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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Sibiu","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"The prettiest of the Saxon towns: rooftops with windows shaped like half-closed eyes, a Bridge of Lies, and one of the largest theatre festivals in the world every June.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304683","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"2007 | European Capital of Culture\r\n96 ha | The ASTRA open-air museum, among Europe's largest\r\n90 km | The Transfagarasan mountain road, an hour away","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"A Saxon town that watches you from its roofs","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Sibiu was the main city of the Transylvanian Saxons, the German-speaking settlers who arrived in the twelfth century, and its upper town is the most complete and best-restored of their towns.\r\n\r\nThe detail everyone notices is the roofs. Many of the old houses have small attic dormers in the shape of half-closed eyelids, used to ventilate grain stores, and the effect from the squares is of the buildings keeping an eye on you. Locals call them the eyes of Sibiu.\r\n\r\nThe town was European Capital of Culture in 2007, which funded a restoration that left it looking better than almost anywhere else in Romania.\r\n\r\nJust outside it is ASTRA, one of the largest open-air museums in Europe \u2014 some three hundred traditional buildings across ninety-six hectares of forest and lake.\r\n\r\nAn hour south is the Transfagarasan, a mountain road climbing over the Fagaras range in a sequence of switchbacks that a British television programme once called the best road in the world.\r\n\r\nTwo days.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Train from Brasov about 3 hours. Sibiu airport has budget routes\r\nGetting around | The old town is walkable. Buses about 3 lei (\u20ac0.60)\r\nCurrency | Romanian leu (RON), roughly 5 to the euro\r\nThe Transfagarasan | Usually open only from about July to October, depending on snow\r\nASTRA | About 35 lei (\u20ac7). Allow half a day \u2014 it is enormous\r\nTheatre festival | June. The town fills and beds book out","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A walled upper town and a lower town below it, joined by stairways and passages.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"14","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Upper Town | First-timers | The Great and Small Squares, the churches, the towers and most of the beds. | 45.7970 | 24.1520 |  | \nLower Town | Quieter and cheaper | Below the walls: older, less restored streets and guesthouses a short climb from the squares. | 45.8010 | 24.1510 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Sibiu","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Walk the squares. The Great Square, the Small Square and Huet Square are linked by passageways and stairs, and the whole upper town can be covered in an unhurried morning. Look up for the eye-shaped dormers.\r\n\r\nThe Bridge of Lies, a cast-iron footbridge from 1859 between the squares, is free and carries a legend about collapsing if anyone tells a lie while standing on it. It has not collapsed.\r\n\r\nClimb the Council Tower, about 5 lei (\u20ac1), for the view over the roofs to the Fagaras mountains.\r\n\r\nThe Brukenthal Museum, about 40 lei (\u20ac8), was one of the first museums in south-eastern Europe, opened in 1817 in the palace of the Habsburg governor, and holds a strong European painting collection.\r\n\r\nASTRA, just outside town, is the thing to give time to: about 35 lei (\u20ac7), three hundred traditional buildings moved from across Romania, and big enough that you should allow half a day.\r\n\r\nIn summer, drive or tour the Transfagarasan \u2014 road conditions permitting.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"The three squares | Free, linked by stairways and passages\r\nCouncil Tower | About 5 lei (\u20ac1), for the view\r\nASTRA museum | About 35 lei (\u20ac7), and half a day\r\nThe Transfagarasan | Summer only, and spectacular","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Sibiu","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Sibiu","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The upper town, its three squares and the Bridge of Lies are free.\r\n\r\nThe eye-shaped dormers are free to spot, and once you notice them you see them everywhere.\r\n\r\nThe Passage of Stairs, linking the upper and lower towns, is free and the most atmospheric walk in the town.\r\n\r\nThe old fortifications along Cetatii street, with several towers still standing, are free to walk.\r\n\r\nThe Lutheran cathedral is free or nearly so and holds a large fifteenth-century fresco of the Crucifixion.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"The squares and the bridge | Free, and the heart of the town\r\nThe eyes of Sibiu | Free to spot on the rooftops\r\nThe Passage of Stairs | The best walk in the town\r\nThe old walls | Along Cetatii street, free","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Sibiu","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Sibiu","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Transylvanian and Saxon influences. A main is 35 to 60 lei (\u20ac7\u201312).\r\n\r\nThe standard Romanian dishes appear \u2014 sarmale, mici, ciorba \u2014 alongside Saxon ones with more pork, cabbage and smoked meat.