The Danube Delta & Black Sea Coast - Romania and Bulgaria - page 464

Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority ( 0240-518 945; www.ddbra.ro ; Str Por-
tului 34a; permits per day 5 lei; 8am-4pm Mon-Fri) This office is run by the national
group charged with managing the delta. It's a good source of information on what to see
and do. It publishes and distributes the helpful pamphlet Guide of the Touristic Routes ,
which lays out 19 aquatic routes. Sells delta visitors permits.
Post office (Str Babadag 5; 7am-8pm Mon-Fri, 8am-noon Sat)
Raiffeisen Bank (Str Isaccei; 8am-5pm Mon-Fri) Bank with ATM located directly
across the small park from the entrance to the Hotel Delta.
Tourism information centre ( 0240-519 130; www.primariatulcea.ro ; Str Gării 26;
8am-7pm Mon-Fri, to noon Sat May-Sep) The helpful staff here can help sort through
the confusing ferry schedules as well as advise on various travel agencies, hotels and res-
taurants. They also hand out an invaluable free map of Tulcea. It's hidden slightly back
from the river promenade, next to the Căpitânia Portului building, halfway between the
main port administration and the Hotel Delta.
Getting There & Away
The bus station ( 0240-513 304; Str Portului 1) adjoins the main ferry terminal ( Click
here ) . As many as 10 buses and maxitaxis head daily to Bucharest (55 lei, five hours);
there are two daily buses to Iaşi (65 lei, four hours). Maxitaxis to Constanţa (30 lei, two
hours) leave every half-hour from 5.30am to 8pm. There's a smaller passenger ferry that
runs every half-hour to the small village of Tudor Vladimirescu , across the Danube from
Tulcea's port.
Sulina
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The sleepy fishing port of Sulina is Romania's easternmost point and the highlight of any
journey along the Danube's central arm. There's a beautiful, tranquil (during the day)
here as well as a charming canal-side promenade. It's also an excellent base for forays
deeper into the delta or on to the Black Sea.