Holiday on the Black Sea Coast

The Romanian Black Sea Coast is the perfect destination for a family holiday.

România Internațional, 09.07.2015, 14:50

It’s the right place to lie on the beach,
but there are also many other facilities such as playgrounds for children,
amusement parks and spas. Also, those who take a holiday on the Black Sea coast
can also include in their program a visit to the dolphinarium, to a museum or
the stud farm, or even a trip to the Danube Delta. For young people, fun means
going to the clubs open all night long, especially in the resort of Mamaia, and
also water sports. In fact, in February this year, the Black Sea Coast – Danube
Delta Association participated for the first time in the Tourism Fair in Tel
Aviv, where it promoted the resort of Mamaia. Thanks to all these actions, the
number of Israeli tourists who will spend their holidays on the Romanian Black
Sea Coast has doubled. This summer, two charters will land at the Mihail
Kogalniceanu airport in Constanta, bringing 5,000 tourists from Israel. Here is
Corina Martin, president of the Black Sea Coast – Danube Delta Association.

These
are good consumers of hotel services, as they have chosen full board and all
inclusive services. Also, they are very good consumers of leisure activities,
such as trips, local tours, tourist attractions. They have all asked for trips
to Bucharest and one day trips to the Danube Delta. They are also interested in
circus shows, casinos, shopping in Constanta, wine tasting, sea cruises, aqua
parks and also the adventure park in the south of the Black Sea coast.

The newest point of attraction is
the adventure park in the southern Black Sea Resort of Neptun, called ‘Paradise
Land’. Aurelian Marin, the general manager of the park has the details:

We can
say that we have finally brought adventure on the Black Sea Coast. The park is
for children, teenagers and adults. This is an adventure park hosted by a
forest. There are 14 routes of various levels of difficulty, starting with those
for small children, and ending with those for professional athletes or
climbers. Tourists have to cross bridges, go zip lining, pass by obstacles, and
hang on ropes and cables. Some routes have their own themes. At this moment,
the park is the biggest in the country, because it has 14 routes and some 200
games. It is an extraordinary park, stretching over two hectares of forest. I
am sure that tourists who come to the seaside and learn about this park will be
extremely happy to visit it.

The Romanian Black Sea Coast can
accommodate all kinds of tourists, says Mariana Gobanescu, the chief secretary
of the Danube Delta Association:

Spa
tourism is a very good choice for those who come to the Black Sea coast. There
are many places where tourists come especially for treatment and relaxation.
Also, there are now many hotels that have understood that families with
children are very important, so they have tried to create the necessary
facilities for children. In the resort of Mamaia, which is the closest to
Constanta, hotels providing such facilities open every year. For fun, there are
many clubs, which have also understood that they need to promote themselves,
that the Black Sea Coast is a major segment for Romanian and foreign tourism.
Therefore, they have been making efforts to come up with attractive programs.

One of the places that tourists
coming to the Black Sea Coast also reach is the Danube Delta, which was
included on UNESCO’s heritage list in 1991, as the only delta in the world that
is entirely a biosphere reserve. The main attraction is obviously created by
the very diverse flora and fauna there. But Danube Delta’s offer is much wider,
and includes bird watching, boat riding, fishing or hunting. Doru Vladescu is
the manager of a tourism company, a tour operator in the Delta. The company has
a 4-star floating hotel called Arca, a cruise tracker, speedboats and fishing
boats. But what is a floating boat? Doru Vladescu explains:

It’s a
smaller cruise boat, with only 9 rooms, but each room has its own bathroom and
air conditioning. We provide all-inclusive services such as meals and open bar.
On the last floor we have a Jacuzzi, a beach bar, long chairs. The tourists
accommodated here can chose boat rides, can go fishing and can benefit from the
information offered by an ornithologist, who speaks English, French or German.
Also, there are social games we can organize; we have a library full of
specialized books, DVDs, feature films and cartoons. The program depends on the
time, as it can be a longer weekend, three nights and four days, from Thursday
to Sunday, or just one week. The longer the time, the larger the area we can
cover.

The advantage of this floating hotel
is that it’s permanently on the move, says Doru Vladescu. You don’t have to
just sit in one place, and the route is established from the very beginning, so
as to reach as many points as possible.

For
instance, taking the Sulina Channel we can reach the Black Sea, where there is
a beautiful beach, with very fine sand. Letea Forest is also an extremely
beautiful place to visit. We’ve had tourists from France, Italy, Germany,
Austria, England, the US, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. They
particularly enjoyed the food and the nature. They’ve also said accommodation
was excellent. Romanian hospitality is well-known, especially in this area,
inhabited mostly by ethnic Lipovan Russians.

With so many attractions on offer,
the Romanian Black Sea coast is ready to receive as many guests as possible.