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Day Trip from Sibiu Romania

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At the beginning of our three-week trip to Romania, we are spending four nights in Sibiu. I would love suggestions for where to visit on the Day Trip we have booked with a local guide.

1) Mărginimea Sibiului area, south of Sibiu at the foothills of the Carpathian mountains. Visit a few traditional villages, hike, and eat local food. After Sibiu, we are spending five nights in Maramures and Bucovina. Will Mărginimea be too similar and will I tire of traditional Romanian villages?
or;
2) Transylvanian Highlands, northeast of Sibiu. Visit Saxon villages (Hosman, Alma Vii, Biertan, and maybe Carta), hike, eat local food, and maybe visit a family winery. About ten days after Sibiu, we will visit the Saxon villages of Sighisoara and Viscri. Will the Transylvanian Highlands be too repetitive?

Thanks so much for any suggestions!

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Barb, have you considered asking your guide about which would be the most unique compared to where else you are going. I think it will be a tough call, though. They both look fascinating from what I can see.

That said, from what I can read about the Transylvania Highlands, it does not really seem like Sighisoara and Viscri. Sighisoara is a very pretty town with some really charming architecture, but I don't think it would be repetitive of the Transylvania Highlands by any means. And we stopped in Viscri on our way from Brasov to Sighisoara and saw one of the fortified churches there, which was really fascinating. It is a Saxon village, although most of the Germans left many years before. I did find a woman that I was able to speak German with, however, which was fun. But again, I'm sure that it's not going to be repetitive of other places. We stopped in a lot of places that had similar places like fortified churches and the painted monasteries and so on, and every one was different.

Honestly, I don't see how you could tire of traditional Romanian villages. The first option sounds pretty wonderful as well, and even though we were in Maramures for 3 nights, it would have been really interesting to go there as well. I think I could travel around the whole country and not feel like I was repeating anything.

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