Sfântu Gheorghe Beach

Danube Delta, Tulcea · 🇷🇴 Romania

Where the Danube finally meets the Black Sea: a boat-only delta village with an immense, empty beach.

Expect a sea temperature of roughly 25°C at Sfântu Gheorghe Beach (Danube Delta, Tulcea, Romania) in high summer; the season runs Jun-Sep.

Sea temperature

~25°C in the warm season

Water

Brackish and tea-tinted off the river mouth, clearer to the south

Sand

A vast flat of fine grey-gold sand and shell, still growing as the Danube dumps silt

Swimming

Shallow and warm through summer; keep clear of the current where the Danube meets the sea

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

At the Danube's southernmost mouth; ferry from Tulcea to the road-free village, then a tractor-drawn trolley across the marsh to the sand

Beach type

Wild & scenic

Region

Europe

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