Mangalia

MANGALIA

Permanent spa (44 km from Constanta) at the same latitude with the Mediterranean resorts of Monaco, San Remo and Nice. It has the same age with Tomis, the ancient colony with the name of Callatis (from river Calles in Asia Minor) founded by Greeks in the 4th century B.C. was later developed by the Romans (2th-4th century A.D.) and later revived by the Genovese (13th-14th century) who called it Pangalia.

Mangalia, the southernmost resort of the Romanian Black Sea shore, is the only place in our contry where in winter the temperature remanis above 0oC. It has a mild climate, similar to the Mediterranean one, with early springs and late autumms. Mangalia is the only seaside resort with mineral water springs (sulphur, mezothermal and radioactive; used since the Roman era).

The treatment base includes wards of medical recovery, facilities for warm baths with sulphuratted water and sea water, mud therapy, kinetotherapy, hydrotherapy, sauna, medical gyms, geriatrics offices (Gerovital, Boicil,Pell-Amar treatments) etc.

Here one can go riding, visit the Museum of Archaeology, the Esmahan Sultan Mosque (Moor style,1590), the vestiges of the Roman-Byzantine Church (5th-6th century), the Mercurius Colection (pipes and curiosities) etc.