Quick Dip in the Black Sea

Dipping into the Black Sea

A selection of Quality hotels on the

Romanian Black Sea Coast

The Romanian Black Sea Coast is well-known for its fine, soft sand and safe, gently sloping beaches. The water of the Black Sea has a low salinity in comparison with other inland seas (only 17%) and there is a virtual absence of tides and currents, indeed on most days during the summer the sea is calm. The medium latitude and the low altitude are favourable to a dry climate and determine a long season, lasting from May to October, whilst the eastern exposure of the coast provides for spectacular sunrises and maximum luminosity, amounting to over 14 hours a day at the height of summer.

Ovid looks down on old Constanta

Black Sea

Coast

We have taken great care in
our selection of hotels
along this very popular
stretch of sun-kissed
coastline.

We have chosen the
northern part of the famous
resort of Mamaia, which
is a little less crowded
during the peak months
of July and August than
the sections closer to the
city of Constanta.

Private accommodation
can also be requested in
the rather "Bohemian"
village of 2 Mai near to
the border with Bulgaria.

Vama Veche

QUALITY APARTMENTS at VENUS - see accommodation

MAMAIA: According to legend, the gods created Mamaia to reunite a kidnapped princess with her daughter who was trapped on the shore crying “Mamaia! Mamaia!”It is the oldest of Romanian Black Sea resorts; first developed in 1906, on a narrow spit of land between Siutghiol Lake (one of the largest fresh water lakes in Romania) and the Black Sea, just 5km north of Constanta. The resort blossomed after 1919, with the establishment of a casino and opulent villas, and it became a summer residence of King Ferdinand.

Mamaia is particularly suitable for families on account of it’s safe, 8 km beach fringed by wild pear trees and renowned for its fine, soft sand. It has a good selection of facilities including 31 restaurants offering fish specialities and traditional dishes, a variety of discotheques and bars, leisure parks, water-sports facilities (surfing, sailing, water-skiing, etc) and a summer theatre.

CONSTANTA

The largest port on the Black Sea,
Constanta was documented as
early as the VIth century B.C. as
the ancient Greek city of Tomis.
Legend has it that Tomis was
founded by survivors of a battle
with the Argonauts after the
capture of the Golden Fleece.
Apart from the ruins of Tomis, Constanta’s attractions include
the turn of the century Casino,
the Aquarium, Dolphinarium, and
Planetarium. The statue of the
great Roman poet Ovid
commemorates his period of exile
here. Of special interest are the
Archaeological and Natural History
Museum containing a fascinating
collection of statues including the
unique Glykon ,a Roman Mosaic,
the Romanian Navy Museum,
the Ethnographic Museum, the
Genoese Lighthouse
and the Art Museum.
Religious monuments include
the Orthodox Cathedral (1898),
the Catholic Church (1908) and
the Mahmudiye Mosque (1910).

Constanta is served by both
domestic and international
(mainly charter) flights which
arrive at "Mihail Kogalniceanu"
airport, 28km north of the city

EFORIE NORD: Eforie Nord (14 km south of Constanta) offers a wide variety of specialised treatments and several hotels with their own treatment centres. In Eforie, there are pools filled with mineral-rich water taken from Techirghiol Lake which is best known for its black mud with special curative qualities. The cliffs at Eforie-Nord extend for some distance above the shore, rising up to 25 m in height.

VENUS: A purpose built resort located between the Comorova forest and the Black Sea coast. Facilities here include rowing and the possibility of exploring the woods on horseback. The nearby resort of "Jupiter", with the artificial Tismana lake at its heart, attracts young visitors with nightlife focussed on the “Paradis” disco-bar.

Constanta
- view towards Mamaia

DANUBE DELTA

The Danube Delta, the 2nd biggest delta in Europe (after the Volga) grows annually by 40 metres as 40 million tonnes of alluvium are dumped as the river flows out into the Black Sea. The Biosphere Reserve covers a surface area of 5,800 sq. m., comprising the Delta itself, the Razim-Sinoe Lagoon and Danube basin up to the Cotul Pisicii.

It should be noted that permits are required to visit this reserve.We recommend the Cormoran Complex at Uzlina (accessible only by boat from Murighiol or Tulcea) where it is possible to hire a wide range of boats to explore some of the better parts of the Delta.

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