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HUEDIN (Bánffyhunyad), to the north of the Apuseni range and 46km
west of Cluj, is a small town with a largely systematized centre. The
sixteenth-century Protestant church with its solid guard tower survives,
and inside there's a delightfully wonky coffered ceiling; ask at the
parish office for the key. There's a good range of coffee shops (
cofetarie ) in Huedin, but the town's only hotel is the Motel Montana (tel
064/253 090; $6-10) at the eastern edge of town. Homestays are a better
option; Green Mountain Holidays can arrange beds in and transfers to the
village of SÂNCRAIU (Kalotaszentkirály), known for its strong Magyar
folklore and its thirteenth-century church, just 6km south.
The chief reason for stopping at Huedin is to pick up buses to
settlements in the surrounding valleys, where traditional customs,
architecture and crafts, both Romanian and Magyar, escaped obliteration
by the twentieth century and may even be encouraged in the twenty-first.
Huedin's train and bus stations are just east and west respectively of
the Zimbor road's level crossing, a five-minute walk north of the town
centre. Most of the surrounding villages are served by two or three
buses a day during the week, but the service is virtually nonexistent at
weekends.
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