«Tour description»

More than 2500 years have passed since on the place of today's Constanta there was a settlement founded by the Greek navigators and merchants who have come from Millet. In their voyages on sea, the Greek navigators have been attired by the shelter offered by the bay and peninsula from the Black See shore, as well as by the good trade opportunities offered by the natives, Getaes. The most flourishing period of this city fortress, named Tomis, is the middle of the 1st century A.C. Roman domination on the territories between Istros (Danube) and the Black Sea, which became Roman province, raised the city at the rank of capital. In this time many temples were built, big buildings, public squares and baths, marble shops, streets and new districts. However, the flourishing fortress is devastated by the Avars in 601. Some centuries after, on the ruin of Tomis, starts to develop a little anglers settlement, which, gradually, in the following centuries became Constanta. Vestiges of the old civilizations is found today almost everywhere in the city.

You will start the tour in the old city centre of Constanta, with the Ethnographical Museum. Here you can admire orthodox icons painted on glass, traditional costumes from the Dobrudja region and find out about the traditions of this part Romania. At the Ovid Square you will find the Statue of the Roman poet exiled to Tomis, as Constanta was known, at the beginning of the first century A.D. Visit of the Roman Mosaic, which used to be one of the largest mosaics in this part of the world. The road takes us further to the orthodox Cathedral St. Peter and Paul, where we will discover the traditions of the Romanian Orthodoxism. Further, the building of the Casino, the symbol of the city, offers a delightful picture over the Constanta harbor.

The tour continues crossing Constanta, one of the oldest towns of the South Eastern part of Europe. Built by the Greek colonists in the 6th century B.C., ist old name TOMIS is connected with the legend of the Golden Fleece. It is the place where the heart-broken father Aetes anchored his ship to bury his son who was killed and cut into pieces by Medeea and Jason in order to gain time for escape.

After half an hour ride, you arrive in Eforie Nord, one of the most popular resorts on the Romanian Black Sea coast, at the Restaurant Nunta Zamfirei (Zamfira’s Wedding). Here you will enjoy a Romanian folk show, which represents a typical Romanian wedding, with al its traditions, while tasting a traditional Romanian lunch and a glass of wine.
Afterwards drive back to the ship.

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