villa rental Romania • Villa Crina • photo gallery

Family friendly countryside retreat in rural Transylvania near Sibiu

Here you'll find the detailed description of this holiday villa,

and here are our other mountain cottages in the shepherd's village of Vale at the Romanian Carpathians.

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• Villa Crina •
Holiday villa for special demands, built on the layout of an abandoned barn. 5 years of construction ...

... a lot of patience, even more attention to detail, and a quite presentable result on 200m² of living space:
4 double rooms, 4 bathrooms, large living room with fireplace and fully equipped kitchen, south-facing terrace with forest views.

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Backside view from the courtyard.

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You enter the property from the garden side and the south-facing terrace ...

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... with a certain charm even at night.

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We've entered the 50 sqm living room ...

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... endowed with the fully equipped kitchen ...

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... for self catering.

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View from the other diagonal ...

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... with the fireplace in focus ...

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... and the dining and seating area.

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Painting by a guest.

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Arriving upstairs ...

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... in the first bedroom ...

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... with an ensuite shower.

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The room in the panorama wide angle ...

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... and the view from the window.

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Entering the second bedroom ...

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.. with private shower ...

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... panorama ...

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... and view of the garden with BBQ and parking lot.

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Across the hallway ...

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... we enter the third bedroom.

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A glimpse of ...

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... the private shower ...

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... the bed from a different perspective ...

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... and the final overview ...

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We arrive in the fourth bedroom ...

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... with a shower ...

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... and another panoramic view.

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Wwe leave the attic ...

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... cross the living room ...

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... to enter the 30sqm south-facing porch ...

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... with a soothing view of the hills range ...

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... and here too we allow ourselves a wide-angle panorama.

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Stairs lead down from here ...

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... into the enclosed garden ...

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... laid out in three terraces.

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On the top level ...

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... the stonewalled barbecue ...

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... a little closer.

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We walk down to the second level ...

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... with a small lawn and rustic seating.

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From the parking lot, the access to the villa ...

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... we go up again.

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... and finally take a look from the courtyard side.

You want to see more? Get an overview with the virtual tour through Villa Crina.

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We stroll a few steps through the village of Vale

Sights & trips for your Sibiu vacation

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After a view from the village bridge ...

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... we approach the village square.

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A neighbor lives here, offering eggs, canned vegetables, homemade jams and zacuska ...

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... and here two procured a slightly different food for the winter.

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The village road leads up ...

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... past the Orthodox Church.

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The village is now mostly under us ...

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... and somewhere there a native sloth snors to the beat of a woodpecker.

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Impressions from the surroundings

Sights for your Transylvania holidays

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• Vale on the horizon •

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• At the edge of the village •

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• One of dozen of wooden sculptures at the 'sunny glade' above the village •

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• Mountain lake at Gura Raului •

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• The 'Sfanta Treime' monastery at the river above the neighboring village of Sibiel •

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• The hermitage 'Foltea' in the small town of Saliste •

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• Saxon fortified church Cristian from the 13th century •

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• Old town Sibiu •

Take an illustrated walk to the sights of Sibiu and its surroundings.

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• The clay castle near Porumbacu-de-Jos •

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We set off for a short hike up to the Cindrel Mountains

Suggestions for your hiking holiday in the Carpathians

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• The hiking trail leads us into the legendary Cindrel Mountains •

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• A mountain shelter, typical of the Romanian Carpathians •

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• View from the mountain meadows into the valley. This area is called 'home of the shepherds' •

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• There are many legends surrounding the Cindrel Mountains •

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• One of them tells of ...

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... the lake of tears • More on this in the Carpathian Photo Gallery

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Finally some tidbits from other parts of Romania

Photos for your Romania holidays in Transylvania

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• Barsana Monastery in Maramures •

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• Namaiesti hermitage - rock church from the 13th century •

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• Dracula Castle of Count Vlad Tepes near Bran •

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• Peles Castle of the kings in Sinaia •

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• Corvin Castle at Hunedoara •

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