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By Raluca Spiac on September 11, 2015

What Happens When You Fall in Love With Romania?

For us all at Beyond Dracula the answer to the question above was clear all along; we want to show the country and its amazing corners to everyone who is open to discovering it. But what happens to those people after discovering some of it? Do they fall in love? The answer: is yes and […]

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By Raluca Spiac on June 22, 2015

Our First PURE Guests

Every since our presence at PURE in November 2014, we’ve been kindly harassing the agents we met to come and visit Romania. What better way to get to know a country and speak about it to clients than to experience it in person? With that in mind, we were happy to get Elisa’s and Ana’s […]

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By Raluca Spiac on November 15, 2014

Romania and Beyond Dracula at PURE Life Experiences 2014

We’ve been preparing for it since we got the invitation to come. We were both excited and honored to be the ones representing Romania for the very first time at PURE Life Experiences, a one of a kind fair focused on experiential travel. November came and we were ready. To clarify experiential travel I will […]

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By Raluca Spiac on October 7, 2014

Is this how you think Romania will be?

Copyright: British Pathe This video made me laugh. Is it really how people saw Romania in 1964? Anyone who last came 50 years ago would be in for a bit of a shock     – Romania is such a different country now. But you can still see – and do – lots of what’s in […]

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By Raluca Spiac on September 12, 2014

On Transalpina, one of the most beautiful roads we’ve been in Romania

After checking out a beautiful hotel in Ramnicu Valcea, I started driving towards Horezu, city famous for its ceramics and potters that use a very specific style when decorating their plates. I then decided to return to Timisoara driving on Transalpina. After the famous-by-now Transfagarasan, “the best road in the world” as Jeremy Clarkson of […]

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By Raluca Spiac on August 21, 2014

What do you know about Romanian hotels?

They’re quite something, aren’t they? But they are not all like that. Some are like this: How do I find these places? I travel and test them out myself. Whatever kind of hotel you fancy, get in touch. E-mail me and I’ll find the ideal hotel(s) for you. Best, Raluca

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