For a while it was Georgia and its crumbling hillsides and ancient ruins. Then it was Albania and its rugged landscapes and unspoilt beaches — but even those have lost their best-kept-secret, ‘new Croatia’ badges as hordes of holidaymakers follow the rumours of a low-cost, away-from-the-crowds adventure.
Fortunately, London’s smart set have one last hidden gem up their sleeve — and this one, for now, actually still feels hidden. Transylvania — the central Romanian region long known as the (much disputed) birthplace of Dracula and widely considered Europe’s last great wilderness — is the destination on the lips of every dinner party guest this summer, or at least for those who need a little more than a cabin in the Cotswolds to get their really wild fix.
