Cheap flights, food and hotels are just some of the advantages of visiting Romania. However, there is so much more to this great destination, says Isabel Conway

Beautiful landscapes, outdoor activities, medieval architecture — Transylvania has it all. But with Halloween around the corner, Eimear Ryan visited with one thing in mind — vampires.

Transylvania has a way of life lost in the rest of Europe. Just in time for Halloween, Darina Allen paid a visit.    

SO IT’S almost midnight.

A theme park inspired by Dracula, the fictional bloodthirsty count, is to be built in a lakeside resort in eastern Europe where Vlad the Impaler – the inspiration for Dracula - is buried.