ALONG THE VALLEY, AND UP THE HILL…
The “Doina” of Maramureș
A guesthouse that takes hospitality seriously.
Old ways and new comforts, from the heart of historic Maramureș.
ALONG THE VALLEY, AND UP THE HILL…
A guesthouse that takes hospitality seriously.
Old ways and new comforts, from the heart of historic Maramureș.
Team retreats, away-days and family celebrations — with the whole estate held for your group alone.
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ROOMS & FACILITIES
Seven rooms, each with a name and a character, across two welcoming houses — 20–25 beds, a dining hall for 28, and the whole estate to yourselves.
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A LITTLE GASTRO-ROMANIA, THEN?
Food made by Doina, on the stove and over the cauldron — and everyone gathered round the one table.
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The sauna with its window onto the orchard, the brave step into the hot tub under a winter sky, then the salt room with its salted air and stone walls.
See the sauna, tub and salt roomDoina was born in Șugău, in historic Maramureș. She lives here, feels here, works here. Twenty years ago she and her family took up the craft of hospitality. The official register calls it the hospitality industry; her own name for it is the craft of welcome — the kind where you are your guest’s host and their friend at once.
That is how Pensiunea Doina came to be, and it is more than a set of buildings: five hectares of land where you can find the quiet and the peace of mind you spend the year longing for. As you come in there is water on your left and, on your right, the hill and the grui. A place where you taste what is particular to Maramureș — whether you come at Christmas or at Easter, for the haymaking or for the fruit harvest that ends up as plum brandy. Whichever day you choose, Maramureș is never quite the same thing twice — and every time you leave wanting to write it a letter, along the valley and up the hill.
Taste Doina’s cookingOur guests and our friends never leave without setting down a thought for us — something to keep until the next time.
“There are places you find it hard to leave. Doina’s — with her pastries, her balmoș and her layered mămăligă — is one of them.”As the gastronome Radu Anton Roman had it
RIGHT NOW AT DOINA’S
What’s new this season, corners of the estate, and places worth seeing nearby.
NEW AT DOINA’S
A sauna cabin in the orchard, the hot tub steaming under the open sky and, newest of all, a salt room with rock-salt walls and a window onto the tub. The evening ritual, in any season.
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TEAM RETREATS
The whole estate, yours alone — things to do in the yard, long tables, and evenings with fiddlers.
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IN SEASON NOW
Tables laid outdoors and left there until late — home cooking and stories in the evening light.
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NEARBY
Forty minutes away. The blue crosses, painted with a wry humour, that made the village famous the world over.
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NEARBY
Water mills still grinding, carved wooden gates, and lanes where time has simply stopped.
See what’s nearbyIn the village of Șugău, at Str. Șugău nr. 75, which belongs administratively to Sighetu Marmației in Maramureș County, Romania. The guesthouse sits on a five-hectare estate, with a stream along one side and a hill — the grui — along the other.
Seven rooms, each with a private bathroom, across two houses: five double rooms, one four-person room and an attic apartment sleeping four to six. Up to 20 guests in total, or 25 with extra beds for children.
485 lei per night for a double room, 618 lei for the four-person room and 744 lei for the attic apartment. An extra bed is 60 lei. Children under 6 stay free sharing a bed with their parents, and children aged 6 to 12 pay half. These are the 2026 rates and are indicative — the firm rate is the one confirmed when your booking is accepted.
A Finnish sauna in a wooden cabin in the orchard, a wood-fired hot tub in the open air, and a salt room with salt-brick walls. All of them are in the guesthouse grounds, a short walk from the rooms.
Yes. Doina, the host, cooks traditional Maramureș food herself — on the wood stove and in the cauldron — using produce from the garden and the pantry. Meals are arranged in advance, when you book.
Yes. The two houses, the 28-seat banquet hall, the gazebo, the barbecue and the five hectares can be booked in full — for weddings, birthdays, family parties or corporate team building. On request there can be traditional fiddlers, a pottery demonstration or a campfire.
The Merry Cemetery at Săpânța, the monastery and the wooden churches of the region, water mills still in working order, the Mocănița steam train on the Vaser Valley, the Sighet Memorial to the Victims of Communism, and mountain lakes close by.
Through the booking button on this site, which opens our booking platform, or by phone on +40 262 330 602 and +40 730 117 052. You can also reach us on WhatsApp or by email at [email protected]. Every booking is confirmed by the hosts.