TRAVEL: Dracula Castle

The Macabre Tourist

ROMANIA: Poenari Castle

Poenari Castle, the Fortress of Vlad the Impaler – an incredible landscape, a piece of history and a bloody legend

FOOD: Garlic

Why Romanians are obsessed with garlic

While many people eschew garlic in their food for fear of smelling of it, Romanians have a cult-like appreciation for the plant.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Rural Romania

Europe’s last wilderness: Telegraph reader’s beautiful shot of rural Romania wins Big Picture photography contest

eTravel: Awards

CATEGORII

ROMANIA: Hotels of Tradition

Go Beyond the Forest – Travel in Romania

ECONOMY: Romania

Romania shrugs off label of Europe’s poor man as economy booms

TRAVEL: Transylvania Doesn’t Bite

Trip to Transylvania, Without the Bite

Dracula’s Castle may be this Romanian region’s biggest tourist attraction, but it’s also full of more peaceable charms, from stylish guest houses to picturesque villages within easy driving distance of one another

BUCAREST: Les Films de Cannes

TENNIS: Simona Halep 1

SIMONA HALEP BECOMES FIRST ROMANIAN WORLD NO. 1

‘It was the toughest year but also the best year’ – Halep interview

Simona Halep of Romania holds a floral bouquet in the shape of the number one after beating Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in their women’s singles semifinal match in the China Open tennis tournament at the Diamond Court in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. Halep achieved the women’s world #1 ranking with the victory. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)