Ever seen a real-life castle that looks like it belongs in a vampire movie? Yeah… this is that place. Welcome to Bran Castle, tucked deep in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. From above, it feels ...

Bran Castle (epa) PRAGUE, May 26, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Romanian authorities today officially handed over Bran Castle in the southern Carpathian Mountains to Dominic of Habsburg, the legal heir to the once ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Sophie decided to travel to Romania for her summer vacation, she had no idea what she was in for. Or the mysterious and slightly chilling situations she would face. The first oddity? As she sat ...

Think about top holiday destinations for those living in the UK, and most tourists will immediately picture thriving towns catered to tourists located on the coasts of countries like France, Spain, ...