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chickens that you may forget you're in town. Owner Lia is charm itself and a great source
of local info (handy given there's no tourist office any more).
Doubles and family rooms are homely and large, with shared showers and bathrooms.
There are also two dorms. Outside are tables to read at and bikes for rent.
HOTEL
Casa Iurca $$
( 0262-318 882;
www.casaiurca.ro
; Str Dragoş Vodă 14; r 150 lei, annexe s 92 lei, d
185-218 lei; )
Rooms are elegant and cool in this fine wood-accented villa. Ex-
pect tasteful furniture, flat-screen TVs, tiled floors, leather chairs and spotless linen for
your money. There's also in-room wi-fi, fridge, cable TV and fan. Hands-down the best
digs in town.
Hotel Marmaţia $$
( 0372-721 210;
www.hotelmarmatia.ro
; Str Mihai Eminescu 97; s/d 170/250 lei;
)
This appealing wood-clad building, finished in plum-coloured shutters and sit-
ting at the foot of a nearby mountain, is welcoming and cosy, with international-style
rooms (with cable TV on the flat-screen, and minibar), a posh lobby and an excellent res-
taurant, and all exuding a sense of peace. You can even take a dip in the nearby river if it
gets too hot.
HOTEL
Motel Buţi $
Offline map
( 0262-311 035;
www.hotelbuti.ro
; Str Ştefan cel Mare 6; s/d/tr 100/120/180 lei;
)
Admittedly, rooms may be a bit on the small side, but considering the hotel's
cleanliness, and the rooms' flat-screens, decent furniture and crisp linen, this is very good
value. There's a bar downstairs.
HOTEL
SIGHET PRISON: A SUFFERING NATION
In May 1947, the communist regime slaughtered, imprisoned and tortured thousands of Romanians who could or
might oppose the new leadership. While many leading prewar figures were sent to hard-labour camps, the re-
gime's most feared intellectual opponents were held in Sighet's maximum-security prison. Between 1948 and
1952 about 180 members of Romania's academic and government elite were imprisoned here and some 51 died.
