# Tourist attractions in Sibiu County [Romania](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/attractions) › [Transylvania](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/region/transilvania) Sibiu county stretches from the Târnava valleys, over hills of vineyards and Saxon villages, to the ridge of the Făgăraș and Cindrel Mountains, with the Mărginimea Sibiului, the land of the shepherds' villages, at their foot. Sibiu, the county seat, was European Capital of Culture in 2007 and has one of the best-preserved historic centres in the country, with its large squares; Mediaș is the county's second town. The things to see in Sibiu county range from museums and fortified churches to glacial lakes and mountain roads. The [Brukenthal Palace](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/palatul-brukenthal), with its gallery of European art, and the [ASTRA Museum](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzeul-civilizatiei-populare-traditionale-astra), the open-air museum in the Dumbrava Sibiului forest, with hundreds of peasant houses, together call for a full day. To the north, the fortified churches of [Biertan](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-biertan) and Valea Viilor, both on the UNESCO list, are an hour's drive away. To the south, [Lake Bâlea](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/lacul-balea), in its glacial cirque on the Transfăgărășan, is the classic summer destination, and at [Ocna Sibiului](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/ocna-sibiului) the salt lakes in the former mines are for hot days. ## Tourist attractions 20 attractions - [Biertan Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-biertan) — Monasteries and churches · Biertan, SB · ½ – 1 hours · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 20 The Saxon church on the hill in the middle of the village, guarded by three rings of walls and towers; inside, Romania's largest polyptych altarpiece and a door with a lock from 1515. - [ASTRA Museum of Traditional Folk Civilisation](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzeul-civilizatiei-populare-traditionale-astra) — Museums and memorial houses · Sibiu, SB · 50 lei · 2½ – 3 hours · Top 20 Romania's largest open-air museum, in the Dumbrava forest outside Sibiu: over 300 houses, mills, workshops and wooden churches brought from across the country, along ~10 km of paths. - [Bâlea Lake](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/lacul-balea) — Lakes · Sibiu County · Free · 1½ – 2 hours · Top 100 A glacial lake at 2,034 m in the Bâlea cirque of the Făgăraș Mountains, at the top of the Transfăgărășan; reachable by car in summer and by cable car all year round. - [Brukenthal Palace](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/palatul-brukenthal) — Castles and palaces · Sibiu, SB · 50 lei · 1 – 1½ hours · Top 100 The Baroque palace of Governor Samuel von Brukenthal on Sibiu's Great Square has housed Romania's oldest museum since 1817: a gallery of European painting with van Eyck, Titian and Bruegel. - [Bâlea Waterfall](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cascada-balea) — Waterfalls · Sibiu County · Free · 1½ – 2 hours · Top 100 Romania's biggest tiered waterfall, dropping about 60 m over the lower step of the Bâlea cirque in the Făgăraș Mountains; an hour's walk up from the Bâlea Cascadă chalet on the Transfăgărășan. - [Ocna Sibiului](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/ocna-sibiului) — Resorts and thermal baths · Ocna Sibiului, SB · 35 lei · Top 100 A spa resort 15 km from Sibiu with salt lakes formed where old salt mines caved in: in summer you swim in water that keeps you afloat, between white banks of salt. - [Valea Viilor Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-valea-viilor) — Monasteries and churches · Valea Viilor, SB · 8 lei · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 100 The Saxon church in a vineyard valley near Mediaș, with its choir turned into a defence tower, an almost intact oval wall and a wood-and-iron portcullis that has survived for centuries. - [Mălâncrav Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-malancrav) — Monasteries and churches · Mălâncrav, SB A 14th-century Gothic church built by the noble Apafi family, with the largest ensemble of Gothic frescoes in Transylvania and a polyptych altarpiece that has stood in place for more than five centuries. - [Cisnădioara Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-cisnadioara) — Monasteries and churches · Cisnădioara, SB · 10 lei A Romanesque basilica from the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, left almost unaltered, on the rocky top of St Michael's Hill, ringed by a defensive wall and looking out to the Făgăraș Mountains. - [Alma