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••• CASA VALE DIN DEAL •••
We offer 6 entirely different holiday rentals in and around the pastoral village of Vale, directly at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains. On the one hand, far away from the latest trends of time, on the other hand just around the corner from Sibiu, the European Capital of Culture 2007. A good choice for enthusiast of special places who want to add a pinch of Romanian serenity to their live experience.
The village is nestled between the wooded mountains overlooking the Transylvanian plain. No through traffic, in an absolutely peaceful spot. Afer a short walk you already find yourself in the oldest beech forest on the continent, and will experience a unique flora and fauna on your way up to the mountain meadows. Moreover, you will benefit of our central location in the heart of Romania for trips to all the sights in Transylvania.
Does this appeal to you? Then take a break and treat yourself to a place where unspoiled nature meets the breath of the past and traditions.
••• VILLA CRINA – our jewel with 200 sqm of living space, fireplace, south-facing terrace, BBQ, and garden, for 8 people
••• CASA PELU – former farmhouse with extended loft and roof terrace, for 6 people
••• CASA LOPO – traditional farm with terrace in the yard, barn and garden, for 6 people
••• CASA NICU – 120-year-old cottage with the appropriate historic flair, for 2-3 people
••• VILLA ZOLLO – new 150 sqm holiday home with fireplace, panoramic views, large garden, parking & BBQ, for 6-8 people
••• CASA ZOLLO II – well equipped studio-apartment with large terrace, BBQ and garden, for 2-3 people
• Each cottage features a fully equipped kitchen for self catering, WiFi Internet, a washing machine, and TV.
• Airport transfer included.
• On request: rental car, baby cot, breakfast, traditional menus, farm products, trips in a horse-drawn cart.
Visit our homepage • • for photo galleries with hundreds of pictures, virtual tours through the cottages, excursion tips, guest reviews, and more.
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••• VILLA CRINA •••
... is the icing on the cake among our holiday homes with 200 sqm of living space and quality equipment for high demands. The villa lies on a slope in the loosely built part of the village. We’ve built it from scratch on the layout of an abandoned farm barn. Now it offers spacious, light-flooded rooms, and whoever enjoys details and a rustic ambience will feel comfortable here.
You enter the house through the 50 sqm living room. It features oak parquet and is accessible from the courtyard or the garden side terrace. The living includes the kitchen, a wood burning fireplace, and seating for 18 people. A sanitary room with a washing machine, dryer and a toilet is also located on the mezzanine floor.
The fully equipped kitchen makes cooking a breeze. It contains a large fridge combo, dishwasher, gas stove, coffee maker, espresso machine, microwave, toaster, kettle, spices, and more. If you want to take a break, we will cook traditional menus or provide you with farm products from the village.
There is an outside and an inside staircase leading up to the four bright rooms (15 -18 sqm) in the attic. They are furnished with a double bed, private bathroom, TV set (Astra satellite), Wi-Fi internet access, and infrared panels. The view is relaxing: it goes up to the village church and over the lush green of forested mountains.
On arrival you’ll find the beds freshly made. Hand and bath towels, shower gel and soap are provided.
The living room opens onto a spacious south-facing terrace (30 sqm) with 20 seats. Stairs lead down from here to the enclosed garden, bordered by a creek. We laid out the garden in three terraces: on the top level, there is a stonewalled barbecue, a small lawn in the middle, and the bottom level accommodates up to three cars. The total garden area is grown with flowers, various fruit trees and wine.
The entire interior of the house was chosen with care and is fairly new, including kitchen and sanitation facilities, mattresses, and linen. All furniture, windows, doors and stairs where consistently made to measure.
The solar-assisted central heating is backed up threefold. Either you fire up the water-bearing fireplace in the living room, which supplies all the radiators in the house, or an automatic control takes over the job and starts a gas heater and / or the electrical infrared panels at no additional costs for you.
The accommodation lies in the sparsely built part of the village, facing towards wooded mountains. Leaving the garden behind and following the course of the creek, you already find yourself on your way up to the mountain meadows, surrounded by a healthy mixed forest.
• holiday villa for 8 people
• 4 double bedrooms with TV
• 4 bathrooms
• Large living room with eat-in kitchen and fireplace
• Sanitary room with washing machine, dryer and WC
• South-facing terrace
• Enclosed garden with barbecue and parking lot
• Minimum stay: 3-5 nights (seasonal)
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Rooms and Facilities
pets welcome
non-smokers only
Wifi
garden
TV
terrace
dishwasher
washing machine
fireplace
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This accommodation meets 6 of 12 sustainability criteria.
