Located in the heart of Transylvania, Turda has an old story. It begins with the Dacians, who built on these places a settlement which they named after their own custom, Turdava. The riches of the area later aroused the interest of the conquerors of the world. The Romans wanted not only the yellow gold of the Dacians, but also the white gold, salt being an almost as valuable resource. After Trajan defeated Decebalus, Turdava became Potaissa and was incorporated into the Province of Dacia. In this form we find the first documentary attestation of the city, the Greek geographer Ptolemy mentioning it under the name of Petreuissa. For its defence, the Romans encamped here the 5th Macedonian Legion, which built a strong castrum on the Citadel Hill. However, after the Aurelian retreat and the invasion of the Huns, the life of the city decreased in intensity, like the other municipalities in the former Roman Dacia.

During the early Middle Ages, in the area of Transylvania, a first form of Romanian state organization took shape. The Turda region was part of Gelou's voivodeship (with the centre probably located at Gilău- in Hungarian Gyalu, in the Saxon dialect Gela in German Gelu), then conquered by the Hungarians somewhere at the beginning of the tenth century. With the new domination, the old city gradually came back to life. In 1075, it is first mentioned as Thorda in a document signed by the Hungarian king Geza I. In the following centuries it became a strong religious centre, but it also retained the role it had since antiquity, that of main centre of salt extraction. On May 1st, 1275, the first documentary attestation of the Turda salt mine is recorded. And German and Austrian miners were colonized in the area.

The importance of the city increased during the middle Ages. In 1438 it was the place where the nobility met to approve the document Unio Trium Nationum.

Also in the city in the heart of Transylvania took place in 1542 the Diet that laid the foundations of the organization of the Principality of Transylvania under Turkish suzerainty, because the defeat of the Hungarians by the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent moved the pole of power from Budapest to Constantinople. In the end, no less than 127 meetings of the Transylvanian Diet were held in Turda.

Among the most important was that of 1568, when the Edict of religious tolerance was issued, the first of its kind in Europe. When bloody wars were fought in other parts of the continent in the name of the Church, freedom of worship for Catholicism, Calvinism, Protestantism and Unitarianism was established in Turda. Orthodox worship was also tolerated.

Another important event took place in 1601, when General Basta's mercenaries killed Mihai Viteazu on the plain near Turda.

From 1688, the city, as well as the entire principality of Transylvania, came under the administration of the Habsburg Empire, entering the modern era.

Today, Turda awaits its tourists with many attractions. Probably the best known of all is Turda Salt Mine, where guests will have a unique experience, with beneficial effects on health. But Turda offers many other attractions worth visiting such as the Princely Palace (where the history museum is located), the Roman camp Potaissa, the Reformed, Catholic and Orthodox Churches or the Tomb of Michael the Brave.

Also, the proximity of some areas of high tourist interest (Turda Gorge – 10 km, Turului Gorge – 5 km, Rimetea village – 20 km) makes the stay in our guest house to offer a variety of recreational activities of the highest quality.