# Techirghiol

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> 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.

**At a glance:** Resorts and thermal baths in Techirghiol, Constanța County. Opening hours: daily open 24 hours. Ticket: Free. The visit takes 1½ – 2 hours. Information verified on 31 October 2026.

## Key facts

- **Opening hours:** daily open 24 hours — The town and the promenade can be visited at any time. The Saint Mary Monastery and the Balneal and Rehabilitation Sanatorium have their own hours; the sanatorium admits patients by appointment.
- **Ticket:** Free — the town; treatments are paid
- **Visit duration:** 1½ – 2 hours — monastery, centre and promenade
- **With kids:** Yes — walks on the promenade
- **Best season:** May – September — summer, for the lake and the promenade
- **Address:** Town centre, at the end of Ovidiu Street, near the monastery and the lakeside promenade, Techirghiol, Constanța County
- **Coordinates:** 44.0548, 28.603
- **Website:** https://www.primariatechirghiol.ro/
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techirghiol
- **Wikidata:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912224
- **Categories:** [Resorts and thermal baths](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/resorts-and-thermal-baths), [Seaside](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/seaside)

## About Techirghiol

Techirghiol is a town of about 8,000 inhabitants (8,061 at the 2021 census), about 16 km from Constanța and ~3 km from the sea, on the northern shore of the lake of the same name. It was first mentioned in documents in 1560 and has been known as a spa resort since 1899. Romanians, Turks, Tatars, Aromanians and Roma live side by side, so the centre has a mosque, Orthodox churches, an Adventist one and an Apostolic one, and a monastery. Mircea Eliade's parents owned Villa Claudia here from 1906.

The town is, above all, a destination for treatment and longer stays. The Balneal and Rehabilitation Sanatorium has three wards (one sanatorium ward and two rehabilitation wards, one of them for children and young people aged 3–18), and a stay lasts 12 or 18 days, by appointment, for rheumatic, post-traumatic, neurological and gynaecological conditions. The lake, the mud and the Cold Baths have their own page: [Lake Techirghiol](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/lacul-techirghiol).

### What you can see

**The Saint Mary Monastery**, on Ovidiu Street, began in 1951 as a nuns' hermitage, in a villa bought in 1928 for a sanatorium for the clergy. In its yard stands the **wooden church** from around 1750, brought from the village of Maiorești (Mureș County), with a pointed bell tower, dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God and a category A historic monument; next to it are the new church, with domes crowned by golden crosses, and the statue of Saint Panteleimon by Ion Jalea.

In the centre are the Church of Saint Elijah, the German church (1934) and the Heroes' Monument in General I. Dragalina Square, inaugurated in 1931, a historic monument. [Eforie Nord](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/eforie-nord) is ~4 km away, [Eforie Sud](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/eforie-sud) ~7 km and [Constanța](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/constanta) ~16 km.

### Good to know

Accommodation is in villas, guesthouses and hotels a few minutes from the lake, and the sanatorium and the monastery have their own. For admission you make an appointment online or by phone.

## Don't miss

- The wooden church from around 1750, brought from Mureș and set on a stone plinth in the yard of the Saint Mary Monastery.
- The monastery's new church, white, with domes crowned by golden crosses, and the statue of Saint Panteleimon by Ion Jalea.
- The Balneal and Rehabilitation Sanatorium, with its treatment base on Doctor Victor Climescu Boulevard and stays of 12 or 18 days.
- The Heroes' Monument in General I. Dragalina Square, inaugurated in 1931, and the town's mosque.
- The lakeside promenade, a few steps from the centre, with the Cold Baths described on the lake's page.

## Good to know before you go

### Getting there

**By car:** Techirghiol is ~16 km from Constanța (~25 minutes), ~4 km from Eforie Nord on the DJ383 along the lake, ~7 km from Eforie Sud and ~33 km from Mangalia, on the DN39; from Bucharest it is ~227 km (~2.5 hours), on the A2 to Constanța, then on the A4 ring road and the DN39.

**Public transport:** regular buses run between Constanța, Eforie and Techirghiol.

### Where to park

There is parking in the town centre; villas and hotels usually have car parks for guests.

### Fees & discounts

The town and the promenade can be visited free of charge. Treatments, accommodation and baths are paid, at each operator's rates.

### Rules

At the monastery, shoulders and knees are covered and voices are kept low inside the church. At the sanatorium, admission is by appointment, with an ID document, the health insurance card and, for the rehabilitation wards, a referral from the family doctor.

### Facilities

Sanatorium with three wards and a treatment base · monastery with a treatment base, accommodation and a museum · villas, guesthouses and hotels · “Constantin Tănase” Culture House, library, summer theatre and cinema · lakeside promenade

## Details

- **Water type:** salt lake and sapropelic mud
- **Therapeutic uses:** rheumatism, neurological and gynaecological conditions

## Frequently asked questions about Techirghiol

**How much is a ticket to Techirghiol?**

Admission to Techirghiol is free (the town; treatments are paid). More under “Fees & discounts”.

**What are the opening hours of Techirghiol?**

Opening hours at Techirghiol: daily open 24 hours. More under “Opening hours”.

**How long does a visit to Techirghiol take?**

A visit to Techirghiol takes about 1½ – 2 hours (monastery, centre and promenade).

**Can you visit Techirghiol with kids?**

Yes, Techirghiol is suitable for children (walks on the promenade).

**How do I get to Techirghiol?**

Techirghiol is located at Town centre, at the end of Ovidiu Street, near the monastery and the lakeside promenade, Techirghiol, Constanța County. More under “Getting there”.

**When is the best time to visit Techirghiol?**

The best season for Techirghiol: May – September (summer, for the lake and the promenade).

## Nearby attractions

- [Lake Techirghiol](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/lake-techirghiol) — Lakes · Techirghiol, CT · Free · 1 km
  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.
- [Eforie Nord](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/eforie-nord) — Seaside · Eforie, CT · Free · 3½ – 4 hours · Top 100 · 4 km
  The second resort of the Romanian coast, on the strip between the Black Sea and Lake Techirghiol: three kilometres of fine sand and a sapropelic mud cure a few hundred metres from the waves.
- [Agigea Marine Dunes Reserve](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/agigea-marine-dunes-reserve) — National parks and reserves · Agigea, CT · Free · 6 km
  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.
- [Eforie Sud](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/eforie-sud) — Seaside · Eforie, CT · Free · 3½ – 4 hours · 6 km
  The resort where Romanian spa tourism began, on the highest cliff of the coast: interwar villas, an Art Deco casino and a beach recently widened to over a hundred metres.
- [Tuzla Beach](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/tuzla-beach) — Seaside · Tuzla, CT · Free · 3½ – 4 hours · 10 km
  A narrow strip of sand below a high earth cliff covered in scrub, next to the oldest working lighthouse on the Romanian coast, with clear, turquoise-green water.
- [The Evangelia wreck](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/the-evangelia-wreck) — Seaside · Costinești, CT · Free · 45 min · 14 km
  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.

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Last updated: 31 October 2026
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