With some terrific road trip options in the surrounding area, having your own car makes good sense. Without one, it’d be much more difficult to explore everything that Sighetu Marmatiei, 20 miles away, has to offer. Among the first stops you make here ought to be Maramureş Museum, Sighetu Marmatiei Cathedral and Memorial to the Victims of Communism and to the Resistance. The locals will also likely point you in the direction of Baia Mare, 30 miles away. If you only have time for one attraction here, let it be Stephen’s Tower. (But we’re also big fans of Romanian Soldiers Monument and Monument of the Heros.)