Vii Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-alma-vii) — Monasteries and churches · Alma Vii, SB A small Saxon stronghold on the hill of a village at the end of the road, with four restored towers housing small museums of village life; winner of a Europa Nostra award in 2024. - [Axente Sever Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-axente-sever) — Monasteries and churches · Axente Sever, SB · 45 min A 14th-century Gothic hall church with its bell tower raised above the choir, surrounded by an oval wall whose former food stores now house a museum and guest rooms. - [Cisnădie Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-cisnadie) — Monasteries and churches · Cisnădie, SB · 45 min A 13th-century Romanesque basilica turned Saxon fortress, 10 km from Sibiu: a bell tower with a clock dating from 1425, double walls and a small museum. - [Copșa Mare Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-copsa-mare) — Monasteries and churches · Copșa Mare, SB · 30 min A Saxon church fortified around 1510, with a tall choir under a star vault, a bell tower with a timber gallery and a winegrowers' village around it, in the Wine Country. - [Grand Square (Piața Mare)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/piata-mare-sibiu) — Monuments and historic sites · Sibiu, SB · Free · 45 min The main square of old Sibiu, about 140 by 90 metres, enclosed by merchants' houses with "eyes" in their roofs, by the Brukenthal Palace, the Jesuit church and the Council Tower. - [Hosman Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-hosman) — Monasteries and churches · Hosman, SB · 45 min A 13th-century Romanesque church with a richly carved portal, enclosed by a double ring of walls in the Hârtibaciu valley, with the Făgăraș Mountains behind. - [Ighișu Nou Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-ighisu-nou) — Monasteries and churches · Ighișu Nou, SB · 30 min A Saxon Gothic church of the 14th–15th centuries, with a defensive tower under a hipped roof, a complete enclosure wall, a round bastion from 1515 and medieval frescoes in the choir. - [Moșna Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-mosna) — Monasteries and churches · Moșna, SB · ½ – 1 hours One of the largest Gothic hall churches in the Târnava valley, with a massive bell tower and a walled enclosure with towers; part of the wall collapsed in June 2026. - [Richiș Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-richis) — Monasteries and churches · Richiș, SB · 45 min A Gothic basilica from the second half of the 14th century, with a gate tower and enclosure walls, known for the Green Man and the other faces carved in stone inside. - [Sibiu Zoo](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/gradina-zoologica-sibiu) — Zoos and aquariums · Sibiu, SB · 20 lei · 2 – 2½ hours The zoo in the Dumbrava forest, opened in 1929 and considered the first in Romania, with tigers, lions, jaguars, white wolves, bears and lakes where you can go boating. - [St Margaret's Church, Mediaș](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-sfanta-margareta-din-medias) — Monasteries and churches · Mediaș, SB · 15 lei · ½ – 1 hours The Lutheran church in the centre of Mediaș, late Gothic and enclosed in a fortress with walls and towers; its leaning tower, with a five-pointed spire, is the town's emblem. ## Localities - [Alma Vii](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/alma-vii) - [Axente Sever](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/axente-sever) - [Biertan](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/biertan) - [Cisnădie](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/cisnadie) - [Cisnădioara](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/cisnadioara) - [Copșa Mare](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/copsa-mare) - [Hosman](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/hosman) - [Ighișu Nou](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/ighisu-nou) - [Mediaș](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/medias) - [Moșna](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/mosna) - [Mălâncrav](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/malancrav) - [Ocna Sibiului](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/ocna-sibiului) - [Richiș](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/richis) - [Sibiu](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/sibiu) - [Valea Viilor](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/valea-viilor) --- Full page: https://peplaiuri.ro/en/county/sibiu Other languages: Română: https://peplaiuri.ro/judet/sibiu.md · Deutsch: https://peplaiuri.ro/de/kreis/sibiu.md · Italiano: https://peplaiuri.ro/it/distretto/sibiu.md Source: Pe Plaiuri (https://peplaiuri.ro/en) — Guide to tourist attractions in Romania