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Municipality in Covasna, Romania
Photo: Nicu Farcaș, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Sfântu Gheorghe (in Romanian) or Sepsiszentgyörgy (in Hungarian) (English: Saint George; Deutsch: Sankt Georgen; Yiddish: סנט דשזארדזש) is a municipality and city in the central Romanian region of Transylvania. It lies on the Olt River in a valley between the Baraolt and Bodoc Mountains. Sfântu Gheorghe is the capital of Covasna County. The villages of Chilieni/Kilyén and Coşeni/Szotyor are also administratively part of Sfântu Gheorghe Municipality.
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Hosting an exhibition of about the traditions and arts of the local Hungarian population. The building was designed by Károly Kós in the secession style.
Romanian: Biserică Fortificată; Hungarian: Vártemplom
Constructed in the 14th century in the Gothic style
Built in 1868, with a clock tower built in 1893, now home to the gallery Magma and a café.
Constructed in 1832 as the seat of the county council.
The former headquarters of the Hussar battalions.
Used from 1854-1866 as the city hall.
Sugásfürdő in Hungarian
A holiday mountain-village part of the city offering two ski slopes, warm and cold baths, mofetta, climbing wall, adventure park, hiking trails and natural sparkling water springs. It is reachable by car, bus, bike (10 km from the center, uphill).
It's pretty upbeat with some flowers and aesthetic building design. Here you can have breakfast in the garden even though the food spread may not amount to much.
It has pretty rich interior decor.
It looks a little lost out in the Romanian neighbourhood but has a hot tub and massage service nonetheless.
Hotel Sugas
Placed in the centre of Sfantu Gheorghe town, some people seem to come to celebrate their wedding reception here, but it offers minibars, cable TV, phone, internet, restaurant.
Hotel Park
It has somewhat of an urban appearance but not without greenery and bold wood features.
Pensiunea Anna
Guest house offers you 4 rooms at 3 baths, kitchen, parking space, central heating. Some beautiful country to look at in the vicinity.
Like a ski chalet with a hot tub to soothe the aching muscles afterwards.
Sugas Comercial Center
Here you can get a lot of things from souvenirs, clothes, shoes.
By train
You can get to Sfantu Gheorghe by train very easily. There are direct trains from Bucharest, Brasov, Cluj-Napoca, Baia Mare, Satu Mare, Miercurea Ciuc, Targu Mures, Iasi, and Suceava.
By car
From Brasov - on national road DN 11, then take left in Chichis (Kokos) to DN 12.
By plane
Wizz Air operates international flights to several countries from Transylvania Airport at Targu-Mures, a 2½-hour drive from the town.
By taxi
If you want to take the taxi, it will take you in a short time - about 5-10 minutes - anywhere in town you like. If you want, you can take the taxi outside the town, but it is more expensive.
By car
Due to the size of the city, it doesn't make much sense to use a car. Parking in the center can be problematic and relative expensive (3 lei/hr).
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Brașov (Ghimbav) · International · GHV
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