Travel to Transylvania

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 they come back. This was […]

My journey through Transylvania has been vampire-free so far, but it’s high time to fill this major gap. My third destination happens to be the birth place of Vlad the Impaler. It’s hard to believe the fair city of Sighisoara was once the home of the ruler whose ruthlessness inspired Bram Stoker to create the archetypal Nosferatu: Count Dracula. The […]

My Romanian holiday fantasy continues eastward and takes me to Brasov (Braṣov in Romanian), one of Transylvania’s finest cities. It was originally an old Saxon settlement, the birth place of the Romanian national anthem, and home to the Golden Stag Festival which features world-class musical entertainment year after year. I can’t wait to explore! Crowned for greatness In the Middle […]

Since honesty is always the best policy, I must start with a confession: I have not visited Romania yet. I flew over it a couple of times, but it was cloudy, so it’s safe to say I have never touched or even spotted Romanian soil. Not for much longer, though! This summer, I am finally visiting my neighbor to the […]