Sibiu Travel

Budenbach · Szibiel

Sibiel

Distance
25 km from Sibiu
Driving time
30 min
Best time
May–October

Sibiel is a village in Mărginimea Sibiului, the shepherds’ country west of Sibiu. It is known for the museum of icons painted on glass that the priest Zosim Oancea assembled from 1969 from villagers’ donations: over 600 pieces, the largest collection of its kind in Transylvania.

Families in the village host visitors for lunch; cheese, zacuscă and cakes come from their own farms. A path leads in an hour to the ruins of Salgó castle.

Sibiel is on our day trip to Alba Iulia and Câlnic.

Sibiel in its valley
Photo: Martin Greslou, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
  • Museum of over 600 icons painted on glass
  • Holy Trinity church (1765)
  • Lunch with host families
  • Ruins of Salgó castle above the village

Tours to Sibiel