There are some 200 countries in the world, but what are the odds! There are only four that begin with the letter R. Despite ...

From the Maldives to Corfu, over the years, the British royal family spent their vacations in destinations as far-flung as ...

One of the UK's most respected travel journalists, James has won several awards for his destination writing. If you’re in the market for ironies – and Romanians, with a sense of humour darkened by ...

It’s easy to see how such a foreboding landscape became the birthplace of one of fiction’s most enduring monsters “EVERYONE comes here looking for vampires” says Sebastian, our dark-haired, ...

As Halloween edges closer, the yearning to do more spooky and fun fall activities pulls me in. Every year, I attempt to pack my late September to end of October with the usuals: marathons of Halloween ...

Journey over the iconic Bran Castle, nestled in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. This captivating drone footage showcases the medieval fortress’s towering spires, dense forests, and its eerie ...

While Bran Castle, commonly known as Dracula’s Castle could have been used, Eggers and Lathrop settled on Corvin Castle in Hunedoara, Romania. Its crumbling exterior fit exactly what they were looking ...

For years, internet users have shared a sepia-toned photo of a castle on a hill and identified it in captions as an authentic photo, taken in the 1920s, of the abandoned castle of the real Dracula, ...

Romania surprises with its Romance language roots. The central-eastern European country is surrounded by Slavic languages in Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine and Moldova, plus Hungary’s Uralic language.