Travel Guide Tulcea

Located 300 km from Bucharest and 130 km from Constanţa, Tulcea (pronounced "Toultchéa", population 65,000) is the gateway to the Danube delta. Largely disfigured by Communism, the city offers a number of sights worth a visit. Remaining under Ottoman administration from the 15th to the 19th century, the city has long had a multicultural character, mixing 14 communities: Bulgarians, Greeks, Turks, Tatars, Armenians, Lipovens, Jews... Tulcea remained on the sidelines of the country's boom at the beginning of the industrial era, but began to develop when a railroad line linked it to the capital in the early 20th century. The construction of two major steel complexes and a shipyard in the 1970s was accompanied by a profound change in urban planning, in line with the socialist criteria of the time. Tulcea is built along the Danube, on the banks of which a pleasant pedestrian promenade (faleza) has been laid out. The center is located on the south bank. To reach the north bank, called Suburbia Tudor Vladimirescu, you can take small ferries from the faleza. It's pleasant to stroll along the sandy shores, where locals come to sunbathe in summer.