DOBROGEA

Dobrogea, the territory between the Danube and the Black Sea, was inhabited from the ancient times by the Getaes and the Scythians. In the north, this country is bounded by the Dobrogea's massif (The Macin Mountains - small and eroded mountains) surrounded by large-waved tablelands (Tulcea; Babadag and Casimcea tablelands) divided by some depressions.

The country is surrounded also by the Danube Delta (in the northeast) and by a superficially dissected tableland (in the south). The climate is continental arid excepting the sea-shore. In the east Dobrogea is bounded by a series of bathing resorts (Costinesti, Mamaia, Saturn, Venus, Aurora, Jupiter, Neptun, Olimp) with wide beaches, salty sand and water. On the seaside, there are also some health resorts (Mangalia, Eforie Sud, Techirghiol, Eforie Nord), along of 24 km.

On Dobrogea's territory there are many archeological monuments which are very important for the history of the Romanian people (the Tomis, Callatis and Histria fortresses from the XVII-th century B.C. and also those of Enisala and Mahmudia; the complex of Adamclisi - Trophaeum Traiani), natural reservation: forests, sand hills and speleological (Gura Dobrogei, La Adam and Limanu caves with prehistoric relics) and some well-Known vineyards (Murfatlar, Niculitel, Sarichioi). A special touristic zone of Dobrogea, having the second size in Europa (3446 sq km) is the Danube Delta, a reservation of the biosphere with millions of birds from different places of Earth (the polar zone, the South of Africa, Asia, West Europe and the Mediterranean sea side) which periodically stop here or in transit.

The Letea sand bank, the reservations and the colonies of birds at Perisor-Zatoane, Uzlina-Crisa, Golovita and Sacalin Islands (named also "the birds' paradise") are also some of the places which should be not avoided by tourists.

Last update: 1999, August 18
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