Attractions Sightseeing
Danube DeltaDanube delta estuary, with an area of 4340 km2, is the youngest in Europe, an ever-changing land. A powerful river splits here into three branches: Chilia, Sulina and Saint George (Sfintu Gheorghe). Overgrown with marsh cane …
Trajan's TrophyAs is commonly known, Emperor Trajan's achievements will be erected by a tall column erected in his honor in the Eternal City. However, not many people know, that an equally impressive monument was erected to Trajan in a remote province on the outskirts of the Roman Empire.
In the southern part of Dobruja, w …
MANGALAMangaly, the southernmost summer resort on the Black Sea coast, was founded by the Greeks of Pontic Heraclea (other sources mention Miletus) at the end of the sixth century BC. After ancient Callatis (current Mangalia) there are several small archaeological objects left. More …
NEPTUNE-OLYMPUSBefore the revolution 1989 r. Neptune-Olympus, originated in 1960 r. exclusive tourist complex, was managed directly by the Romanian Communist Party and intended exclusively for foreign tourists and important Romanian personalities. After 1989 r. hotels were privatized and are now available to …
NORTHERN EPHORIAThe first large summer resort south of Constana is approx 17 km North Ephoria (Eforie Nord). In its eastern part, below a 20-meter cliff (fortified slope) stretches the beach, additionally protected by walls built into the sea. …
Mother (parent) is the Romanian Cote d'Azur or Palm Beach - eight kilometers of beaches stretching from Constana to the north between the freshwater lake Mamaia (Siu-ghiol) and the seashore. Accommodation is provided here 61 hotels, offering in total 21 000 places. In peak …
CONSTANTLocated halfway from Istanbul to Odessa Constana (Constant; 300 000 residents) is the most important Romanian port (supposedly a miniature of the Genoese port) and the second largest city in the country.
The ancient Greeks called her Tomis, for the Romans she was Constantine. W 1877 …
Dobruja (Dobrogea) lies on the Black Sea, bounded to the east by the Danube bed, and to the north its delta. The northern border of Dobruja is also the state border with Ukraine, the southern one – section of the border with Bulgaria. The Dobruja Upland was created as a result of the erosion of the old rock mass, …
Multany are much more attractive to tourists than Oltenia, that is, Wallachia proper, the cradle of the modern Romanian state, at the heart of which lies its capital, Bucharest.
The hilly and gently undulating foothills of the Southern Carpathians turn into the agricultural Wallachian Plain. Many flow from the mountains to the Danube …
DROBETA TURNU-SEVERINDrobeta Turnu-Severin (Roman Drobeta) on the Danube, between Bucharest and Timisoara, is the administrative center of the Mehedinti County. The opposite bank of the river is already Yugoslavia. Although the settlement was founded here in antiquity, the modern city was founded in the 20th century. County capital makes nice …