Hotel Sighișoara — Hotel in Sighișoara

This hotel is right in the middle of the old walled city of Sighisoara, on the main square and just a 2 minute walk from the Clock Tower. There is no parking for guests in the Old Town, so you'll need to be dropped off with your bags, or you'll need to walk up the hill from the parking lot below the town with your bags.||||The boutique hotel is in a historical building that oozes charm with its exposed wooden beams, brick archways, and original German murals. There's no lift, so ask for help with bags if you need it. There is also no individually controlled air - they turn on the central heating when it's cold, and they provide fans in the rooms when it's warm (or you can open a window). ||||We had a double room with two twin beds, and it was a very large room for European standards. The furniture is a little more modern that what appears in some of the photos here, so I'm guessing there have been some improvements in recent years. There was a small wardrobe, a desk with small flat-screen TV, and a mini-bar. I didn't see a safe, but maybe I missed it. ||||The bathroom was the biggest problem with this room - and I'll give the caveat that every room in this hotel is different, so this may have been unique to our room. Compared to the size of the room, the bathroom was absolutely tiny. The sink had storage above it, so that was helpful - but the shower was horrendous. I'm a world traveler and have been to a LOT of hotels, and have never had a shower this small. The pre-fabricated stall was absolutely tiny, and there was NO shelf to put toiletries - so you had to put them on the floor. But the stall was SO tiny, you couldn't bend over to pick up the items on the floor. And the shower doors kept coming open, letting all the water out - so there was then a lake of water on the floor. It was a horrible experience. I would highly recommend the hotel add a couple shelves in the shower, first of all, and second - make a bigger shower stall! There is room for a bigger one. It was also fairly awkward that there was a window in the door to the bathroom. It was frosted, but still -- why? Nobody needs a window to a bathroom. ||||The WiFi was complimentary and worked well. ||||The breakfast buffet was minimal, with meats/cheeses, bread, cold cereal, and some scrambled eggs and sausage. The breakfast room was interesting, and doubles as a restaurant at night. ||||There's a nice outdoor patio which is covered in vines and has good ambiance. It's a bar at night, and overflow for the restaurant in the peak season. ||||The souvenir shop in the lobby was never open - we would have liked to have visited it (it's likely owned by someone else, just renting space...

Arriving at this hotel was great - right in the middle of the really beautiful old historic centre. The reception area is lovely - wood panels and sense of history. Sadly it was downhill from there. ||The room we had was tired, and the bathroom was downright shabby, with the shower door only loosely attached to the shower - it had to be handled gently or it would have fallen off, I suspect. ||Breakfast was mediocre, with a shortage of staff on hand to replenish the buffet plates when they were empty. Cold coffee and very artificial juice.||Our room overlooked the hotel courtyard and on the second night there was a birthday party in the courtyard. The music was very loud and it was impossible to rest, let alone sleep, late at night. No member of staff made any effort to alert us to this, even though it would be clear to all that our room would be adversely affected by this noise. We complained and eventually the music stopped - at about 1130pm. During our conversation the manager physically pushed me out of his way angrily. I understand that hotels use their facilities to generate income, but in this case this was not being done in a way which respected the paying guests. We certainly did not feel cared for by the hotel staff, though, in fairness, we were not charged for that night’s stay.||A final piece of advice - there is (quite rightly) no parking in the citadel. There is a car park at the foot of the hill you can use once you’ve dropped your bags off...

Besides being the best location,I didn't understand why there is no air conditioning(maybe it's part of the vintage atmosphere) wifi saturated ( maybe still part of the middle age romance). Rooms have fridge empty. It's hot inside( 28 degrees C in the early morning)it is august:if you open windows all living creatures are free to run. Like in the vintage times. Beds were were waaay to small both on lenght and size. Sized for the middle age man type. There is a couch arranged as bed for kids , but it was too small even for kids. They slept on the floor. The floor d more spacey and soft for the taste of the kids. Overall it is 3 stars hotel for vintage standards. Furniture are extremely cheap looking, almost monastery type: I assume it's still a party of the vintage looks. Safety. Electrical system is also of the last century. No fire alarms . No sprinklers. If there is a fire, some one who is right there when the fire starts ( no audio or visual alarm around) can grab the single extinguisher on the floor and do its best to put off the fire alone. Like in the vintage times. Breakfast is continental, perfectly average. Overall, the place has a great position: feels like 2 star hotel in the lowest...