# Neptun–Olimp

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> Two resorts built side by side north of Mangalia, between the sea and the Comorova forest: a beach widened to a hundred metres, two lakes right behind the sand and 1970s architecture.

**At a glance:** Seaside in Mangalia, Constanța County. Opening hours: daily open 24 hours. Ticket: Free. The visit takes 3½ – 4 hours. Information verified on 28 September 2026.

## Key facts

- **Opening hours:** daily open 24 hours — The beach is open and free at all hours. Lifeguards are on duty only during the summer season, in daylight: for 2026, Mangalia town hall contracted the lifeguard service and first aid points for the beaches of Mangalia and of the Saturn, Venus, Cap Aurora, Jupiter, Neptun and Olimp resorts. Out of season the equipped sections are packed away and only the sand is left.
- **Ticket:** Free
- **Visit duration:** 3½ – 4 hours — a day on the beach
- **With kids:** Yes — gentle slope since the nourishment
- **Best season:** June – September — peak in July and August
- **Address:** the Neptun and Olimp resorts, east of the DN39 (E87); the beach lies between the Neptun lakes and the sea, Mangalia, Constanța County
- **Coordinates:** 43.871, 28.6065
- **Phone:** +40 241 751 060
- **Website:** https://www.mangalia.ro/
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptun,_Romania
- **Wikidata:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369592
- **Categories:** [Seaside](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/litoral)

## About Neptun–Olimp

Neptun and Olimp are two resorts built from nothing in the Comorova forest, some six kilometres north of Mangalia, and they have worked as a single whole from the start: Olimp is the northern part, Neptun the southern one, and the only boundary between them is a bend in the road. Both are component localities of the municipality of Mangalia.

The land was won by clearance. At the end of the 1960s more than 250 hectares were felled from the only forest on the Romanian coast, planted between 1890 and 1910 under the patronage of King Carol I. Neptun came into use from 1967, Olimp in 1972. Under communism this was the most exclusive stretch of the coast: a compound of protocol villas was built at the northern end of Neptun, among them Nufărul, the summer house of the Ceaușescus, today a presidential residence and a closed area.

The beach has changed completely in recent years. The Olimp section was widened by the national water authority under contract CL7, finished in 2025, and at Neptun the first new stretch of the Neptun–Jupiter lot opened in July 2024, in the “La Steaguri” area. The dry sand is now a hundred metres wide on average, and the slope into the sea is far gentler than before.

### What you can see

Olimp is recognisable from a distance by the Amfiteatru–Belvedere–Panoramic ensemble, opened in 1972 to designs by the architect Aron Solari-Grimberg: blocks whose floors step back one above the other, set on the high ground over the beach. Further north stand the tower hotels named after the Romanian provinces — Maramureș, Oltenia, Banat. At Neptun the hotels sit behind two lakes, Neptun I and Neptun II, left from the former Comorova marsh; between them and the sea there is only the strip of sand. You can go out on the lakes by boat or pedalo, and the Insula restaurant stands on the shore of the first one. Behind, a few hundred metres inland, the Comorova forest begins, with walking paths and a small arboretum.

### Good to know

The compound of protocol villas at the northern end of Neptun has its own guarded beach and cannot be visited. The special resort tax of 5 lei per adult per day is paid where you stay, not at the entrance to the beach.

## Don't miss

- The Amfiteatru–Belvedere–Panoramic ensemble at Olimp, its floors stepping back above the beach, opened in 1972.
- The widened section at Neptun, in the “La Steaguri” area, where it is almost a hundred metres from the back lane to the water.
- A trip by boat or pedalo on lakes Neptun I and Neptun II, immediately behind the beach.
- The paths through the Comorova forest, the only forest on the Romanian coast, a few hundred metres from the sand.
- The low bluff below the tower hotels of northern Olimp, from which you see the beach running away to the south.

## Good to know before you go

### Getting there

**By car:** Neptun and Olimp lie ~6 km north of Mangalia and ~38 km from Constanța, on the DN39 (E87). From Bucharest it is ~270 km and close to three hours, on the A2 to Constanța and then along the coast road through Eforie, Tuzla and 23 August. The entrances to both resorts are signposted from the DN39, and the internal lanes run down towards the lakes and the beach.

**Public transport:** the resorts have their own railway halt, Neptun (Comorova), on the Constanța–Mangalia line, 7 km from Mangalia and 36 km from Constanța; in summer there are also direct trains from Bucharest. Electric buses run by the town hall link Mangalia and its station with all the southern resorts, Neptun and Olimp included, and are free for visitors and residents alike.

### Where to park

The public car parks in the resorts are run by Mangalia town hall, paid by SMS or card through the Tpark system; the largest one at Neptun is in the “La Steaguri” area. In June 2025 the local council suspended the parking charge in the town and in all its resorts, so public parking was free that summer; the rates approved before the suspension were 5 lei an hour in the resorts and 15 lei a day. The position for the following season has not been confirmed publicly, and the private car parks of hotels and guesthouses are charged separately in any case, so it is worth asking where you stay.

### Fees & discounts

Access to the beach is free along its whole length, including the equipped sections, where you pay only for a sunbed and an umbrella, at the rates displayed by each section's operator. Stretches of free beach without furniture remain as well. Separately, a special resort tax of 5 lei per adult per day is payable where you stay, applying in 2026 in Mangalia and its resorts, Neptun and Olimp among them; war veterans and war widows are exempt.

