Get in
[edit]By plane
[edit]Nearest airport is Baia Mare at approx. 70 km, which is served by Tarom. From Baia Mare a bus or car connection is recommended.
A more likely destination for traveling by plane would be Cluj-Napoca. From Cluj-Napoca there are several possibilities of getting to Sighetu, like train, bus or car.
By train
[edit]- 1 Sighetu Marmației Railway Station (Gara Sighetu Marmației). There are several connections to Sighetu Marmaţiei from different towns in Romania and one direct connection to Budapest.
From Ukraine you can take a train to Solotvyno, then cross the border by foot.
From Poland you can take a train to Lviv, then to Solotvyno.
By bus
[edit]If coming from Romania, Baia Mare will most likely be your first stop from which there are several buses daily, see autogari.ro. Dracard and other companies run about 15 minibuses a day M-F (fewer on Sa and Su) from Autogara Baia Mare on Strada Garii (1 hr 45 min, 12 lei, Sep 2018).
Sighetu has a border crossing with Ukrainian town of Solotvino to which you can get from Lviv and other cities by train or bus.
By car, bike or on foot
[edit]You can get in from Ukraine via the border crossing at Solotvino. The bridge over the Tisa is old and one could say a point of tourist interest.
- 2 Sighetu Marmației border crossing (Punctul de trecere a frontierei Sighetu Marmației). The only border crossing on the Ukrainian-Romanian border that can be used by pedestrians and bicycles
Get around
[edit]You can reach all sights in the town on foot. The open-air part of the village museum is 3 km away from the centre.
See
[edit]- 1 The Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance (Memorialul Victimelor Comunismului și al Rezistenței). The former prison of the Maramureș County, built in 1897, today a museum of European significance, under the aegis of the Council of Europe.
- 2 Maramureș Village Museum (Muzeul Satului Maramureșean). An open air museum, with over 30 wooden houses dated to 17-19th centuries and a 16th-century wooden church
- The Elie Wiesel House (today "The Jewish Culture and Civilization Museum", the place where was born Elie Wiesel, laureate of the 1986's Nobel Prize for Peace).
- 3 Maramureș Museum (Muzeul Maramureșului). Rich displays of 15th-19th century icons, carpets, furniture and other ethnographic stuff
- The Archaeological, History and Natural Sciences Museum (the former Piarist Monastery, built in 1730).
- 4 The Reformed Church (Biserica Reformată). The oldest building which survived-dated in 14th century, mixture of Gothic and New Gothic styles).
- The Roman-Catholic Church "Saint Carol Boromeu" (built between 1730-1806, Baroque style, sun clock above the entrance, an Armenian altar, paintings and statues).
- The Ukrainian Orthodox Church "Elevation of the Holy Cross" (built between 1791-1807, many saints relics).
- The Sephardic Synagogue (built in 1900-1904, Mauric-Renascentist style).
- The Jewish Cemetery and the Soap Monument (3.000 graves, like those of the founders of Hasidic movement - Teitelbaum dynasty. The Soap Monument contains two boxes filled with soap made by Jews gassed at Auschwitz death camp).
- 5 Paupers' Cemetery (Cimitirul Săracilor). About 50 former Romanian dignitaries, ministers, bishops, academicians, journalists, who were killed in Sighet jail during 1950s are buried in anonymous graves.
- The Steam engine (built in 1943, model Henschel&Sohn).
- The Livestock Market (very colourful, takes place every first Monday of each month).
- The Central Market (daily, where the merchants sell vegetables, fruits, dairy produces, handcrafts).
- The Cultural Palace (built in 1912-1913, looking like a medieval castle, Eccletic-Romantic style).
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]If you walk east along the main street, you'll come to three supermarkets: Carrefour, Lidl and another one. Further out of town is a hyper-markets -- Kaufland.
Eat
[edit]There aren't many restaurants in the town - mostly cafes, bars, and fast food places along the main street selling pizza and shwarsas.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Cobwobs Hostel, Str. 22 Dec 1989 nr. 42, ☏ +40 740 635 673. Cozy hostel in the center of Sighet with comfortable rooms and caring owners 40 lei (dormitory bed).
- Motel Buți, Strada Similar Barnuțiu, nr. 10, ☏ +40 745 619 592. Comfortable hotel with shop. Breakfast included. Double 260 lei.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]- Săpânța with the Merry Cemetery
- Baia Mare, the county's capital
- Vișeu de Sus with steam forest train