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Location
The lowlands in the south east of Romania, bordered by the Black Sea, the Danube Delta and Muntenia region.
Sights
The Dobrogea Mountains are the oldest in the country, with altitudes of up to 600 m.
The Romanian Black Sea shore is 244 km. long, the beach being oriented to the East, fine sand beaches, reduced salinity of 17 - 18 %, average water temperature during the summer is 20 - 25 °C.
Famous seaside resorts: Mamaia,Neptun, Olimp, Costinesti etc.
Mamaia, the pearl of the littoral, has its name (Grandma or Grandmother), because it is the oldest resort on the Romanian seaside, founded in 1906. Now it has one of the most elegant and attractive resorts of South - Eastern Europe.
The Danube Delta , a unique biosphere reserve, with the richest ornithological fauna in the world (over 200 species), the longest dune strips in Romania, the shortest winters in Romania. It is the youngest land mass in Europe, a UNESCO heritage.
The lakes near the littoral (Techirghiol, Agigea Costinesti, Agighiol, Nuntasi) have an extraordinary therapeutic value. Beside the therapeutic effects of the water, these lakes contain organogenous mud deposits.
The land between the Danube and the Black Sea is the one to which St. Apostle Andrew brought the Gospel in the 1st century AD.
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