Travel around Romania

Today, searching for your identity through ancestry tourism is big business. There are millions of digitised records on hundreds of platforms, but that wasn’t always the case. For twenty-five years, writer-director Mouna Mounayer searched for her mysterious grandfather. She was on the verge of giving up when a chance conversation led to a meeting with Beyond Dracula CEO, Raluca Spiac, whose enthusiasm and effort turned the tide on Mouna’s search. This is their story.

– by Mouna Mounayer

“There is no season like the month of May” – for the people of the Danube Delta it’s common knowledge shared with any traveler asking what is the best time to visit. May is THE month when the brightest, juiciest shades of green take over, and nature exudes its most vivid energies. It’s when the […]

When planning a family trip with toddlers, consider Transylvania as your destination. There are lots of reasons why you’ll be happy you did.

Every spring, a unique scenery unfolds all across Romania: from mid-April to early-June, nature is “curating” our travel itineraries with a series of splendid, unmissable botanical “events”. Travelling to Romania this time of year, brace yourselves for a blossoming bonanza! And no, we’re not talking the average village garden or urban square of flowers, no, […]

Last week we welcomed spring with the legend of the Dragobete, the Romanian mythical representation of love. Let us now fully open the blooming season with the lovely, colorful, “Mărțișor“ day – taking place on the 1st of March!

One swallow might not make a spring, but two Romanian celebrations do!
In Romania, the arrival of spring is announced by a tandem of very special moments: “Dragobete Day” and the “Mărțișor”.