Seaside

A Lipovan fishing village between Mangalia and Vama Veche, with a beach set in a small bay, a fish station at its southern end and the waters of the 2 Mai – Vama Veche marine reserve.

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.

The port city of the coast, with an old town on the site of ancient Tomis: Ovid Square, the Casino seafront, Tomis Port, museums, the city beaches and, to the north, Mamaia.

Constanța's old town, on the site of ancient Tomis: Ovid Square, the Roman mosaic, the mosque and its minaret, the cathedral, the Genoese Lighthouse and the casino seafront, all a few steps apart.

The last wild beach at the southern edge of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve: shell-strewn sand, dunes and a low earth cliff, with no hotels, sunbeds or lifeguards.

The freshwater lake behind Mamaia, 7.5 km long, with water sports bases on the resort side and little Ovidiu Island, tied to the legend of the Roman poet, off the town of Ovidiu.

Romania's largest salt lake, a former sea bay next to Eforie: cold mud baths on the Techirghiol shore in summer, flocks of rare birds on water that does not freeze in winter.

The only marine dunes left on the Romanian coast, protected since 1939 in the grounds of the Agigea Marine Biological Station: rare sand plants, tortoises and a free themed trail.

The water park at the entrance to Mamaia resort, open since 2003, with slides, pools, a 360 m lazy river and relaxation areas, between the boulevard and Lake Siutghiol.

A strip of sand between the Black Sea and Lake Golovița, in the Danube Delta, reached only by boat from Jurilovca: a wide beach with reed sunshades and a single resort.

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.

The town at the southern end of the Romanian coast: the 1575 Esmahan Sultan Mosque, the marina, the archaeology museum, the Callatis ruins and the seafront, in the same municipality as the Saturn–Olimp resorts.

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.

The spa town on the shore of the salt lake, 16 km from Constanța: the balneal sanatorium with 12–18-day stays, the Saint Mary Monastery with its 18th-century wooden church, and accommodation in villas and guesthouses.

The rusting hull of the Greek cargo ship Evangelia, driven aground in October 1968 north of Costinești beach; it can be seen from the shore and from a new breakwater, from about 60 metres.