\r\n\r\nThe region around Sibiu is a centre of traditional shepherding, and the sheep's cheese and smoked products from the surrounding villages are the thing to buy at the market.\r\n\r\nSibiu has one of the better caf\u00e9 cultures in Romania, much of it around the squares.\r\n\r\nA beer is 10 to 18 lei (\u20ac2\u20133.50), and the Transylvanian wine regions nearby produce good whites.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"A main | 35\u201360 lei (\u20ac7\u201312)\r\nSheep's cheese | From the surrounding shepherding villages\r\nCaf\u00e9 culture | Among Romania's best, around the squares\r\nA beer | 10\u201318 lei (\u20ac2\u20133.50)","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Sibiu","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Sibiu","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Modest and pleasant. The bars and cellar pubs are concentrated in the upper town, several of them in vaulted medieval basements under the squares.\r\n\r\nA beer is 10 to 18 lei (\u20ac2\u20133.50) and cocktails 25 to 40 lei (\u20ac5\u20138).\r\n\r\nSibiu has a university and a reasonable student crowd in term.\r\n\r\nJune is the exception: the Sibiu International Theatre Festival brings hundreds of productions and street performances to the town over ten days, and the evenings run late across every square.\r\n\r\nThe rest of the year it is a place for a good dinner and a quiet drink.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Cellar bars | In vaulted basements under the squares\r\nPrices | Beer 10\u201318 lei (\u20ac2\u20133.50)\r\nThe theatre festival | June, when the town stays up\r\nQuiet the rest of the year | Dinner and a drink","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Sibiu","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Sibiu","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The upper town is walkable and the lower town is a short climb below it.\r\n\r\nBuses cost about 3 lei (\u20ac0.60) and reach ASTRA, which is about five kilometres out.\r\n\r\nTrains from Brasov take about three hours, and from Bucharest considerably longer \u2014 Sibiu is not well served by rail. Buses and minibuses are often faster.\r\n\r\nSibiu airport has budget routes from several European cities and makes a practical entry point to Transylvania.\r\n\r\nThe Transfagarasan is about an hour south and needs a car or a tour. It is usually open only from around July to October, closing whenever snow arrives, and the dates change each year.\r\n\r\nRomanian roads, and mountain ones especially, are genuinely dangerous \u2014 take care or take a tour.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Walk the old town | Upper and lower, joined by stairs\r\nASTRA | Five kilometres out by bus\r\nSibiu airport | Budget routes, and a good way in\r\nTransfagarasan | Roughly July to October only","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Sibiu","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Sibiu costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Cheap. Dorms are 45 to 100 lei (\u20ac9\u201320), a main 35 to 60 lei (\u20ac7\u201312), and a beer 10 to 18 lei (\u20ac2\u20133.50).\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac28 to \u20ac50.\r\n\r\nYou pay in lei. Cards work widely in the centre.\r\n\r\nThe old town is free, and the paid sites are cheap \u2014 the tower about 5 lei (\u20ac1), ASTRA about 35 lei (\u20ac7), the Brukenthal about 40 lei (\u20ac8).\r\n\r\nJune is the exception, when the theatre festival fills the town and beds book out well ahead at higher prices.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | 45\u2013100 lei (\u20ac9\u201320)\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac28\u201350\r\nASTRA | About 35 lei (\u20ac7), and worth half a day\r\nJune | The festival fills every bed","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Sibiu","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Sibiu","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Sibiu is among the safest towns in Romania and crime against visitors is minimal.\r\n\r\nThe practical risks are outside the town. The Transfagarasan is a high mountain road with hairpins, sheer drops, livestock and sudden fog; drive it slowly or take a tour. Do not drive it in bad weather and check that it is open before setting out.\r\n\r\nBrown bears live in the Fagaras mountains and are regularly seen near the Transfagarasan, particularly around Balea Lake and the lower forest sections, where people feed them from cars. Do not feed them, do not approach them and do not get out of your car near one. It is dangerous and it teaches bears to come to roads.\r\n\r\nThe old town has steep stairways and uneven cobbles that are slippery in rain and ice.\r\n\r\nEmergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"The Transfagarasan | Hairpins, drops and fog. Drive slowly or take a tour\r\nBears on the mountain road | Never feed them or get out of the car\r\nCheck the road is open | It closes whenever it snows\r\nSteep stairways | Slippery in rain and ice","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Sibiu","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Sibiu","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"A mountain road, fortified churches and shepherds' villages.","hw_hub_city_trips":"ASTRA museum | 15 minutes | Bus, about 3 lei (\u20ac0.60) | About three hundred traditional buildings from across Romania, set in forest and around a lake. |  | 1304636\nTransfagarasan and Balea Lake | 1 hour | Car or tour, \u20ac30\u201360 | A switchback mountain road over the Fagaras range to a glacial lake at 2,000 metres. Roughly July to October only. |  | 1304637\nBiertan fortified church | 1.5 hours | Car or tour, \u20ac25\u201345 | A UNESCO-listed Saxon fortified church on a hill above its village, with a marriage room where quarrelling couples were locked up. |  | 1304638\nSighisoara | 2 hours | Bus or car, about 30 lei (\u20ac6) | An inhabited medieval citadel and Vlad Tepes's birthplace. |  | 1304629","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Sibiu","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May to October, and July to September if you want the Transfagarasan.