Neptun

Elegant new all-season resort of national importance (developed in the 7th decade of this century) situated in the SE extremity of Romania, on the Black Sea coast, elevation 5-20 m, in a relatively greenery-rich zone (forests with numerous southern tree species), 6 km N of the town of Mangalia (by which it is administrated) and 38 km S of the municipality of Constanta (seat of Constanta county). Excitant-stressful climate of maritime littoral with mostly bright hot summers (July average temperature above 22°C), when the sun shines for 10-12 hours a day and mild winters with little snow (January average temperature 0°C). The average annual temperature is of 11.2°C. Low precipitations (less than 400 mm annually). The natural cure factors are the maritime climate rich in saline aerosols and solar radiation, the chlorided, sulphated, sodic, magnesian, hypotonic water of the Black Sea (mineralization 15.5 g), the springs of sulphurous mesothermal (22-27°C), waters and the sapropelic mud drawn from Lake Techirghiol and carried to this resort. There exist wide fine-sand beaches developed for aeroheliotherapy, wave therapy and applications of cold mud. The resort is recommended both to healthy people for holidays and to ailing persons who can benefit by treatments for degenerative rheumatic diseases (cervical, dorsal and lumbar spondylosis), inflamatory rheumatic diseases (plainful conditions after acute articular rheumatism or specific infections, rheumatoid spondylitis, rheumatoid polyarthritis with a moderate inflammatory activity) and abarticular ones (tendinitis, tendomyositis, tendoperiostosis, scapulohumeral periarthritis), post-traumatic conditions (after operations on muscles, joints and bones, after sprains, luxations and fractures), peripheral neurological diseases (paralysis and paresis, polyneuropathies after the acute stage, sequels after poliomyelitits), gynecological diseases (ovarian insufficiency, chronic cervicitis, chronic metrosalpingitis), endocrine disordes (benign hypothyroidism, myxedema), dermatological diseases (psoriasis, incipient ichthyosis, chronic exzema, chronic urticaria, pruritus, etc.), respiratory and other disorders. The balneal polyclinic in the resort, open all year round, is directly linked to the Doina first-class hotel and is equipped with the most modern facilities. It has cabinets and sections for electrotherapy, kinetotherapy and hydrotherapy, for inhalations and aerosols, for warm-mud applications, medical gyms, massage parlours, geriatrics section providing also treatments with Pell- amar (injectable solution containing an extract of the mud at Balta Alb{, or linimet and gel containing the same extract), as well as a pool with heated seawater. Many recreational opportunities offered by the summer theatre, cinema hall, sportsgrounds (tennis, volleyball, basketball, minigolf), pools (8 outdoors and 4 indoors), water sports (yawls, waterskiing, hydrobicycles, wind-surfing), children's amusement park, bars and night-clubs, restaurants, food stores, etc. Most hotels in the resort are for summer holidaymakers though some are open in winter time too (Caraiman, Dacia, Neptun, Sulina, Dobrogea, Delta and Doina - which have access to the treatment base of the Polyclinic). Besides the hoterls, there are a "summer village" - (cabins and bungalows) and two tourist stopovers. Trips can be made from the resort to Romanian places of interest (tour of the Romanian coast, trips to the Danube Delta, the ruins of the ancient citadel of Histria, 7th c. B.C., the Murfatlar vineyards, the Triumphal monument of Adamclisi, etc.) and trips to the resorts on the Bulgarian shore of the Black Sea (Balchik, Albena, Golden Sands, Varna). Dendrological park (cedars, cypresses, pines, oaks, lime trees, birch trees, etc.).