Sibiu: top attractions & road trip guide
Sibiu is a historic Saxon city in southern Transylvania, known for its layered Upper and Lower Towns, distinctive 'eyelid' dormer windows that appear to watch the streets, and a well-preserved network of defensive towers and bastions. It served as European Capital of Culture in 2007 and remains one of Romania's best-preserved old towns.
Top attractions
Council Tower (Turnul Sfatului)
A 13th-century gate tower linking the Upper and Lower Towns, with a viewing platform offering rooftop views over both halves of the old city.
Bridge of Lies (Podul Minciunilor)
A cast-iron pedestrian bridge from 1859, believed to be Romania's first wrought-iron bridge, tied to local legends about liars being unable to cross it.
Brukenthal National Museum
Housed in an 18th-century Baroque palace on the Grand Square, one of the oldest museums in Southeast Europe, with a significant collection of European old master paintings.
Grand Square (Piața Mare)
The main square of the Upper Town, framed by Baroque façades, the Brukenthal Palace, and the Roman Catholic parish church, and used for markets and festivals.
Astra National Museum Complex
A large open-air ethnographic museum in a forest on the edge of Sibiu, displaying traditional Romanian rural buildings, watermills, and workshops set around a lake.
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