Adamclisi - Capidava: Mixed (1 week)
Access information
Access
Car
On foot
Boat
Road
Unprepared
Gear
Footwear
Water
Hat
Sunscreen
Repellent
Modest dress
By car, 1 week, around the Razim lagoon, about 387 km: from Adamclisi to Capidava, 31 stops. Tropaeum Traiani. Turbines on the hill. The castrum that guarded the Getic ford of the Danube; massive walls right above the river.
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. 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
- Adamclisi - Tropaeum Traiani.
- Peștera Sf. Andrei - Pilgrimage.
- Medgidia - Railway junction.
- Basarabi - Rock-hewn chapels.
- Murfatlar - DOC vineyard region.
- 2 Octombrie - Lake Techirghiol.
- Independența - Dobruja steppe.
- Malul Siutghiol - Salt lake west of the coastal barrier.
- Mamaia - Classic resort, with Lake Siutghiol to the left.
- Promenada centrală - The resort's classic promenade, laid out from 1906.
- Lacul Tașaul - Steppe lake near Năvodari.
- Năvodari - Wide beach and Lake Tașaul, at the edge of the steppe.
- Dobromir - Village at the foot of the gorge, with traditional houses.
- Topraisar - Limestone plateau.
- Cogealac - Wind turbines on the horizon, against a backdrop of steppe.
- Parcul eolian Fântânele - Turbines on the hill.
- Fântânele - Village at the edge of the steppe, road to the wind farm.
- Histria - Romania's oldest urban settlement (657 BC), the country's largest archaeological site.
- Forumul roman - The civic heart of the imperial-era city.
- Malul lacului Sinoe - View towards the lagoon, where ancient ships once docked.
- Gura Portiței - The only natural link between Razim and the Black Sea.
- Gura Portiței - debarcare - Fishing village reachable by boat.
- Plaja Gura Portiței - Sand between Razim and the sea.
- Capul Doloșman - The promontory with the ruins of Argamum.
- Cetatea Argamum - The fortress on Doloșman Cape.
- Sate lipovenești Razim - Old churches and home-baked bread.
- Jurilovca și Argamum - Lipovan fishing village and the fortress on Doloșman Cape, the first settlement attested in writing on the territory of Romania.
- Jurilovca - ponton - Kayak launch from the lagoon shore.
- Jurilovca - Lipovan fishing village, with the blue church.
- Cheile Dobrogei - Limestone reefs.
- Capidava - The fort that guarded the Getic ford on the Danube; massive walls rising directly above the river.