Beach
Mamaia Beach
Constanta, Romania
Romania's best-known beach resort, a long strip of sand on the Black Sea.
City · Romania · Dobruja
Constanta
Romania's main Black Sea port, with Roman roots, a historic old quarter and resort beaches next door.
about 5 h
For storytellers
Why Constanta matters
Constanta is one of the oldest continually inhabited places in Romania and has been a port for Greeks, Romans and Ottomans. The old peninsula quarter has grand early twentieth-century buildings, a mosque and traces of Roman Tomis, and the sea promenade is a pleasant place to stroll. Just north, the resort of Mamaia offers the country's best-known stretch of beach for a summer break.
Talking points
- Poet Ovid was sent to exile in ancient Tomis, now Constanta.
- The old quarter sits on a peninsula jutting into the Black Sea.
- Mamaia is the main summer beach resort just north.
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What to see in Constanta
Square
Ovid Square Constanta
Constanta, Romania
The heart of Constanta's old quarter, with a statue of the poet Ovid.