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easyJet adds new route London-Romania route to winter schedule
The affordable airline easyJet has added five routes to its winter flight schedule, making 190,000 more seats available for its passengers.
As cool as ice in Romania
Andy Mossack heads to one of the world’s coolest retreats – Romania’s Ice Hotel – for a wedding to remember
Romania recommended for cheap ski holidays
Ski resorts in the town of Predeal in Romania are offering the lowest accommodation prices in Europe this winter, according to trivago.
Searching for Stoker in Romania
Natasha von Geldern makes the trip to Romania to satisfy a long-held ambition to see Bran Castle, the setting for Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic novel Dracula.
Extra rooms at Ice Hotel Romania
Travellers looking for unusual holiday ideas should look at the Ice Hotel Romania, reopening for the 2010-11 winter season on December 25th with four new rooms.
The medieval majesty of Romania is often overlooked as a tourist destination, but its mountainous ranges offer some great skiing and hiking. Romania's populated areas are a glorious mix of the old and the new, with the nouveau-riche clattering against the horse-drawn cart lifestyle of yesteryear, which prevails to this day.
Romania Essential Information:
Capital: Bucharest
Major cities and towns: Brasov, Oradea and Lasi
Places of interest: Constanta, Galati and Paltinis
Time Zone: GMT +2
International dialling code: +40
Language: Romanian. Learn the basics of Romanian at www.easyromanian.com
Romania currency: Romania uses Romania New Lei. One RON is worth around 20 pence. For up-to-date exchange rates see: www.xe.com/ucc
