Mahmudia - Ostrov: Gastronomy (4 days)
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On foot
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Water
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By car, 4 days, with local food stops in the Danube Delta, about 431 km: from Mahmudia to Ostrov, 15 stops. Fishing canals. Limestone reefs. Village with pelicans and authentic fish borș.
How to do the route
Plan 4 days with overnight stays along the route. Combine driving 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
- Mahmudia - Fishing channels.
- Sate lipovenești Razim - Old churches and home-baked bread.
- Cherhana Jurilovca - Fresh fish.
- Jurilovca și Argamum - Lipovan fishing village and the fortress on Doloșman Cape, the first settlement attested in writing on the territory of Romania.
- Jurilovca - Lipovan village.
- Parcul eolian Fântânele - Turbines on the hill.
- Topraisar - Limestone plateau.
- Cheile Dobrogei - Limestone reefs.
- Murfatlar - Local wines.
- Basarabi - Six small churches carved into chalk (9th–11th c.), with inscriptions in three alphabets.
- Agigea - Fishing village south of Constanța.
- Edificiul Roman cu Mozaic - Over 700 sq m of ancient mosaic, part of the harbour complex of Tomis, 4th century.
- 2 Mai - Fishing village without apartment blocks, with a wild beach.
- Peștera Sf. Andrei - The place where, by tradition, the Apostle Andrew brought Christianity in the 1st century. The region's foremost pilgrimage site.
- Ostrov - Village with pelicans and authentic fish soup.