Medgidia - Babadag - Enisala: 2 days
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Car
On foot
Boat
Road
Unprepared
Gear
Footwear
Water
Hat
Sunscreen
Repellent
Modest dress
By car, 2 days, on the heritage trail of Razim Lagoon, about 295 km: from Medgidia to Măcin, 12 stops. Mosque and railway junction. Medieval fortress with a panorama. Town at the foot of Romania's oldest mountains.
How to do the route
Plan 2 days with overnight stays along the route. Combine driving with breaks at sites open to the public. Places of worship and pilgrimage: modest clothing, silence during services, respect for the customs of the local community (Muslim, Orthodox, or Lipovan).
Stops on the route
- Medgidia - Mosque and railway junction.
- Jurilovca - Lipovan village on Razim.
- Cetatea Argamum - First town attested in writing.
- Gura Portiței - Fishing village on the sand.
- Sarichioi - Traditional village on the shore of Razim.
- Cetatea Enisala - Medieval citadel with a panorama.
- Babadag - Former Ottoman seat.
- Muzeul de Istorie și Arheologie - Collections from Aegyssus, the Geto-Dacian citadel on the hill.
- Niculițel - bazilica martirilor - Europe's oldest intact martyrium (4th century), discovered in 1971.
- Mănăstirea Cocoș - The forest monastery housing the relics of the Niculițel martyrs.
- Isaccea - Noviodunum - Base of the Lower Danube Roman fleet, at the most important ford in northern Dobruja.
- Măcin - Town at the foot of Romania's oldest mountains.