Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Mangalia

25 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Olimp © Barbugeorgemarian/cc-by-sa-4.0

Olimp © Barbugeorgemarian/cc-by-sa-4.0

Mangalia (Turkish: Mankalya), ancient Callatis (other historical names: Pangalia, Panglicara, Tomisovara), is a city and a port on the coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Saturn

24 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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© Visem/cc-by-sa-4.0

Saturn is a seaside resort on the Romanian Black Sea coast. It is located one kilometer north of Mangalia and about 40 kilometers south of Constanța, near the Bulgarian border.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Eforie

23 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© flickr.com – Anturaju Daniel/cc-by-2.0

Eforie (historical names (for Eforie Sud): Băile Movilă, Carmen-Sylva, Vasile Roaită) is a town and a holiday resort on the Black Sea shore, in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is located about 14 km (8.7 mi) south of Constanța. Techirghiol Lake lies nearby.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Neptun

22 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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© flickr.com – lucianf/cc-by-2.0

Neptun is a summer resort on the Romanian seacoast, on the Black Sea, six kilometres (3 1⁄2 miles) north of Mangalia. It is part of a string of such resorts, Olimp, Jupiter, Cap Aurora, and Venus.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Vama Veche

21 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

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Corsarul © kikiricky/cc-by-sa-3.0

Vama Veche (historical names: Ilanlâk, Ilanlâc, Turkish: Ilanlık) is a village in Constanţa County, Romania, on the Black Sea coast, near the border with Bulgaria, at 28.57 E longitude, 43.75 N latitude. It is part of the commune of Limanu and in 2002, it had a population of 178. Vama Veche administratively belongs to the commune Limanu. The town is located in Dobrogea, on the shore of the Black Sea, less than one kilometer from the border with Bulgaria.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera

20 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time:  5 minutes

Mamaia Beach © Razvan Socol/cc-by-sa-4.0

Mamaia Beach © Razvan Socol/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Romanian Black Sea resorts, or the Romanian Riviera, stretch along the Black Sea coast from the Danube Delta at the northern end down to the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the south, along 275 kilometers of coastline.   read more…

Theme Week Bulgarian Black Sea Coast – Kavarna

30 March 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

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© flickr.com – Boby Dimitrov/cc-by-sa-2.0

Kavarna is a Black Sea coastal town and seaside resort in the Dobruja region of northeastern Bulgaria. It lies 42 kilometres (26 miles) northeast of Varna, 43 km (27 mi) from Dobrich and 43 km (27 mi) south of the border with Romania. It is the principal town of Kavarna Municipality, part of Dobrich Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 11,397 inhabitants. A little yacht port, a fishing base, a spacious beach and a resort complex exist in the town. The landmark Cape Kaliakra is located a few kilometers to the east, as is the tiny beachfront resort of Rusalka. Three 18-hole golf courses with villa communities and marinas are being developed nearby, two of the courses are designed by Gary Player and one by Ian Woosnam.   read more…

Theme Week Bulgarian Black Sea Coast – Nesebar

29 March 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© Happyna/cc-by-sa-4.0

Nesebar (often transcribed as Nessebar and sometimes as Nesebur) is an ancient city and one of the major seaside resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located in Burgas Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Nesebar Municipality. As of December 2019, the town has a population of 13,600 inhabitants.   read more…

Theme Week Bulgarian Black Sea Coast – Sozopol

28 March 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

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© flickr.com – Daniel Albrecht/cc-by-2.0

Sozopol is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Today it is one of the major seaside resorts in the country, known for the Apollonia art and film festival (which takes place in early September) that is named after one of the town’s ancient names.   read more…

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