Saschiz is one of the UNESCO Saxon villages, with a particularly tall fortified church whose bell still rings the village hours. Casa Lavandă is at the quiet end, a five-minute walk from the church. The garden runs back almost to the old defensive ditch. There is a single fibre line into the village — Iulia installed her end of it personally.
The desk. Iulia took the door off an old armoire, put it on two trestles in the south-facing window, and made the best writing desk we have ever sat at in this country. The Wi-Fi is honest 200 Mbps. The chair is a Vitra Eames. The garden grows lavender that ends up in the soap.
- ·Wi-Fi (200 Mbps fibre)
- ·Outdoor bath
- ·Wood stove
- ·Real writing desk
- ·Pets welcome
- ·Lavender garden
Iulia spent a decade in Berlin before moving back to her grandmother’s village in 2019. She rebuilt the smaller of the two family houses and now lives in the larger one with her partner and a black cat called Kafka.
A few of the sights within easy reach of this house.
~13 km awayThe only inhabited medieval citadel in Europe — the painted houses, the clock tower, the cobbles.
~21 km awayA whitewashed Saxon church on a hill above the village Prince Charles fell in love with.
~35 km awayThe most photographed Saxon church — three rings of walls, a famous lock with thirteen tumblers.
~71 km awayThe highest range in Romania — Moldoveanu (2,544m), bears, the European Wilderness initiative.