### Rules

The beach is public property, and under Emergency Ordinance 19/2006 sector operators must leave access and movement free. No cars or quad bikes on the sand, no camping and no street trading. Pets are admitted only with the beach operator's agreement and must be kept on a lead. Watch the flags at the lifeguard posts: red over yellow means the beach is supervised, red means bathing is forbidden, yellow that swimming is not advised. The compound of protocol villas at the northern end of Neptun has its own guarded beach, which may not be entered.

### Facilities

Lifeguard posts and first aid points in season, contracted by Mangalia town hall · sections with sunbeds and umbrellas, alongside stretches of free beach · bars, terraces and restaurants on the sand and along the lanes behind · the open-air theatre, the bazaar and the funfair at Neptun · a jetty and boat hire on the Neptun lakes · free electric buses between the resorts and Mangalia · the sand is hard going with a pushchair or a wheelchair

## Details

- **Beach type:** developed
- **Beach length:** 3 km
- **Lifeguards:** Yes

## Frequently asked questions about Neptun–Olimp

**How much is a ticket to Neptun–Olimp?**

Admission to Neptun–Olimp is free. Access to the beach is free along its whole length, including the equipped sections, where you pay only for a sunbed and an umbrella, at the rates displayed by each section's operator. Stretches of free beach without furniture remain as well. Separately, a special resort tax of 5 lei per adult per day is payable where you stay, applying in 2026 in Mangalia and its resorts, Neptun and Olimp among them; war veterans and war widows are exempt.

**What are the opening hours of Neptun–Olimp?**

Opening hours at Neptun–Olimp: daily open 24 hours. The beach is open and free at all hours. Lifeguards are on duty only during the summer season, in daylight: for 2026, Mangalia town hall contracted the lifeguard service and first aid points for the beaches of Mangalia and of the Saturn, Venus, Cap Aurora, Jupiter, Neptun and Olimp resorts. Out of season the equipped sections are packed away and only the sand is left.

**How long does a visit to Neptun–Olimp take?**

A visit to Neptun–Olimp takes about 3½ – 4 hours (a day on the beach).

**Can you visit Neptun–Olimp with kids?**

Yes, Neptun–Olimp is suitable for children (gentle slope since the nourishment).

**How do I get to Neptun–Olimp?**

Neptun–Olimp is located at the Neptun and Olimp resorts, east of the DN39 (E87); the beach lies between the Neptun lakes and the sea, Mangalia, Constanța County. By car: Neptun and Olimp lie ~6 km north of Mangalia and ~38 km from Constanța, on the DN39 (E87). From Bucharest it is ~270 km and close to three hours, on the A2 to Constanța and then along the coast road through Eforie, Tuzla and 23 August. The entrances to both resorts are signposted from the DN39, and the internal lanes run down towards the lakes and the beach. Public transport: the resorts have their own railway halt, Neptun (Comorova), on the Constanța–Mangalia line, 7 km from Mangalia and 36 km from Constanța; in summer there are also direct trains from Bucharest. Electric buses run by the town hall link Mangalia and its station with all the southern resorts, Neptun and Olimp included, and are free for visitors and residents alike.

**When is the best time to visit Neptun–Olimp?**

The best season for Neptun–Olimp: June – September (peak in July and August).

## Nearby attractions

- [Jupiter–Cap Aurora](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/jupiter-cap-aurora) — Seaside · Mangalia, CT · Free · 3½ – 4 hours · 2 km
  Two neighbouring resorts north of Mangalia: Jupiter, its beach split by groynes into small bays, and Cap Aurora, with stepped hotels named after precious stones.
- [Venus](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/venus) — Seaside · Mangalia, CT · Free · 3½ – 4 hours · 3 km
  A resort on the southern coast, three kilometres north of Mangalia: a recently widened beach, bays closed off by breakwaters, hotels with women's names set around a lake and sulphurous waters used for treatment.
- [Mlaștina Hergheliei Nature Reserve](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/mlastina-hergheliei) — National parks and reserves · Mangalia, CT · Free · ½ – 1 hours · 5 km
  A 98-hectare former lagoon between Saturn and Venus, with reed beds, open water and sulphur springs where swans, egrets and black-winged stilts stop over; you watch it from the surrounding roads.
- [Saturn](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/saturn) — Seaside · Mangalia, CT · Free · 3½ – 4 hours · 7 km
  The resort that runs straight into Mangalia from the north: 1970s tower hotels, a beach in the middle of being widened, a public spa sanatorium and, behind it all, the Mlaștina Hergheliei nature reserve.
- [Callatis Citadel](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-callatis) — Fortresses and fortifications · Mangalia, CT · 10 lei · 8 km
  The ruins of the Greek city from which Mangalia grew: the circuit wall with its towers and the Syrian-type basilica on the clifftop promenade, steps from the beach, plus the town's archaeology museum.
- [Mangalia Beach](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/plaja-mangalia) — Seaside · Mangalia, CT · Free · 3½ – 4 hours · 9 km
  The town's own beach, running from the marina breakwater towards Saturn below the promenade rebuilt in 2022; since autumn 2026 it is being widened with sand, behind four new breakwaters.

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Last updated: 28 September 2026
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