A Saxon town in Transylvania where the rooftops have eyelid-shaped windows that genuinely appear to watch you cross the square. Sibiu's pastel old town is Habsburg-handsome, lively with students and remarkably cheap for its looks. Cross the Bridge of Lies at dusk — legend says it creaks under fibbers — then eat slow-cooked pork and local Fetească in a cellar restaurant. June's international theatre festival fills the squares with performers.
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