coupled with the Transfagarasan or Transalpina roads an excellent motorcycle destination. We thank Szabi for suggesting this one.


The south end of town has a beautiful old wall section with three towers still intact and there is a carpenters gathering right now that highlights the skill of many crafts.

Woodworker

The main square is large and has a kids type water feature on it that kids on vacation love to watch and play in.

Catholic Basilica Stained Glass

And the Catholic Basilica here has beautiful stained glass art and a beautiful interior.






The Evangelical church has the clock spire that is the most photographed landmark and we loved Piata Mica, where we ate out last night. It is the most intimate of the town squares. On the far SE end of the square is the Bridge of Lies also shown in the spire picture. Be sure to donate to their roof renovation work if you go here or this place won’t last long. Their interior is quite plain compared to the Catholic church, in keeping with the Reformation era.

Evangelical Tower and Bridge of Lies

Beautiful Old Streets

Sandra enjoying the Wall

Sibiu also is reflective of how Romania is coming alive with a new future and shedding the drab communism color of gray. I took one photo that really indicates this. This is a bank of communist era housing similar to what we saw in Shumen, but here they have repaired 

Soviet Era housing Dressed Art Deco