Slow travellers following the Via Transilvanica will hope to find locally-owned, reasonably priced places to sleep & eat along the way. Copşa Mare has such places at last!
CopşaMare.Life is delighted that the 1000km Via Transilvanica trail passes through the village. The initiative is welcome for many reasons, not least because it encourages travellers to leave their cars at home, and to explore Transylvania on foot, and in this way help to conserve an unspoilt landscape and to supplement local livelihoods from farming through genuine slow tourism.
The popularity of the different parts of the 1000km trail will depend in part upon the proximity of locally-owned, reasonably priced food and accommodation. Visitors need no longer pay 120 EUR a night to an Italian property developer with over a dozen farmhouses in the village.
SILE & SIMONA: For slow travellers along the Via Transilvanica wishing to have a hot shower and meal after a long day's hike, there is Copşa Mare 122, owned and run by local couple Sile and Simona. Copşa Mare 122 is affordable and clean. Simona likes to bake and has her own wood-fired bread oven. Downstairs there is an open plan space for large groups. The place is heated by a Kachelofen built from handmade tiles manufactured in nearby Mediaş.
To book a stay, call Simona on +40 728 371 762
ANT CAMP: For those Via Transilvanica travellers who would prefer to camp in the hills, there is ANT, a converted bee wagon that sits above the trail in a shady spot with a wonderful view. ANT sleeps four in two rooms, each with two single beds.
ANT is only for walkers carrying their own sleeping bags and other essentials who would like a safe, dry place to sleep. We supply plentiful drinking water, dry firewood, a compost lavatory, 4 beds with mattresses, a table and chairs and a big enamel washbowl. The price for one night is just 65 lei for the wagon and a supplement of 15 lei a head. So for two people, the cost is 95 lei, for four people 125 lei.
If you would like to reserve ANT, please call James on +40 768 994 224. Or visit https://www.facebook.com/copsamare.life
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