As far as travelers are concerned, Romania tends to get resigned to three fates: ignored, considered unsafe, or stereotyped because of Transylvania's bloodthirsty 15th-century madman Vlad the Impaler.

The bison had all but been driven out of Europe by hunting and the destruction of its habitats - Copyright POOL/AFP/File Alexander Zemlianichenko The bison had all ...

The first time I laid eyes on the impressive rock formations called sfinxul and babele (Romanian for “the sphinx” and “the old women” ), I was on a visit home during a college vacation. As my father ...

A major conservation effort is underway in Romania. The goal is a new national park that will rival its American counterparts. The Southern Carpathian Mountains, also known as the Transylvanian Alps, ...