Arrival/Location
Arrival and distances
lake 1 kilometer
1 kilometer
ski lift 18 kilometer
18 kilometer
distance to next shop 0.2 kilometer
0.2 kilometer
restaurant 2 kilometer
2 kilometer
bus station 2 kilometer
2 kilometer
distance to next airport 18 kilometer
18 kilometer
distance to next railway station 4 kilometer
4 kilometer
distance to next motorway 4 kilometer
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••• We offer more than just accommodation •••.
• Transfer from the Sibiu airport or railway station is included, and a reliable rental car is available directly from us.
• On request, our cook provides breakfast or swings the wooden spoon. She conjures traditional menus fresh to the table by appointment - each gram of meat a product of her own livestock farming. Vegetarian? No problem.
• Also available are farm products from the village, such as fresh milk, goat or sheep's cheese, forest honey and homemade jam, zakusca, pickled vegetables, wine and schnaps.
• On request: baby cot, high chair, rides in a donkey cart for children, grocery shopping prior to your arrival.
• Tip: Excursion in a horse-drawn cart to the mountains. The tour can take a few hours or an entire day. On the way, you stop at a creek and Nicu (our Carpathian specialist) prepares a shepherd goulash in the kettle on the camp fire.
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••• The village of Vale •••
… is out in the sticks, in the middle of nowhere. On the other hand, the freeway that brings all sights of Transylvania closer to you is only 5 km away. A tarmac road touches on the village, but in large parts, it’s cobblestone roads and dirt trails leading up into the wooded hills. Thus, traditional structures and straightforward hospitality still hold up in Vale. Horses, cows and goats are still part of the village landscape, and the farmers take up their scythes and plant corn, potatoes, and vegetables to provide for the winter.
There is a children's playground and a small grocery store at the village square. The town of Saliste 2 km away offers more shops, a farmer's market and an ATM cash machine. Whatever you miss here can be found in Sibiu 20 km away at the Cibin Market, in retail stores, or supermarkets such as Real, Carrefour and Lidl.
Some say that the Transylvanian countryside appears frozen in time. It is unique and mostly untouched and the breath of the past hides in every corner. Maybe you'll sense the charm of the extraordinary, perceiving what life was like before it was leveled by the advance of civilization.
Until then, take a good look around. Heists and highway robberies are tales from the long-gone years of turmoil following the political change in Romania, and Count Dracula obviously exists only in movies. Most people in these parts are open-minded and very friendly when met with respect.
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••• We aren't trained tourism experts •••
We live in Vale and have joined together in a small and family-type construction company, which all the holiday cottages were built by. After eight years of work - with many possibilities for creative design - we cast the trowels and planning aside for a while and took a deep breath.
Today, we care for you as a team. In case of problems or questions you can always get in touch. Furthermore, we might have one or two tips at hand for you, but we also master the art of discreet retreat.
From the income generated by the houses (your money), on the one hand the 'investor' is served. On the other hand, administration and care-taking yield a secure income for several families. When we cook for you, or when you order local products or go shopping in the local grocery, also a number of other villagers have a benefit. Finally, we are planning a soup kitchen for the less well-off families in the village which will also be financed from the proceeds of our holiday homes.
We nurture a climate of openness and equality-based relationships. And we look forward to our mostly respectful and tolerant guests who contribute personally to bring together the different universes in this world.
(Read more below for an overview of the sights in the area, plus a pinch of ransylvanian history. )
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| rental deposit: | 25 % at time of booking |
| final payment: | 1 week before arrival |
additional information about rental price:
| • Minimum stay 5 nights. Exceptions on request, only at the price of the main season. • Check in usually from 18pm, check out until 10am, and depending on your flight details. We are flexible. • Extra bed: € 10/day • Cot: 2 € / day, high chair included • Pet: € 5 / day • Free pickup from Sibiu airport or train station. • Rental car: from € 203/week • On request: breakfast, traditional menus, local fram products • Included: fast internet via WiFi, fully equipped kitchen for self catering • Included: electricity, gas, water, firewood, bed linen, bath and kitchen towels, shower gel and soap, spices, local maps, games, fresh mountain air ... |
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Cancellation terms:
Free cancellation possible up to 30 days before the arrival date.
Here is the translation: We will refund the deposit immediately and without comment. After that, the cancellation fee is 30% (the deposit) and an additional 30% from the 15th day before arrival. With travel cancellation insurance, you can reduce or completely eliminate risks.
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••• Transylvania •••
… is the land of the legendary places, the churches, castles, fortresses and monasteries. Only a few are known, such as the Dracula Castle in Bran, the Sphinx Megalith in the Bucegi Mountains or Sarmizegetusa, the capital of the ancient Dacian culture. But they are found everywhere: sometimes as a quiet gem on the edge of the road, as a monumental fortress on the safe rock, but also as a hand-adorned token of love to craftsmanship in a monastery in the forest. An overview of all these eye-catchers would overload this page, but you'll find more on our homepage • •.
