Tulcea is in Romania and lies at the western 'entrance' of the Danube Delta.

Get in

By plane

• 1 Tulcea Airport (Aeroportul Delta Dunării Tulcea). Flights are limited to general aviation, very few seasonal charters and some private jets. No scheduled flights. (updated Mar 2024)

By bus

The city is an approximately two-hour minibus ride away from Constanta bus station.

By train

Train services are rather slow, there's several daily trains from Medgidia, taking three hours. At Medgidia it's possible to connect with Intercity trains from Constanta and Bucharest.

• 2 Tulcea Oraș railway station (Gara Tulcea Oraș), Strada Portului 6. The terminus station, which is closed to city centre. (updated Feb 2023)

See

At the Tulcean riverside promenade there is an information centre on the Danube Delta-ecosystem, which is a UNESCO World Heritage-site. The information centre has with friendly, English-speaking staff.

• 1 Tulcea Art Museum (Muzeul de Artă din Tulcea), Strada Grigore Antipa 2. (updated Feb 2023)
• 2 Azizyie Mosque (Moscheea Azizyie), Strada 14 Noiembrie. Built in 1863, during the reign of Sultan Abdülaziz, to whom it is named for. It's among the largest mosques built by the Ottoman Empire in Dobruja region. (updated Feb 2023)
• 3 St. Nicholas Cathedral (Catedrala Sf. Nicolae), Strada Progresului 37. (updated Feb 2023)

Sleep

• 1 Delta Nature Resort, Somova, ☏ +40 21 3114532, fax: +40 31 7100336, reservations@deltaresort.com. Premium five-star resort set in the Danube Delta wilderness. (updated Apr 2023)

Go next

• From Tulcea you can take a river-ferry toward Sulina (daily) and Sfântu Gheorghe (daily except Tuesday) on the Black Sea coast. The schedule of the boats is accessible by this URL.