Route Description:

Tulcea- Niculitel- Isaccea- Garvan- Macin- Turcoaia- Cerna- Harsova- Topalu- Capidava- Constanta- Mamaia- Navodari- Histria- Jurilovca- Babadag- Murighiol- Tulcea

A tour of north Dobrogea, trough 2000 years of history, the youngest land of Europe
Tulcea: fluvial-maritime city-harbor set on the channel with the same name of Danube Delta; residence of Tulcea district. Getic settlement since Darius and Alexandru Macedon (522-323 BC), Roman fortification (Aegyssus), territory mastered by Mircea cel Batran (1366-1418), locality named by Ottomans Hora Tepe (Colina or Colnicul Horei). Danube Delta museum; museum of art; Getic fortress (Iron Age) on Taberii hill (marks). The Monument of Independence; Aegyssus fortress (I-VII century), museum and archeology park on Monumentului hill (Colnicul Horei); statues. Tulcea is the main “gate” of Danube Delta. Start from here excursions to Maliuc, Mila 23, Letea, Crisan and Sulina, also those organized on Sfantu Gheorge channel to the locality with the same name (beach at the seaside) or on Litcov channel to Dunavat, Dranov, Caraorman, the lakes Puiu, Rosu, Rosulet.

Niculitel: near the northern versant of the hills and on the valley of the river with the same name. vestiges of some Geto-Dacian  and Roman settlements (II-IV century), Byzantine and early feudal (XI-XI). Sarica-Niculitel vine-yards. Antiques fortifications ( altar, funeral stele, Roman walls, ceramics Geta-Dacian and Roman); monument of architecture (around 1000 years old). surroundings:  ground waves with fortifications ( “Cetatuia”-the foundation of a small church from XI-XII century, the oldest of this type in the country); Cocos( monument of history and architecture, XIX century)

Isaccea: city-harbor at Danube; Getic settlement, former fluvial ford often used in Antiquity. Noviudum (Celtic name)-fortress and Romano-Byzantine harbor (II-VII century; ruins); civil settlement and Roman necropolis (vestiges).
Garvan: village in Danube meadow. Dinogetia- Roman fortress (III century), on the Neolithic and Getic hearth (Bisericuta island; vestiges)

Macin: city-harbor at Danube (Macin channel). Arrubium (Celtic name)-camp and civil Roman settlement (II-IV centuries), Romano-Byzantine fortress (XII century; ruins). Museum of history.

Turcoaia: village-harbor at Danube (Macin channel), old human settlement where are still preserved legends about Dacians and Romans. Troesmis- Traco-Getian fortress, Roman city and camp (II-VI centuries; ruins). Ulterior settlements (XII century)

Cerna: village on the valley of the river and close to the lake with the same name. Panait Cerna memorial museum, in the house of his childhood.

Harsova: city-harbor to Danube. Neolithic vestiges, Getic fortification. Carsium-Roman camp (II century; ruins), early medieval settlement (XII century), dwelt also while Ottomans domination (XVI-XIX century) surroundings: Hanul Morilor.

Topalu: village-harbor to Danube. Museum of art (240 paintings of prestigious Romanian plastic artists) –“Dinu and Sevasta Vintila” collection. Natural reservation.

Capidava: village at the shore of Danube; old marks testimonials of dwelling. Capidava- Roman camp (II century; ruins), settlement inhabited until early Middle Ages (XII century);  collection of archeology.

Constanta: city-harbor at Black Sea; residence city of Constanta district. The former city Tomis founded by Milezeian Greeks (VI BC  century) and revitalized by Romans (I-IV centuries). Museum of national history and archeology; museum of history of navigation, natural sciences, plastic arts. Roman fortress (walls of precinct, districts, vestiges of the antique harbor); promenade ( monumental sculpture, XIX century); aquarium, planetarium.

Mamaia: climacteric resort places between the waters of the sea and those of the lake with the same name. theme park, summer theatre, cinema, playgrounds etc.

Navodari: city near Tasaul lake, at the shore of the Black Sea. Student’s camp.

Histri: the oldest city from Romania, on the shore of the former marine bay, Sinoie lake. Colony of Greeks (VII BC), city-harbor and ulterior settlement until VII century. Walls, gates, districts, thermals-partially restored. Museum of archeology.

Jurilovca: village on the shore of Golovita lake; fisher’s typical settlement, founded in XVIII century. Museum. Surroundings: Capul Dolojman (Greek fortress Argamum, VI-V BC, marks); Portita (halting place, restaurant) –around a hour by boat on Golovita lake until the sea; Enisala village (fortress, XIII century, on the place of a roman camp-ruins; station of artificial breeding of fishes)

BabadaG: city on the shore of the lake and the foots of a forest with the same name. vestiges of some settlements from Iron Age and Romano-Byzantine. Museum of oriental art –Casa Panaghia (XVIII century). Surroundings:”Doi Iepurasi”(touristic halting place); Slava Rusa village ( Libida Roman-Byzantine fortress, II-VII century; marks; monuments of architecture, XVIII-XX century), Agighiol village (salted and mud baths ); paleontology reservation; the tomb of a Thracian “prince”, rich in vestiges, V BC)

Murighiol: village settled in the middle area of Sfantu Gheorghe channel. Balneal locality of local interest named also Murughiol, which means “violet lake”. Salts- natural micro-reservation. Surroundings: Genovese fortification (marks); Sfantu Gheorghe channel and Dunavat village (excursions by boat; access to other channels and brooks); Mahmudia village (harbor at Sf. Gheorghe channel; vestiges of Salsovia Romano-Byzantine fortification; collection of archeology).

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