Reply To: Information for a planned Fishing Trip into the Dunaudelta
Hi Stefan_de,
Let’s get started …
First, sorry for my delayed answer. This week (in fact this Sunday) is the Easter for Orthodox Christians . Even this weekend is intended for meditation and preparation for this Great Holiday , on the other hand in private business there are a lot of things to do …
Approach to Dunaudelta :
I suppose you are coming from Berlin. You can take any highway you want in Germany but the best is the one passing through Budapest and Szeged, in Hungary. If you intend to sleep close to Romanian border, in my opinion the best option is in Szeged. Youa have there a great Novotel with sauna and swimming pool that will prepare you for passing into the “wilderness” of the Danube Delta …
From Szeged to Romanian you have around 40 km (highway only to Mako). Even the route through Romania is not very long – about 881 km – this you’ll take you, on the safe side, about 2 days !!! First part, Nadlac – Bucharest is around 640 km and it will take you around 8 h up to 11 hours (but you can consider also 13 h, it depends on the traffic) . Second part, Bucharest – Tulcea is around 280 km. I recommend you to stop overnight in Bucharest or close to the capital because is easy to find a decent hotel.
I will attach you a *.gpx file that you can use to find the A2 = Autoroute de Soleil from Bucharest. Please don’t laugh too much, in Romania is a little bit difficult to find the few highways that we have …
If you will do exactly as I said, you will arrive in Tulcea early morning, time enough to buy authorizations for everything concerning Danube Delta. The good news is you have at your disposal in Tulcea some “cash – machines” at ARBDD where you can buy all kind of authorizations (Car, Fishing, Delta Access, Boat Access).
The exact address for ARBDD is 820243 – Tulcea, Romania, Str. PORTULUI 34A, O.P.3 C.P. 14 (the bold part is for GPS). The English name for ARBDD is Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority.
Back to “passing” through Romania … The cities you will pass through Romania are : Nadlac (border with Hungary), Deva, Sebes, Sibiu, Ramnicu Valcea, Pitesti and Bucuresti.
In the second part you will take the A2 from Bucharest up to Constanta, then, around km 106 – 108 you will leave the highway towards Slobozia on DN21, then you will keep the road to Constanta on DN21, you will catch to the half-right the DN2A. You will pass on this road the villages Bucu and Ograda, coming next the small town of Tandarei.
The road DN2A will lead you to the small village of Giurgeni, where you will pass the Dunau on a bridge to the next village called Vadu Oii, on the left side of the mighty river. The tax for passing the bridge is around 11 lei (about 2.5 Euros). You can pay only cash, in lei !!!
Next town you will see is Harsova. After you pass this town the DN2A will go to the right, to Constanta and your road will become DN22A, to the left, towards Tulcea. From that moment when you enter the DN22A you have another 165 km towards Tulcea.
The road will lead you through one of the nicest counties from our country : Dobtogea. You will pass a lot of nice villages where you will see with you own eyes the mix of cultures . Youa will leave this road to the left in Cataloi, taking DN22 towards Tulcea for about 17 km.
Entering Tulcea you will keep to the right, around a a Lukoil gas station, finding the way to Mahmudia and Murighiol. From Tulcea you have another 24 km up to Murighiol.
In Murighiol you have to find Murighiol Harbour. There you can park your car safety and also you can put your boat on water.
I provide you the exact GPS trace in GPX format for going from Bucharest to Murighiol.
As soon I will get more time, I’ll be back … 🙂 🙂 🙂
Best regards,
Pupezica