Uzlina is one of the smallest villages in the Danube Delta. It is located on the left bank on the Sfantu Gheorghe arm of the Danube, about halfway from Tulcea to Sfantu Gheorghe. [adsense]It lies in an area where the Danube takes a huge loop. For that reason, a few years ago, a straighter route…

I recently had the pleasure of visiting Dunavatu de Jos again and what I found there was unbelievable. The old fishing village has rejuvenated through tourism and it now has some of the most modern facilities in the Danube Delta. [adsense]Dunavatu de Jos is conveniently located on the banks of a small canal that connects…

Mahmudia is the largest village of the Sfantu Gheorghe cannel. You can get there by boat, but also by car, following a 15 minutes ride from Tulcea. [adsense]That’s why Mahmudia is another great place to start your journey in the Danube Delta. You can rent boats here, and there are also plenty of hotels and…

Crisan is a village where almost every interesting route that you can take in the Danube Delta meets. [adsense]Situated in the middle of the delta on the Sulina Channel, it has always had a privileged position thanks to the great number of commercial ships that pass here every day, both for fishing and tourism. No…

With wild horses, vines, 700 year old oak trees and sand dunes, Letea is the northern most subtropical forest in the world. Hidden away from the eyes and paths of most tourists, the forest has numerous secrets which it carefully guards. [adsense]To get here, you have to cross through a myriad of canals, all covered…

Going by car from Tulcea to Murighiol or Dunavatul de Jos, the first village you’ll run into is Malcoci. [adsense]The village was founded in 1843 by 25 German families, making it the first of a number of villages founded by German colonists in Dobrogea, led by Ignatiu Hoffart. They called the place Malkotsch. They were…