Capidava - Gura Portiței: Mixed (1 week)
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Access
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On foot
Boat
Road
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Water
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Sunscreen
Repellent
Combined, 1 week, through the Danube Delta, about 587 km: from Capidava to Gura Portiței, 31 stops. The Roman castrum. A quiet crossing on the water, with a guide - no noise or waste left on the bank. The only natural link between Razim and the Black Sea.
How to do the route
Plan a week with 2-3 bases (e.g. Constanța, Tulcea, Sulina). Book boats and ARBDD guides for Letea/Caraorman in advance. Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (ARBDD): follow the local rules and the instructions of the authorities or licensed guides.
Stops on the route
- Capidava - Roman castrum.
- Podul Saligny - Romanian engineering.
- Cernavodă - Danube bank.
- Medgidia - Railway junction.
- Hârșova - Carsium.
- Isaccea - Noviodunum - Noviodunum.
- Tulcea - Gateway to the Delta.
- Faleza Dunării - The Danube.
- Canale interioare - Slow, silent navigation on quiet channels.
- Zone de observare pelicani - Observation from a distance, with binoculars, without disturbing the nests.
- Mahmudia - Fishing village on the Danube bank, gateway to wetlands and birds.
- Murighiol - Fishing village with salt lakes, starting point into the Delta on the St George branch.
- Cetatea Halmyris - The fortress where Epictet and Astion were martyred (AD 290); their relics, discovered in the crypt in 2001.
- Dunavățu de Jos - End of the road.
- Uzlina - Guided tour with binoculars, without disturbing the birds.
- Canal spre Letea - Quiet crossing by water, with a guide — no noise or litter left on the shore.
- Letea - With an ARBDD guide.
- Canal Caraorman - Access only with an authorised guide.
- Lacul Roșu - Quiet lagoon in the Delta.
- Caraorman - Dune forest.
- Crișan - Fishing village at Mile 13, crossroads of channels towards Mile 23 and Caraorman.
- Canalul Mila 23 - Quiet water, ideal for kayaking.
- Mila 23 - Fishing village accessible only by water.
- Maliuc - A stop in the heart of the reeds; pelicans are never far away.
- Pădurea Letea - Romania's first nature reserve (1938): lianas, ancient oaks. Visit only on designated trails, with a guide.
- Cetatea Argamum - The fortress on Doloșman Cape.
- Capul Doloșman - The promontory with the ruins of Argamum.
- Jurilovca și Argamum - Lipovan fishing village and the fortress on Doloșman Cape, the first settlement attested in writing on the territory of Romania.
- Gura Portiței - debarcare - Fishing village reachable by boat.
- Plaja Gura Portiței - Sand between Razim and the sea.
- Gura Portiței - The only natural link between Razim and the Black Sea.