Jurilovca - Ostrov: Gastronomy (6 days)
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Combined, 6 days, with local food stops in the Danube Delta, about 705 km: from Jurilovca to Ostrov, 23 stops. Lipovan village. The Danube. Danube bank.
How to do the route
Plan 6 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
- Jurilovca - Lipovan village.
- Jurilovca și Argamum - The Lipovan fishing village and the fortress on Cape Doloșman, the first settlement attested in writing on Romanian territory.
- Cherhana Jurilovca - Fresh fish.
- Sate lipovenești Razim - Old churches and home-baked bread.
- Cetatea Enisala - Dobruja's only medieval fortress, with a panorama over Razim Lagoon.
- Mahmudia - Fishing canals.
- Murighiol - Fishing village with salt lakes, departure point into the Delta on the St George branch.
- Dunavățu de Jos - End of the road.
- Mila 23 - Fishing village accessible only by water.
- Crișan - Fishing village at mile 13, crossroads of canals to Mile 23 and Caraorman.
- Pardina - Fishing village on the left bank of Chilia.
- Faleza Dunării - The Danube.
- Tulcea - Gateway to the Delta.
- Isaccea - Noviodunum - Noviodunum.
- Hârșova - Carsium.
- Capidava - Roman fort.
- Murfatlar - The sunlit hills of Dobruja's best-known vineyard, cultivated since antiquity.
- Basarabi - Six chapels 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 Tomis's harbour complex, 4th century.
- 2 Mai - Fishing village, no 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 most important pilgrimage.
- Ostrov - Danube bank.