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The Transfagarasan opens and closes with the snow, typically around July to October \u2014 check the current status before planning a trip around it.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 2 | 3 | Cold and snowy. Quiet and cheap\r\nFebruary | 4 | 2 | Cold. Very few visitors\r\nMarch | 10 | 3 | Thaw beginning\r\nApril | 16 | 4 | Good. Green and quiet\r\nMay | 21 | 5 | Excellent. The town at its best\r\nJune | 24 | 5 | The theatre festival fills the town\r\nJuly | 26 | 5 | Warm. The Transfagarasan usually opens\r\nAugust | 26 | 5 | Warm, and the mountain road fully open\r\nSeptember | 22 | 5 | Superb. Mountain road still open, crowds gone\r\nOctober | 16 | 4 | Autumn colour. The road closes when snow arrives\r\nNovember | 9 | 2 | Grey and cooling\r\nDecember | 3 | 5 | One of Romania's best Christmas markets","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"One of the largest theatre festivals in the world, every June.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Sibiu","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/romania\/sibiu\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Sibiu International Theatre Festival | June | Citywide | Among the largest theatre festivals in the world, with hundreds of productions and street performances over about ten days. Beds book out well ahead. |  | \nChristmas market | Late November to December | Great Square | Consistently rated among the best Christmas markets in Romania, on the main Saxon square. |  | \nTransfagarasan season | Roughly July to October | Fagaras mountains | When the mountain road is open. Dates vary with the snow. |  | \nMedieval festival | Summer | Upper town | Crafts, costume and music in the squares. |  | \nAstra Film Festival | Autumn | Citywide | A documentary film festival with a strong regional programme. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros \u2014 you will pay in lei, at roughly 5 to the euro.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Shown in euros for comparison; you pay in lei. A Transfagarasan tour at \u20ac30 to \u20ac60 sits outside these figures.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3\r\nMiddle of the road | 18 | 16 | 3 | 12\r\nComfortable | 36 | 30 | 6 | 24","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Sibiu","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A modest scene in the upper and lower towns, tightest in June. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Sibiu","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/romania\/sibiu\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Sibiu travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"What are the eyes of Sibiu? | Small attic dormers on many of the old houses, shaped like half-closed eyelids, originally used to ventilate grain stored in the roofs. From the squares the effect is of the buildings watching you, and once you notice them they are everywhere.\r\nWhen is the Transfagarasan open? | Usually from around July to October, but it opens and closes with the snow and the exact dates change every year. Check the current status before building a trip around it. When it is open, it is one of the most spectacular roads in Europe.\r\nIs the Transfagarasan dangerous? | It deserves respect. Hairpin bends, sheer drops, livestock on the road, sudden fog, and Romania's generally high road accident rate. Drive slowly and in good weather, or take a tour. And never feed the bears that gather near the road \u2014 people do, and it is dangerous for everyone.\r\nIs ASTRA worth the trip? | Yes, and give it half a day. About 35 lei (\u20ac7), five kilometres from the centre by bus, with around three hundred traditional buildings moved from across Romania into forest and lakeside. It is one of the largest open-air museums in Europe.\r\nWhat is the Bridge of Lies? | A cast-iron footbridge from 1859 linking two of the squares. The legend says it will collapse if anyone tells a lie while standing on it. It is free, and it is still standing.\r\nWhen is the theatre festival? | June, over about ten days. It is among the largest theatre festivals in the world, with hundreds of productions and street performances across the town, and every bed books out well ahead.\r\nHow do I get there? | Sibiu airport has budget routes from several European cities and is often the easiest way in. By train, Brasov is about three hours and Bucharest considerably more \u2014 buses and minibuses are frequently faster.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Sibiu hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Sibiu | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/romania\/sibiu\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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