The Beyond Journal

It’s shaping up to be a bountiful cultural year in Romania! Our usual cultural landscape, which includes the George Enescu Music Festival and Art Encounters Biennial is much more intense and diverse this year, Today marks the Opening of the 2023 Timișoara European Capital of Culture Programme. Timișoara is the capital city of the historical […]

You might not know this, but in 2023 we’re celebrating 10 years since we started Beyond Dracula. Yuhu!  In June 2013, I joined Giulio and Alexandra da Sacco, as the managing partner for something which, at the time, was an idea only: to put Romania on the map of bespoke travel. What you might also not […]

George Enescu International Festival reunites over 3500 artists One of the leading music festivals in the world is happening this fall in Romania! If you haven’t already heard of it, let us fill you in, because it’s a classic! Once every two years, thousands of musicians, the best orchestras and artists in the world enchant […]

Romanian folklore is among the richest when it comes to traditions and superstitions for New Year’s Eve.  If we have already talked about the most beautiful Romanian Christmas customs, here are the most known New Year’s traditions, but also what superstitions are known throughout the country. Romanian traditions for New Year’s Eve Around the New […]

The written history of Sighisoara begins in 1280 when it is mentioned in a document called Castrum Sex. A century had passed since settlers from Flanders, Moselle, or Saxony had started to settle in the area between the Târnave rivers and the Carpathians, fleeing from their country of origin and helped by the kings of […]

With its diverse terrain, Romania offers plenty of options for outdoor activities in each of the 4 seasons. While most foreigners seek to visit Romania during the summer, my favorite time of the year to explore the country is actually fall and winter.  First, if you love rural life and traditions, the Christmas season in […]