Sighisoara Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Woke up a little earlier than planned and I went for a cappuccino in the main square with Vanessa and Emanuele-the two Montreal girls from my dorm. It is so peaceful here even sitting on the city's main square. The guy who runs the hostel says that tourism doesn't pick up until June. I couldn't imagine coming here in the summer as it is already ...

I left Brasov on Sept. 11 and got a train to a town a couple hours north called Sighisoara. Transylvania attracts people for the whole vampire and Dracula stuff but Sighisoara is the real deal as Vlad Tepes (aka Vlad the Impaler) was actually born here. And the town takes that notoriety and runs with it. But it also has some other things that ma...

Hello friends! Our 4th of July was a very long but rich travel day (the back of the bus spontaneously broke into America the Beautiful, the Star Spangled Banner, God Bless America, You're a Grand Old Flag, etc. etc. until the rest of the bus made them simmer down!) We left the city of Bucharest, which, with a huge new European-style tour bus too...

Alweer ben ik in Wenen geweest zonder in het Prater reuzenrad te hebben gezeten! :-( Wel nog gezien: Paleis Schonbrunn (Alles! Nou goed - de dierentuin niet, die komt volgende keer wel. Maar de tuinen, de Gloriette, de lange tour van het paleis, en de Schattige Garten wel. Oh - labyrint, ook overgeslagen deze keer.) Het Hundertwasserhaus. De Hof...

In Vienna, we bought an overnight train ticket to Brasov, Romania. It was a fourteen hour ride from Vienna to Brasov, where the plan was to see castles, lots of castles, Dracula's castles in fact. It was going to be a Transylvanian-style good time. Then Jon and I made a discovery. Our train passed through a little town called Sighisoara. I had s...

From Brasov, six travellers were headed out on the same train north towards Bucharest. We dutifully rose at 6:30AM to make it to the train station on time. Three of us would jump off a few hours later while the rest would head straight to Budapest. Sighisoara was going to be a bit more of the same, but many had commented that the old village is ...

I was personally very much looking forward to visiting Sighisoara, the birth place of Vlad (lets not forget why we're here....), take a closer look at his house. But!! Things didn't quite turn out to be like that. Sighisoara is a run down place, forgotten by most, not from the gypsies unfortunately. The famous Vlad Tepes house is now...a Bar and...

We are now in the heart of Transylvania, also known as Dracula Land. Or so all the t-shirts, signs and guide-books tell us. Update on my gastro-intestinal troubles, because you're all dying to know: things are better, more or less. Yesterday was hell, because my *stomach* started acting up, so when I drank two bottles of Sprite with my lunch it ...