SIBIU IN MEDIA

Journey to Sibiu, Romania, with our correspondent

Mari-An C. Santos, and soak in the culture of her second hometown in Transylvania – with Count Dracula safely out of sight.

Saxon colonists dispatched by the Hungarian king Geza II founded Hermannstadt in the 12C on the banks of the River Cibin. A stroll down from the upper town to the lower town reveals this medieval settlement’s character: vaulted passageways, fortified doorways, a maze of little streets and squares. This Baroque city of colourful façades nicknamed "Little Vienna" is surely Romania’s most beautiful.

En ruta siempre hacia el norte, buscando Sibiu, penetramos ya en Transilvania. La diferencia entre las tierras transilvanas y las de Valaquia es fácilmente apreciable: es obvio que nos encontramos con un país mucho más rico, donde la raíz sajona y los oropeles del mito de Drácula

Articol despre Sibiu, scris de Johan Martin Taylor pentru ziarul Naples Daily News. Nu exista varianta online

It wasn’t the occult that drew me to Transylvania. It was a cookbook.

I’ve never read any of the "Twilight" series, nor a single word of an Anne Rice novel (though a friend did persuade me to see the film version of "Interview With the Vampire" when it was released in 1994).