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Essential Brasov

Our suggestion for 'attacking' Brasov is to start off by taking a walk around the old city walls. It is probably best to start your tour of the fortifications at Strada Dupa Ziduri (at the city's main central bus stop, Livada Postei) and walk around the walls in an anti-clockwise direction.

On the way around you will see most of the city's major sights, before ending up at the Bastionul Postavarilor. From there you can head up Strada Republicii into the heart of the Old Town and tick off the remaining essential sights, such as Strada Sforii, Piata Sfatului and the Black Church.

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Bastionul Graft

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Black Tower & White Tower

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Brasov Citadel

Brasov Citadel
Strategically overlooking the town and the plains to north, the citadel is part of Brasov's outer fortification system. In 1524 the first wooden defence walls were erceted, replaced between 1554 and 1690 by the four massive stone bastions you see now. Read_on (No Comments)

Brasov Fortifications

Brasov Fortifications
Ever since the Saxon settlers arrived in the early 12th century, invading Mongols, Turks and others gave them a tough time, repeatedly destroying the old settlements of Bartholoma and Corona. Read_on (No Comments)

Parc Central & Piata Revolutiei

Parc Central & Piata Revolutiei
Brasov is blessed with a large, well-tended park in the very heart of the city. In summer, when the flowers are in full bloom it really is a picture postcard kind of place, and is mercifully free of the dogs which blight Bucharest’s parks. Read_on (No Comments)

Piata Sfatului & History Museum

Piata Sfatului & History Museum
Brasov's showpiece Piata Sfatului (Council Square), known to the Saxon population as the Marktplatz, is one of the most beautiful main squares of Romania. Read_on (No Comments)

Schei & the Junii

Schei & the Junii
You shouldn’t leave Brasov without a stroll through Schei, the district where for centuries Romanians were forced to live, as only Saxons could live within the city walls. Read_on (No Comments)

Strada Republicii

Strada Republicii
Brasov's picture-postcard main street leads from Piata Eroilor up to Piata Sfatului, and in summer is one massive terrace. Read_on (No Comments)

Strada Sforii

Strada Sforii
Heading into Brasov through Poarta Schei, the third street on your right is Strada Sforii, allegedly the narrowest street in Europe. Read_on (No Comments)

Tampa Mountain

Tampa Mountain
Ascend Mount Tampa by cable car (going up to an altitude of 940m) or by walking up one of the paths twisting up the hill to soak up excellent views of medieval Brasov, the incredibly flat plain to the north and of course the Carpathians. Read_on (No Comments)

The Black Church

The Black Church
Brasov's most important landmark, apparently the largest church between Vienna and Istanbul, towers over Piata Sfatului and the old town. Read_on (No Comments)