Sulina – a beautiful town in the Danube Delta
Sulina, a small, fishing town, is located in Tulcea County and is the town located at the lowest average altitude in Romania, stretching along the Danube at a distance of approximately 1 km from the Black Sea coast. It is one of the oldest settlements in our country, about 1300 years old.
During the Byzantine era and later under Genoese and Turkish rule, Sulina was an important river and seaport, but it lost much of its significance in the 20th century due to the construction of new and larger Danube ports (e.g., in Galati).
The old lighthouse from 1887, historic villas along the waterfront promenade, and the large cemetery are reminders of the past. Today, Sulina has a population of approximately 2,500, boasts a sandy beach stretching for many kilometers along the Black Sea, and serves as a hub for excursions and activities in the Danube Delta, cruises on the Danube, and vacations on the Black Sea.
In the Sulina spa resort there were over a hundred shops, three windmills, a water plant, an electric plant, a theater, the Camberi Hotel, a landscaped beach, a casino. Greeks, Romanians, Russians, Armenians, Turks, Austro-Hungarians, Jews, Germans, English, Tatars, Serbs, French, Egyptians, Danes, Indians, Gagauz, Lipovans, Poles, Bulgarians lived here.
The ethnic groups created their own schools in addition to the places of worship, with teaching in Romanian, Greek, Italian, French, as well as vocational schools.