A trip can take you an hour or a day. Here are some examples for sights and tours in the area:
The open-air Marmelada swimming pool is just across the hill 20 walking minutes away, and so are five lakes in the valley. In 15 minutes you leave the village below you, passing dozens of hand-carved wooden sculptures in the Poiana Soarelui (sunny glade) on your ascent, to arrive at the mountain meadows and enjoy a unique view across the vastness of the Transylvanian Plain. In good weather, you get sweeping views to the mountain range beyond Sibiu.
The neighbor village of Sibiel hosts Romania’s most important museum for icons with reverse glass painting. From here, you walk along a wild stream to a secluded monastery in the midst of the forest, and further up into the mountains.
Connoisseurs are attracted to the mountain lake at Gura Raiului (13 km). It lies in a depression. The water is clear and in the evening, you can light a fire and watch the fish jump for mosquitoes. Anyone visiting this place won’t easily forget it.
If you are aiming really high, you can choose between two north-south passes across the Carpathians, both to visit in a day trip:
• The Transfagarasan – winding past steep rocks and a waterfall dozens of meters high. On the top of the pass, ‘Balea Lake’ awaits you with a hostel and the house of ice.
• The Transalpina – at the highest trafficable road across the Carpathians, sometimes even towers above the clouds. Created by the Romans in their campaign against the Dacians, she was rebuilt during World War II, then forgotten, and today winds through one of the few untouched mountain regions in Europe. The Transalpina starts at Saliste, just 2 km from Vale.
Via both routes you arrive at the southern part of the country, in Walachia, and make your way back through the Olt valley, the only north-south route through the Carpathians, passing ancient monasteries and some steep cliffs. Whoever doesn’t stop here must be in a real hurry.
When you’ve had enough of mountains and steep slopes, turn to the valley. The countryside is spotted with ancient fortified churches built by the Transylvanian Saxons up to 800 years ago.
One of their medieval cities, the European Capital of Culture Sibiu, lies just around the corner and to this day is a fountain of cultural diversity. The medieval fortifications embrace the old town with its historic alleys and restaurants, cafés and bars, some of them set in vaulted cellars or courtyards. During the summer, the town opens up to its visitors and regularly organizes events, ranging from cabaret and theater through open-air concerts to exhibitions of local crafts guilds.
The traditional village museum ASTRA on the outskirts of Sibiu also merits one or two glances: century-old log cabins, water mills, blacksmith shops and saw mills from all over the country were reconstructed true to the original.
From here it’s just a stone’s throw to the fortified church of Cisnadioara, established in the 13th century and one of the oldest Saxon buildings in Transylvania. It stands on an almost circular mountain top above the village.
After walking for hours you will feel your legs. In the saltwater lakes and spas of Ocna Sibiului (25 km away) you can soothe your aching bones in brine, stretch out in saltwater reading the newspaper, and then coat yourself in mud. The way back leads you past Cristian. Here, another fortified church gives you an impression of how centuries ago, people barricaded themselves against Mongols, Turks and Kuruc irregulars.
If you choose to delve deeper into the history of Romania you will hear about the Dacians. Similar to the Celts in Ireland, they are famous for their mystical traditions and particular skills. Even today the faithful flock to their places of worship, only ruins of which have survived.
The last Dacians are said to have taken refuge in the ‘Muntii Apuseni’ (40 km away), a sparsely populated region on the western border of Transylvania. Today however, this area is known for caves and abandoned mine tunnels, some of which run hundreds of meters through rock. Skeletons of dinosaurs and other prehistoric monsters are found in their depths even today. Early birds can explore this area on a day trip.
No matter which way you turn, you’ll experience amazing things - usually things you never expexted.
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last updated on: 04/20/2026
13 reviews
Overall assessment
5.0 amenities/facilites
5.0 value for money
4.8 service
4.8 location
5.0 cleaniless
July 2022
Sandra H. from Riesa
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Wonderful summer in Vale
We spent our summer holiday in the beautiful Casa Crina in Vale. Already the way to the house through the garden is great, everywhere the vine is growing and blossoming. The house is a place to feel at home. It is designed for more people, but we also felt very comfortable with four people. The large living room, the fantastically equipped kitchen, the rooms with bathroom and of course the veranda and barbecue area offer everything you need. Everything is well-kept, clean and lovingly furnished.
Already the booking was uncomplicated and also on site everything went smoothly. Nicu took care of everything and was always available.
The holiday home was the starting point for many activities, Romania has so much to offer. Hiking, swimming, fortified churches, monasteries, great cities like Sibiu and Brasov and not to forget delicious food and very friendly people.
