Valea Viilor fortified church
Mediaș, Romania Fortress
One of the Best Places To Visits in Valea Viilor Top-rated.online cuts through the clutter, highlighting only the reviews that are most helpful, earn the most likes, or come from the most active contributors. Valea Viilor or German Wurmloch is our next stop. This fortified church from the early 15th century is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its well-preserved fortifications. We have to wait for the opening until 14:30 o'clock As the church is quite famous there are "masses of visitors". Here we are suddenly no longer alone but about 10 guests. 😉 Here you can climb and discover as much as your heart desires. The woman who looks after the place is very nice. Even though we both didn't speak a mutual language, she tried her best to help us. A lovely quant small fortified old church. Worth a visit if in the area. It's a pity that it is still not still in use or at least the gardens looked after better. Be careful if you decide to climb to the tower. The views are lovely, but the ladders are an accident waiting to happen. There's also pigeon poo everywhere. Could be better looked after. But still all the same. Just be safe. Valea Viilor Fortified Church is a UNESCO site which implies that it should have a open hours schedule and adhere to it. But it was closed although it was close to 11 am. I am not sure why, as it does not have much over the other fortified churches in the area, but it was nice. You wont get a great guide as in Cincu, it is not especialy big, but we really liked it. It has some sculptures wich are nice, a well maintained tower. Must see. There is fixed program and you pay a ticket. The lady working here was very nice. Despite a bit of a language barrier, she made an effort to explain all the areas we could look around and go. We went up the bell tower which was cool. There is a view at the top. There isn't a ton to see, but you could spend about an hour looking around. We saw several fortified churches on our trip and this one stands out as one of the better ones since you could poke around and explore some unique areas. In addition to the bell tower, you could go through a door in the church that I think led to an attic. There is a compost toilet available and a very small gift shop with photos and some history on the place. Beautiful fortification, worth the visit. Opened from 01 April to 31 October, Monday to Saturday from 10am to 13pm and 14pm to 18pm. Sunday and holidays closed. Costs 10 Lei/ Adult. It’s usually closed and you have to call for someone to open (phone numbers on the door). It takes 10min for her to get there (She speaks only Rumanian and German). Cash only payments, closed when we were there - according to sign need to make appointment the day before want to see it. Nice from the outside! Romantic and beautiful. Its history speaks of times of community and traditions. The lady taking care of it was very kind and informative. She said there are just two German origin people left in the village, the last celebration/confirmation in the church was in 1989. So the support to maintain the historical UNESCO heritage buildings is very thin. Definitely visit ASAP. Website change monitoring Monitor any webpage for changes – get instant email alerts when prices drop, new jobs are posted, products come back in stock, or competitors update their sites. See how the number of reviews and average review scores have changed over time.
Address · Phone · Hours
- Address
- Strada Vișiniilor Nr68, Valea Viilor, RO
- Phone
- +40 269 843 483
| Monday | 10:00 AM to 1 PM, 2 to 6 PM |
| Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 1 PM, 2 to 6 PM |
| Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 1 PM, 2 to 6 PM |
| Thursday | 10:00 AM to 1 PM, 2 to 6 PM |
| Friday | 10:00 AM to 1 PM, 2 to 6 PM |
| Saturday | 10:00 AM to 1 PM, 2 to 6 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
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