Information

Our guest house is 24 seats

• 10 rooms
• kitchen
• spacious parlor
• 8 bathrooms with toilet
• shower
• 3 separate toilets
• terraces

Our Services

• Parking in the yard (including buses)
• Car Wash
• telephone, fax, internet
• possibility to make food on open fire in the cauldron, sports, tennis, carriage, fishing

Lăzarea (in Hungarian Gyergyószárhegy)
Is a commune in Harghita county, Romania. To this commune belongs Ghiduţ. It is situated northwards, 5 km from Gheorgheni, in the south part of the Szármány mountain. Its name comes probably from the Szár mountain.

Brief History
Its territory has been inhabited since ancient times. Westwards from the castle were found vestiges of an inhabited settlement from the Bronz Age to the Early Middle Ages. The history of the commune interwines with the history of the Lázár family. The castle has been built during several phases, between 1450 and 1532. 1631 the castle was widened with the constructio of bastions and defensive walls, it was built up to a magnificient renaissance mansion. It became one of the most important military-magisterial centres of Székely land.

Tourist attraction

The reconstruction of the Lazar castle has beginned. Since 1974 there has been organised creative camps.
The Roman Catholic Church, which was built around 1235 in Romanesque style, in the 15th century it has been rebuilt; its tower was built in 1488. 1590 it was ravaged by a fire, as the Calvinists got hold if it they burned up its altars. 1729 it was demolished, except the sanctuary and the tower, and rebuilt. 1930 it was widened and the tower was upswept.
The Szent Antal chapel from the 15th century was rebuilt by the Ballo family from Băţan in 1700.
The Franciscan friary and church in the Szarmany mountain was built between 1669 and 1752. The Head of the friary between 1669 and 1674 was Kájoni János, whose monument can be seen in the wall of the friary.

Simon Pension parameters

Local services and opportunities: toilette / WC, shower / bath-tub, kitchen, car park, bus park, telephone, tennis-court, living, tennis

Region services and opportunities: horse riding, fishing, forest/park, museum