A guide to the county
Mureș
in five.
A short guide to Mureș County: in every town, five places to explore, five to eat and five to stay. Chosen by people, not algorithms.
Towns
We started with the towns where we found good places in all three categories. More will follow as we check them.
Târgu MureșHome of the Secession-style Palace of Culture, a citadel built by the guilds and the Teleki Library, with Transylvanian and Hungarian cooking.
ReghinThe town of violins on the Mureș, with its Saxon church of 1330, the Pyramid of Violins and an ethnographic museum with an open-air village.
SighișoaraA lived-in medieval citadel on the UNESCO World Heritage List, with the Clock Tower, the Covered Stairway up to the Church on the Hill and the guild towers.
SovataThe salt spa of eastern Mureș, with the heliothermal Lake Ursu, the salt mountain in its nature reserve and the old villas of Trandafirilor Street.Photo: Târgu Mureș: Josep Renalias / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 · Reghin: Țetcu Mircea Rareș / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sighișoara: Jocelyn Erskine-Kellie / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sovata: Christo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Where to start
Places to see, picked by us. The rest are waiting on each town's page.
Secession palace and museumPalatul CulturiiSecession-style palace built in 1911–1913, with the Hall of Mirrors, a concert hall with an organ, and the Art Museum.Târgu Mureș
Medieval church and museumBiserica evanghelică și Muzeul SașilorSaxon church completed in 1330, the oldest building in Reghin, with a tower of about 47 m and the Saxon Museum inside.Reghin
Medieval tower and museumTurnul cu Ceas și Muzeul de IstorieThe 64 m tower that guarded the citadel's main gate; inside is the History Museum, laid out floor by floor, with a wooden gallery at the top.Sighișoara
Heliothermal salt lakeLacul UrsuSalt lake formed after 1875 when the ground above the salt massif collapsed, with a layer of fresh water that keeps the salt water underneath warm.SovataPhoto: Palatul Culturii: Radueduard / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO · Biserica evanghelică și Muzeul Sașilor: Țetcu Mircea Rareș / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Turnul cu Ceas și Muzeul de Istorie: Txllxt TxllxT / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lacul Ursu: Christo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pocket guide
A weekend ahead?
The guide comes along.
Every town in one PDF: all the places in the guide, with opening hours, phone numbers and a town map. It opens without internet too.
Neighbouring counties
Guides made the same way for the counties next to Mureș, from the RO-MANIA NETWORK network. All counties in the network →
Why only five?
- Five helps you choose.A list of 40 restaurants leaves the searching to you. Five means we already chose.
- Every place has a reason.Each entry says in one line why it made the list.
- Different places, not clones.We pick places that are not alike, so everyone finds what suits them.
- The list changes, it doesn't grow.When a place comes in, another goes out. We review the selection regularly.