And Not a Resort Destination
When we imagined opening The Inn at Richiș, we didn’t picture infinity pools, gated entrances, or crowds moving from activity to activity. We pictured a table set by candlelight, a fire warming the room, and guests lingering long after dinner because conversation felt more important than the clock.
We chose a small Saxon village because Transylvania is not meant to be visited quickly — it is meant to be lived.
Resorts Offer Escape. Villages Offer Belonging.
Resorts are designed to remove you from the world. Everything happens inside their walls, carefully managed and predictably comfortable.
Richiș is the opposite.
Here, life happens slowly and openly. Church bells mark the hours. Neighbors greet one another by name. The hills roll gently into the distance, unchanged for centuries. When guests arrive at The Inn at Richiș, they are not stepping into a product — they are stepping into a living village.
This sense of belonging cannot be built. It must already exist.
True Luxury Is Quiet, Space, and Time
In today’s world, luxury is often confused with scale. Bigger rooms. Bigger spas. Bigger crowds.
We believe luxury is the absence of hurry.
In Richiș, there is space to breathe. Mornings unfold without schedules. Evenings glow by candlelight. Meals are not events – they are moments meant to be shared, slowly and generously.
This is why we chose a village setting. It allows guests to rediscover something rare: uninterrupted time.
A Village Preserves What Resorts Replace
Large resort destinations often replace local character with global sameness. The food is adapted. The culture is simplified. The rhythms are adjusted for convenience.
In Richiș, nothing is staged.
The recipes come from families who have cooked them for generations. The wine is poured by people who know the land it comes from. The fortified churches, rolling hills, and village streets remain part of everyday life, not attractions, but neighbors.
Opening an inn here means protecting these traditions, not packaging them.
Hospitality Is Personal in a Village
In a resort, hospitality is efficient.
In Richiș, hospitality is personal.
At The Inn at Richiș, guests are welcomed as individuals, not room numbers. Meals are served table d’hôte, encouraging conversation and connection. Fires are lit because evenings are cool, not because it’s on a schedule.
This is Gemütlichkeit — warmth, comfort, and a feeling of belonging that grows naturally when people slow down together.
We Wanted Guests to Arrive Curious — and Leave Changed
A resort can entertain you.
A village can change you.
Guests who stay in Richiș often arrive looking for rest. They leave with something deeper: an understanding of Transylvania’s rhythms, flavors, and quiet beauty.
They leave remembering conversations, shared meals, morning light, and the feeling that they were part of something genuine — if only for a little while.
Why Richiș, Specifically?
Richiș sits quietly among fortified churches, vineyards, and rolling hills. It is close enough to explore, yet far enough to remain untouched. It still holds the balance we were searching for — beauty without performance, tradition without display.
It offered us exactly what we wanted to share:
- A sense of place
- A slower rhythm
- A way of life worth tasting
This Is Why We Opened The Inn at Richiș
We did not choose Richiș in spite of its smallness.
We chose it because of it.
Because luxury does not need to be loud.
Because hospitality should feel human.
Because “Transylvania is a way of Life” — not a backdrop.
And because some places are not meant to be built bigger — only lived more deeply.
“Transylvania Is a Way of Life — Taste It All.”