The full moon closest to the autumn equinox marks a special celebration in Romania: the Harvest Moon. In particular, rural ...

"It is being exploited as a kind of tourist trap," he added. The real Vlad never set foot in Romania's Bran Castle - widely taken as the inspiration for the lair of Dracula - but it hasn't stopped ...

On the ponderous, three-hour train journey between Romania’s capital Bucharest and ... Church and pass the Old Princely Court where Vlad the Impaler once resided. The city is also home to ...

Although this remarkable fortress has weathered centuries of war, poverty and multiple political empires, Bran Castle is most famous for being the assumed residence of Dracula. Vlad Tepes ...