In the early afternoon, my family and I strode out of a beech forest and onto a sweep of high grassland, where an expanse of oak trees stood like solitary guards. A picnic was waiting for us, with ...

Despite entertainment-media archetypes, the province of Transylvania (located in northwestern Romania) is actually an idyllic, totally not-creepy part of the world. Transylvania means “across the ...

Transylvania, land of Dracula and part of the Austro-Hungarian empire for more than 1,000 years, is today in the isolated region of north-central Romania. It's been said that Transylvania sits on one ...

Transylvania. Just a mere mention of it conjures up images of vampires, castles and of course the legendary Count Dracula. However, Transylvania (and really all of Romania) is filled with a rich and ...

There are only a handful of characters as well-known as well as Dracula. There are, perhaps, only a handful of characters throughout history known as well as Count Dracula. "Dracula is the most ...

I’ve never celebrated Halloween before – it never really existed where I grew up in Australia. But here I was in the mysterious land of Transylvania, where bloodthirsty vampires hide, dressed as ...

Who: Eva of Romania and Lisa King of Denver, Colorado Where: In the courtyard of Dracula’s Castle, Transylvania, Romania Out and about: We spent several weeks this February, hosted by Romanian friends ...

Residents of Romania who find themselves in central Transylvania this May now have the option of getting vaccinated at a legendary location from horror history: Bran Castle. Every weekend this month, ...