Your holiday: Corabia Piraților | Villa Rozalia | Brukenthal Palace | Restaurant | Historical Café

In the southern part of Transylvania, in Avrig, you will find this romantic place to spend your holiday alone, with friends and/or family. Enjoy your time at Villa Rozalia and Corabia Piraților, located right next to the Brukenthal Palace. You’ll find relaxing areas with a beach, a large outdoor pool and a pirate ship for even more fun and relaxation. Right next to Villa Rozalia, the beautiful Brukenthal Palace garden, restaurant, orangery and historic café await your visit.

Our tip: Stay longer (5 days / 7 days / more) and use this place as a base for relaxation / holiday with the whole family and for many interesting excursions in the surroundings around Avrig.

Your holiday / stay in Avrig / Corabia Piratilor | Request now: +40 726 234 417, office@palatulbrukenthalavrig.ro

Destinations to visit

Bellow you can see a selection of short hiking destinations and day trips that are close to Corabia Piraților.

Brambura Park, Upside Down House (9 km | 15 min.*)[See on map]

Brambura Park is a funny upside down park located on the Avrig Valley, 9 km south of the town of Avrig in Sibiu county. The attraction of this park is the architectural project known as the overturned house of Avrig. [More …]

Castelul de lut (16 km | 20 min.*)[See on map]

The Clay Castle is structured on 2 levels, with 10 rooms, 2 towers and 50 windows. Its shape is in harmony with its natural surroundings. Basically it is a complex of buildings consisting of the main house, the guest house, a barn, the cellar, the garden and a sauna. [More …]

Povestea calendarului (16 km | 20 min.*)

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The story of the Calendar is an invitation to a world where magic and nature are intertwined in a corner of heaven protected by the Făgăraș Mountains. A theme park located in Sibiu County, where every moment becomes an adventure, rediscovering the pure joy of life. Come and leave your mark on a story that continues with each visitor. [More …]

Sibiu (31 km | 30 min.*) (in German: Hermannstadt)

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More about Sibiu

Sibiu (Hermannstadt) in the centre of Romania was one of the most representative cities in Romania, the most prosperous of the seven fortresses known as Siebenburgen, built in the 12th century by German settlers. Sibiu was first mentioned in official documents in 1191. Founded by Saxon settlers from the Moselle Valley, its old name, still used today, is Hermannstadt.

Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization (29 km | 40 min.*)

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The Museum of Traditional Folk Culture in Sibiu (Hermannstadt in German) is one of the largest open-air museums in Romania. Located just south of Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt), the museum is situated in the “Dumbrava Sibiului” forest, on the road connecting Sibiu and Rășinari, about three kilometres (3) from the city. It contains installations of traditional pre-industrial Romanian folk civilisation. Houses, workshops and building complexes are scattered around a lake among the trees of Dumbrăvii Sibiului.

Cârța Monastery (22 km | 20 min.*)

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Cârța Monastery was in the Middle Ages a Cistercian monastic settlement in Țara Făgărașului, a branch of Igriș Abbey. The monastery of Cârța was founded by monks coming from the Cistercian abbey of Igriș, who in turn came from the French kingdom, from the mother abbey of Pontigny. [More …]

Evangelical Cathedral (26 km | 35 min.*)

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The Evangelical Cathedral in Sibiu (in German Evangelische Stadtpfarrkirche) is one of the representative buildings of Transylvanian Gothic. It is the cathedral of the C.A. Evangelical Church and the parish church of the Evangelical community of Sibiu. [More …]

Făgăraș Mountains

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The Făgăraș Mountains are a mountain massif that is part of the Southern Carpathians, and in which the highest mountain peak in Romania is located, the Moldoveanu peak, with an altitude of 2,544 meters. [More …]

Transfăgărășan (Start 21 km | 20 min.*, Bâlea lac 51 km)

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Transfăgărășan (officially numbered DN7C) is a road in Romania, which begins in the commune of Bascov, Argeș county near the city of Pitesti, in the direction of Curtea de Argeș and ends at the intersection with the DN1 road between Sibiu and Brasov, near the commune of Cârțișoara, with a length of 151 km, crossing the Făgăraș Mountains on the north-south axis. [More …]

Lake Bâlea (51 km | 1 h 15 min.*)

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It is a glacial lake in the Romanian Carpathians. It is located in the Făgăraș Mountains, on the Transfăgărășan main road, between the Negoiu and Moldoveanu Mountains. [More …]

Fortified Church Biertan (69 km | 1 h 10 min.*)

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The Biertan Fortified Church is located in the town of the same name in Sibiu County and is part of the UNESCO heritage since 1993. Situated between Sighisoara and Mediaș, the German settlement surprises us with the beauty of its design elements and the masterpieces it contains. [More …]

Sighișoara (93 km | 1 h 35 min.*) (in German: Schäßburg)

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More about Sighișoara

Sighisoara or “The Medieval Pearl of Romania” is located in the heart of Transylvania, 120 km from Brasov and 55 km from Targu-Mures and is one of the few medieval towns in the world today and the only well-preserved and populated town in Romania with a special image. The town is situated on a hill, where long ago the Sighisoara Fortress was built and is also called the Fortress Hill.

Alba Iulia (103 km | 1h 15 min.*) (in German: Karlsburg)

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More about Alba Iulia

Alba Iulia is nowadays a European city. The county town of Alba is a beautiful city with a population of over 60,000 inhabitants. The White Fortress Carolina is a symbol of the city with an impressive construction that can be admired by anyone, being a place with a special tourist importance being visited all the time by tourists from Europe.

Fortified churches in Transylvania

Transylvania is a region rich in history and around 180 fortified churches await the visitor interested in taking a journey through Transylvania’s past and present.