Basarabi - Cernavodă Museum: Cultural (6 days)
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Combined, 6 days, on the trail of heritage in the Danube Delta, about 548 km: from Basarabi to the Cernavodă Museum, 28 stops. Rock-cut churches. Medieval fortress. The town of the Thinker of Hamangia and of the ancient fortress of Axiopolis.
How to do the route
Plan 6 days with overnight stays along the route. Combine mixed travel with breaks at sites open to the public. Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (ARBDD): follow the local rules and the instructions of the authorities or licensed guides.
Stops on the route
- Basarabi - Rock-hewn chapels.
- Moscheea Carol I - Panoramic minaret.
- Piața Ovidiu - Ancient Tomis.
- Edificiul Roman cu Mozaic - Port mosaic.
- Farul genovez - Tomis cliff.
- Cazinoul Constanța - Art Nouveau.
- Histria - Greek citadel.
- Forumul roman - Civic heart of the city from the imperial age.
- Malul lacului Sinoe - View of the lagoon, where ancient ships once moored.
- Jurilovca și Argamum - Lipovan fishing village and citadel on Doloșman Cape, the first settlement attested in writing on Romanian territory.
- Capul Doloșman - Promontory with the ruins of Argamum.
- Cetatea Argamum - Doloșman.
- Enisala - parcare - Road to the foot of the hill.
- Cetatea Enisala - Medieval citadel.
- Geamia Ali Gazi Pașa - One of the oldest mosques in the country.
- Centrul vechi Babadag - Narrow streets and restored Ottoman houses.
- Babadag - Ottoman residence.
- Monumentul Independenței - Statue of Mircea the Elder and a panorama over the Danube.
- Faleza Dunării - Independence Monument and museum.
- Tulcea - Gate of the Delta: Danube cliff and Independence Monument.
- Muzeul de Istorie și Arheologie - Collections from Aegyssus, the Geto-Dacian citadel on the hill.
- Niculițel - bazilica martirilor - The oldest intact martyrium in Europe (4th c.), discovered in 1971.
- Mănăstirea Cocoș - Forest monastery housing the relics of the Niculițel martyrs.
- Isaccea - Noviodunum - Base of the Roman fleet of the Lower Danube, at the most important ford in northern Dobruja.
- Cetatea Halmyris - Citadel where Epictet and Astion were martyred (290 AD); their relics, discovered in the crypt in 2001.
- Hârșova - Trajan's citadel on the limestone cliffs, nearly two millennia of superimposed fortifications.
- Capidava - Castrum guarding the Getic ford of the Danube; massive walls right above the river.
- Muzeul Cernavodă - City of the Hamangia Thinker and the ancient citadel of Axiopolis.