Corvin Castle

We had wanted to visit Corvin Castle in Hunedoara from Sibiu originally but had not been able to hook up transport so instead did it on the way from Timisoara through to Bucharest. We planned to stay in a nearby town called Deva but when we arrived and the entire town had no water (and the hotels still wanted to charge $100AUD) we decided to move on to Hunedoara itself and try our luck.
We went straight to the castle as the afternoon was wearing on which hampered us somewhat looking around as we had our packs. Did I mention how cool this castle was!?! The whole thing is about as intact as you'll find and had all the turrets and towers you could ask for, oh and a drawbridge!
Despite the discomfort caused by carrying our packs around (it was hot too, 30 degrees) and the slightly unfriendly staff we really enjoyed the castle and the view from the window over the miles and miles of abandoned, slowly crumbling industry. Quite a contrast.
We then made our way to the town's one hotel, described in our guidebook as a 'dingy, flea-ridden place' best to be avoided. Well at least if had still been like that it would have been cheap! Instead it had undergone a major facelift and set us back what we would have paid in Deva. At least we had water. Did I mention how cool the castle was???

Photos: The view from Corvin castle, Corvin castle