Constanţa Travel Information and Travel Guide - Romania

Constanţa

Recommended things to do & see

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Introducing Constanţa

Constanţa is the gateway to Romania’s seaside activities. Romanians and tourists alike arrive by the train- and bus-load all summer. Sharp annual price hikes have made a trip here fairly expensive, even by Western European standards, though staying in private homes, camping or cramming into hotel rooms can ease expenses. However, with minor planning, an affordable visit can be easily arranged that will effectively pacify one’s need for sun, water sports and life-threatening amounts of clubbing.

While much of Romania’s largest port and third-largest city is adorned with the familiar wide boulevards and piles of concrete, there are equal parts that evoke romantic notions of ancient seafarers, the Roman poet Ovid and even the classic legend of Jason and the Argonauts (they fled here from King Aietes). Constanţa’s original name, Tomis, means ‘cut to pieces’– a reference to Jason’s beloved Medea, who cut up her brother Apsyrtus and threw the pieces into the sea near the present-day city.