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Saturday 23 June 2018

#153 Sighisoara, Transylvania

Sighisoara

We only had time to do a day trip to either Sighisoara or Sibiu, and in the end decided that Sighisoara looked like a prettier place. It was a little difficult to find information and we were unsure if the information we did have was up to date, but thankfully in the end it all ran very smoothly.

The Bus

We took a bus there and back from Brasov. The bus left from the Autogara 1 bus station which is attached to the main Brasov train station.

We had read they were "mini buses" but the bus we got on was a comfortable coach and wasn't busy, however this might have been because it was midweek. We used the company CDI and found timetables (with the help of Google Translate) on www.cdyservice.ro, it leaves around every 2 hours in each direction and the route is Tg Mures - Bucuresti. They have a ticket office where you can buy tickets in Brasov, and you just buy them from the bus driver in Sighisoara. It cost 25lei/€5 each way and took around 2 hours.

We got the first bus of the day at 8.56am which arrived in Sighisoara at 10.56am, and we returned on the 2.30pm bus, which was enough for us to wander around the old town and get some lunch before heading back to Brasov and spending the evening there. The bus station in Sighisoara is within a short walking distance of the old town and is easy to navigate.

The journey is quite nice and takes in quite a few small towns and villages, as well as scenery and even some old ruins.


Picture Perfect

Sighisoara was absolutely gorgeous and very picturesque, with winding cobble stoned streets and colorful old buildings. It was particularly nice as the weather was blue skies and since we arrived early in the day it wasn't too busy with coach tours and other tourists either.





For lunch we had pizza and a beer outside at Pizzeria San Gennaro just off the main square (Piata Cetatii). This was probably one of the better places we ate at with good service in Romania, so would recommend.

I had largely planned this trip, and the night before we visited Sighisoara my friends asked me "But what is there to do there?" and my response was "Nothing, I think it's just pretty to walk around". I was a little concerned if the trip would be a waste of time, and it had been very troublesome figuring out the bus, but it was a gamble that paid off and our relaxing day wandering around Sighisoara was one of the highlights of our trip.



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