Mamaia

Summer resort of international fame, situated in SE extremity of Romania (Constanta county),on a litoral strip between the Black Sea and Lake Siutghiol, elevation 6-8 m, 5 km N of the municipality of Constanta Maritime littoral climate with annual average temperatures exceeding 11°C (the July average exceeds 22°C and the January average is of about 0°C) and low precipitation (about 400 mm annually). In summer the nebulsity is reduced and the sun shines for 10-12 hours a day.The sea breeze refreshens the hot air. Natural cure factors are the excitantstressful marine climate, the saline aerosol, the solar radiation and the water of the Black Sea which is chlorided, sulphated, sodic, magnezian, hypotonic. Along the resort, over an area some 8 km long and 100-250 m wide on the Black Sea shore there are beaches of extremely fine sand fit for aeroheliotherapy and wave therapy.Characteristic of the resort is the fact that most hotels (over 50), minihotels, villas and campgrouns are very close to the beach. Very attractive is the "Holiday Village", which has 31 restaurants decorated in the rustic style of the country's different regions and serving specific dishes. The resort boats a lot of restaurants, gardens, bars and nightclubs, confectioneries, food stores, cinemas, discoteques, amusament parks, sportsgrounds, minigolf courses, bowling parlours, open-air theatre, etc. Every year the Summer Theatre of Mamaia is the venue of the Romanian Light Music Festival. Based in Mamaia (1966) in the local radio station "Radio Holidays" which, from May to October, broadcasts entertainment, programemes in five languages (Romanian, English, French, German and Russian) to all resorts on the Romanian coast. On lake Siutghiol various water sports may be practiced (ski, yachting, wind-surfing etc.) The many amusement and recreation opportunities include trips to the Danube Delta the other resorts on Romanian coast of the Black Sea, to the ruins of the Histria citadel (7th cent. B.C.), trips to Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Egypt; dolphinarium, planetarium etc.