Tour Romania

The wonderful Romanian seacoast benefits of the special charm given by the Black Sea (the third European sea in terms of surface, and the second one in what concerns the depth, with reduced salinity (17-18%) at the shore and the water temperature of 20 - 25 ℃.
There are no streams, dangerous plants or animals in the Black Sea's waters.
The sea platform decreases smoothly from the coast (on a strip of 100-200 m) towards the open sea (the water is not very deep, 1-2m), thus eliminating all the risk factors.

The wonderful Romanian seacoast benefits of the special charm given by the Black Sea (the third European sea in terms of surface, and the second one in what concerns the depth, with reduced salinity (17-18%) at the shore and the water temperature of 20 - 25 ℃.
There are no streams, dangerous plants or animals in the Black Sea's waters.
The sea platform decreases smoothly from the coast (on a strip of 100-200 m) towards the open sea (the water is not very deep, 1-2m), thus eliminating all the risk factors.

LAKES
Techirghiol lake is the richest lake with therapeutic mud in Romania (the mud is composed of organic elements mixed with mineral substances and represents the main element used in the treatment of various disease, making the spa a very demanded one. Techirghiol is also the greatest salt lake in our country (11,7 square km).

HISTORICAL VESTIGES

• Histria (62 km from Constanta), the oldest Greek settlement on the Romanian territory was founded in 657 B.C., by Greek colonists who had come from the city of Milet (Asia Minor). The fortress was for 1.200 years an important harbor and strong economical centre, being protected by the Getae and then by the Romans. Scientist Vasile Parvan, who started the excavations here, discovered so many riches that he called it "A Romanian Pompei". The monumental fortress offers visitors hours of delight and meditation. We find here the temple of Aphroditis, that of Zeus, the Roman baths, the forum, the square, the paved street, the water pipes, good reasons to remember the evolution of civilisation on the lands of Pontus Euxinus
• Tomis Fortress - Constanta (first half of the 6th century B.C.), the Greek colonists from Milet founded the harbour-town of Tomis. Many vestiges of the ancient town can be seen today:"Butchers' Tower" rebuilt during the times of Iustinianus, the roman perimeter wall from the 3rd century A.D., large ancient pottery, exhibited in a beautiful archaeological park
• Roman Building with Mosaic - Constanta, unique monument this side of Europe, realised in the 3rd-4th centuries A.D. The mosaic, on the terrace of a Roman trade buiding has an impressive size of 2,000 square m. The harmony of the colours, rendered more delicate by passing of the time, the beauty of the geometric and floral motifs delight the visitors
• Callatis Fortress - Mangalia, colony founded by the Dorians arrived from Pontic Heracleea in the 6th century B.C.; it developed in the 4th-3rd centuries B.C. Vestiges of exceptional scientific and touristic interest were discovered here (a thesaurus, graves, Roman aqueducts). Here it was preserved the oldest document in Latin in the Southeastern Europe (an inscription dated 72 B.C.)
• Neolithic Settlement-Cernavoda, settlement of Hamangia type and necropolis where the famous statue of"The Thinker" was discovered
• Sucidava Fortress-Dunareni, Geto-Dacian settlement, then roman reinforced camp in the 2nd-7th centuries A.D.
• Capidava Fortress" Dacian settlement fron the 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D., then Roman camp reinforced by the Emperor Trajan
• Axiopolis Fortress-Cernavoda, ancient fortress founded by the King of Thracia, Lysimachos, 306-281 B.C., then Getae-Dacian, Roman, Byzantine settlement, Axiopolis ("dark city"), it received in the 19th century the Slavic name of Cernavoda ("black water")
• Carsium Settlement - Harsova, Roman fortress built by Trajan in 103 A.D. in the place of a Getae-Dacian settlement, a Byzantine fortress was built later here, in the 10th-11th centuries
• Altinum Fortress - Oltina, civilian settlement and station of Roman river military fleet, in the 1st-4th centuries A.D.
• Byzantine Fortress-Ostrov, on the "Pacuiul lui Soare" island, it was a strong naval base known as Vicina, 971-976
• Genovese Lighthouse-Constanta, it was built between 1858-1860 by an English company.

WORSHIP PLACES

• Great Mosque - Constanta, it was built in 1910, in Moor style in the place of the old mosque from 1822. It is an exact copy of the great Konia mosque from Anatolia (Turkey). It has beautiful inner wall paintings. The minaret (50 m in height) offers a wonderful landscape of the town and harbour
• Orthodox Cathedral - Constanta, it was built between 1883-1895, in the style of the old Wallachian architecture, with inner wall paintings made by D. Mircea
• Metamorfosis Greek Church - Constanta (1865-1867)
• Esmahan Sultan Mosque - Mangalia (1590), in Moor style
• Dervent Monastery - on DN 3, between the branch of Ostrov and the Buceg lake, historical monument, wonder spring
• Monastery - Basarabi (9th-10th centuries), monk site in a cave, unique for Romanian ancient culture
• "Saint George" Orthodox Church - Constanta (1905-1911), with wall paintings made by Nicolae Tonitza.

CULTURAL SITES

• Museum of National History and Archaeology-Constanta, one of the richest museums in the country, with collections of prehistorical, Greek, Roman, Bizantine, Medieval archaeology. Among the statues exhibited here, the most famous are that of Fortuna Goddess and Pontos God (protectors of the town), the Glycon snake
• Museum Complex of Natural Sciences-Constanta, with the Aquarium, Delphinarium, Planetarium and Astronomic Observatory. The aquarium exhibits more than 100 species of fish of the Black Sea and of other seas of the world
• Art Museum-Constanta, with valuable works (painting, sculpture and graphics) belonging to famous artists: Nicolae Grigorescu, Theodor Aman, Ion Andreescu, Theodor Pallady, Corneliu Baba, Dimitrie Paciurea, Ion"uculescu, Ion Jalea, Vida Gheza
• Museum of the Sea-Constanta, with a rich collection of sea fauna from the world oceans
• Museum of Folk Art-Constanta, Dobrudja ethnographical collection, folk art, pottery, texture, rugs
• Navy Museum" history of the Romanian Navy and commercial fleet.

MONUMENTS AND STATUES

• "Tropaeum Traiani" Triumphal Monument - Adamclisi (64 km from Constanta), unique building in the Roman provinces, in terms of size and decorations. It was built in 106-109 A.D., in honor of the victory of Emperor Trajan on Dacians, in 102 A.D. Of a great value are the metropoles presenting scenes from the battles between Dacians and Romans, being a real document of Dacian-Roman history
• Ovidiu's Statue - Constanta, the Latin poet Publius Ovidiu Naso was born in 43 B.C. and exiled in Tomis in 8 A.D., where he died after 9 years. It was here that he wrote his"Sad poems" and the"Pontics", although he acknowledged the help and admiration given to him by the natives. The statue was made by the sculptor Ettore Ferrari (1887)
• Eminescu's Statue - Constanta, made by the sculptor Oscar Han in 1930 and placed on the sea shore, as the poet wished in his famous poem "I Have an Only Wish".