🏒✨Even if you have your accommodation in Brașov, here are some great suggestions to spend your free time between, before or after the hockey matches from the Sepsi Arena, in Sfântu Gheorghe!
🔸 Starting point: Brașov
🔹 Evangelical Fortified Church ⛪
From Brașov, on your way to Sfântu Gheorghe, you can make a stop in Prejmer to visit the fortified church. This UNESCO World Heritage site, built as an almost impregnable fortified church, has protected the inhabitants of the area during the turbulent centuries of history, now completely restored and awaiting its visitors. The Teutonic knights returning from the Crusades began building the early Gothic church in 1218. From 1240 onwards, the Abbey of Kerch continued to build on these foundations in the typical Cistercian style. To protect it from 15th-century Turkish attacks, it was fortified with a 12-metre-high triple defensive wall system, and 275 chambers were built into the inner castle wall, which served as living quarters during sieges and as a storehouse for crops in peacetime. The outer half of the castle wall has loopholes and pitch openings, while the inner half is surrounded by a 2 m wide guard walk. Although it has remained more or less intact over the centuries, it underwent a complete renovation between 1964 and 1970.
📍 Prejmer, Str. Mare, 2. (Brașov County) ⏳ Visiting time: about 1 hour; 📞 Contact: 0268 362052, 0724 258414
You can start your walking tour with one of the oldest museums in Central Europe, which is also the largest Hungarian public collection beyond the border. It was founded by the "grand lady" of Covasna County, Emilia Csereyné Zathureczky; the group of buildings was designed by Károly Kós. In the exhibition "Milestones" you can learn about the history of the museum: have you ever imagined that in 1900 the museum participated in the Paris World Exhibition? After visiting the museum, be sure to take a walk in the dendrological park.
⏰ Opening hours: Saturday-Sunday (26 and 27 April): 9:00-14:00, Tuesday - Wednesday (29 and 30 April): 9:00-16:00, closed on Mondays and religious and public holidays.
🔹 "St. George" and "St. Nicholas" Orthodox Cathedral ⛪
Arriving in Sfântu Gheorghe, don't miss the five-domed Orthodox Cathedral, a symbolic monument of the Romanian community in Sfântu Gheorghe and Covasna County. Its construction began on 20 September 1939, the third week after the outbreak of World War II. Its murals praise the work of three men: Iosif Vasu, Marian George and Marcel Codrescu. In the basement of the cathedral you will find the Museum of Romanian Spirituality, where you can see a large collection of 19th century wood and glass icons. The museum also has a large collection of religious books.
🔹 The National Museum of the Eastern Carpathians 🏛
The museum's exhibitions showcase objects from research and archaeological excavations, memoirs and local historical features in a welcoming and attractive space that stimulates the creativity and imagination of each visitor. The museum's collection now consists of more than 16,000 items. The archaeological exhibition of the prehistoric settlement of Dâmbul Cetății in Păuleni-Ciuc presents reconstructions of rituals and dwellings, hearths and ovens from the period. There will also be games, puzzles, interactive videos, creative workshops and a virtual guided tour, to which everyone is expected to take part.
⏳ Visiting time: 1 - 1,5 hours 📞📧 Contact: 0735 561 674, 0267 314 139; e-mail: secretariat@mncr.ro ⏰ Opening hours: Tuesday-Friday 10:00-17:00, Saturday-Sunday: 10:00-14:00, closed on Mondays and religious and public holidays. 🎫 Ticket information HERE
🔹 Transylvanian Art Centre 🎨🖼
The main goal of the art centre is to create, within reasonable time, a realistic, cross-culturally appreciable, convertible self-image of the Transylvanian fine arts. Therefore, the objective of the Centre is to collect, operate, display and present representative Transylvanian art created after 1920. The Transylvanian Art Centre welcomes not only visual art lovers but also those who are interested in literature, music and other related arts or those who choose art just for relaxation.
⏰ Opening hours: Tuesday – Friday: 09:00 – 17:00, Saturday: 10:00 – 14:00 - the current exhibition is open until 30 April 2025 -, closed on Sundays and Mondays and legal and religious holidays
🔎 Useful information about the transport from Brașov to Sfântu Gheorghe:
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