For us it was a wonderful time in Vale, we can only recommend the Casa Crina!!!!
Thank you for this idyllic place to stay!
recommend for: adventure and experience, holiday with children, cultural and sightseeing holiday
August 2019
Hermann from Tübingen
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Adventure Holiday in Transylvania
We spent 10 wonderful days in Casa Crina in August. The house is very spacious and well furnished. We used the brick barbecue in the garden extensively, as well as the large covered terrace. Adriana's dishes and the groceries Nicu got for us are highly recommended. From Vale we made day trips to Sibiu, to the fortified churches in Unterwald or Michelsberg and many hikes into the mountains (starting from Vale, Hohe Rinne (Paltinis) or Lake Balea). And if you want to go fishing, you can easily get a licence in Gura Raului (in the centre behind the church), for example. A big thank you also to Werner for the organisation in advance and the smooth handling of the formalities. All in all, a successful holiday and we will certainly be back!
recommend for: adventure and experience, holiday with children, cultural and sightseeing holiday, romantic holiday
September 2018
Harald G. from 01968 Großkoschen
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simply great
Casa Crina and also the other holiday homes in Vale are just great! Very nice equipment and furnishings, very lovely and hard-working inhabitants of the village, Nicu as the manager of the houses is just super and I can say he has become a real friend.
recommend for: adventure and experience, seniors, holiday with children, holiday with pet, cultural and sightseeing holiday, romantic holiday
Answer from Mr. W. Konnert:
Danke Harald. Und Grüße von Nicu, der fleissigen Vale-Biene...
August 2018
Frank from 14052 Berlin
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Great cottage fully equipped Great servivce Great countryside
On arrival we were greeted by the friendly Niku, who speaks perfect English and has always been our contact person. The house is fully equipped, even the washing machine and dishwasher have detergents, as well as soap, toilet paper, charcoal, wood for heating and spices. The final cleaning, bed linen and towels are also included in the price. Niku is happy to provide food from local producers (eggs, milk) on request. There is a small supermarket in the village which is within walking distance and offers things like butter, milk, bread, fruit etc.. the rest is 2 km away. The location is great, three rooms have their own bathroom, one bathroom is in the hallway upstairs and there is also a toilet downstairs so you don't always have to go upstairs. The fridge is big, has three freezer drawers and is no frost. Each room has a TV with SAT reception, but we didn't use it. Downstairs in the living room there is also a TV. Only there we missed a comfortable sofa. But there are comfortable deckchairs for the terrace and we were mostly outside. The living room has a cosy fireplace, which we didn't need in summer. The air is pleasantly fresh. We made 4 day trips to the Carpathians (Transalpina), to Hermannstadt, Kronstadt and Schäßburg. In the house there is a lot of German literature and maps with descriptions and interesting excursion destinations in Transylvania. All the excursions were great. Restaurant prices are 40-60 EUR for 4 people with starter, main course, dessert, drinks and coffee. The food is of good quality, but the maize porridge tasted of nothing, so we preferred mashed potatoes, which were always available on request and were freshly made from potatoes.The wine in Romania is sweet ( semi-dry ) . The people in Romania are very friendly and helpful. We will definitely be back.
recommend for: adventure and experience, holiday with children, cultural and sightseeing holiday
July 2018
Enno S. from 31785 Hameln
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Satisfied all round
This was the second time we stayed in the small village of Vale near Sibiu in a holiday home owned by Werner Konnerth. He picked us up from the airport and brought us back again. The village is in a very idyllic location at the foot of the Carpathians. The properties are lovingly restored farmhouses that lack nothing. There were four of us in "Casa Crina" and we had a lot of space, both in the house (each room has its own bathroom) and in the garden and on the beautiful terrace. Werner and his team were always available for us and provided us with delicious products from the village (cheese, honey, tuica (plum brandy) and wine. They also provide breakfast and dinner on request. Vale is a good starting point for excursions, for example to Sibiu, to the famous fortified churches and to the Carpathians, where you can hike beautifully through the mountains, which are not yet covered with ski lifts. The Dacia we rented with us took us safely everywhere. We have already decided that this will not be our last stay in Vale.
recommend for: adventure and experience, holiday with children, cultural and sightseeing holiday, romantic holiday
Contact
Company www.casa-vale.net
Mr. W. Konnert
Host since: 08/27/2010
response rate: 100%
response time: under 3h
Contact languages: German, English, Romana
Service times: Mo.-Su. 07:00-23:00
listing #: 38280
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«• VILLA CRINA •» achieves a holiday rating of 4.9 (rating scale: 1 to 5) at 13 submitted reviews.
