Mahmudia - Ostrov: Gastronomy (6 days)
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Car
On foot
Boat
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Water
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Mixed, 6 days, with local food stops in the Danube Delta, about 629 km: from Mahmudia to Ostrov, 21 stops. Fishing canals. Turbines on the hill. A village with pelicans and authentic fish borscht.
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
- Mahmudia - Fishing channels.
- Murighiol - Fishing village with salt lakes, starting point into the Delta on the St George branch.
- Mila 23 - Fishing village accessible only by water.
- Crișan - Fishing village at Mile 13, crossroads of channels to Mile 23 and Caraorman.
- Cetatea Enisala - The only medieval citadel of Dobruja, with a panorama over Lake Razim.
- Jurilovca - Lipovan village.
- Jurilovca și Argamum - Lipovan fishing village and citadel on Doloșman Cape, the first settlement attested in writing on Romanian territory.
- Cherhana Jurilovca - Fresh fish.
- Sate lipovenești Razim - Old churches and home-baked bread.
- Gura Portiței - debarcare - Fishing village accessible by boat.
- Parcul eolian Fântânele - Turbines on the hill.
- Topraisar - Limestone plateau.
- Cheile Dobrogei - Limestone reefs.
- Medgidia - Railway junction.
- Basarabi - Rock-hewn chapels.
- Murfatlar - DOC vineyard.
- Agigea - Fishing village south of Constanța.
- Edificiul Roman cu Mozaic - Over 700 sq m of ancient mosaic, part of Tomis's port complex, 4th century.
- 2 Mai - Fishing village with no blocks of flats, and a wild beach.
- Peștera Sf. Andrei - Place where, by tradition, the Apostle Andrew brought Christianity in the 1st century. The region's most important pilgrimage.
- Ostrov - Village with pelicans and authentic fish soup.