Ivan Patzaichin Museum

The Saon Monastery is located at a distance of 11 kilometers towards Niculitel, from the town of Tulcea. The road, among hills with vineyards, leads to a beautiful esplanade in front of the Saon Monastery. On the left side stretches a large building, made of brick, covered with tin, which was built between 1990-1992. The building, which houses a body of cells, the abbess and a body of rooms for guests, has a very long roof, supported by strong columns. The Saon Monastery was founded under the Ottoman rule in 1846, by the departure of some monks from the Celic-Dere Monastery. Those who came to Saon erected here some adobe cells and a Chapel as a methoc of the Celic-Dere Monastery.

Manastirea Celic-Dere, situata in partea de nord a Dobrogei, este unul dintre cele mai importante centre de spiritualitate dintre Dunare si Marea Neagra. Numele manastirii este luat de la paraul Celic-Dere (nume turcesc, in romana insemnand "paraiasul de otel", aici fiind gasite arme din trecutul indepartat). Asupra anului infiintarii Manastirii Celic-Dere exista, pe de o parte, precizarea „Marelui Dictionar Geografic al Romaniei", conform careia asezamantul a fost fondat de „arhiereul" Athanasie Lisivencof la anul 1835. Pe de alta parte, marturia arhimandritului Roman Sorescu, care fixeaza fondarea manastirii "cam la 1840" de catre calugari romani si doi calugari rusi intorsi de la Sfantul Munte Athos, arhimandritul Athanasie Lisavenco si schimonahul Paisie. Distrusa de incendiu, arhimandritul Athanasie Lisavenco (considerat ctitorul manastirii, 1800-1880 si ale carui oseminte se gasesc intr-o mica racla foarte frumos argintata, asezata pe dreapta in paraclis) si Dosotei Crihana construiesc, intre anii 1841 si 1844, o bisericuta cu chilii in forma de patrulater, pe valea paraiasului Celic-Dere, azi fiind pe acel loc o troita care arata ca aici a fost biserica. In anul 1845 manastirea de calugari Celic-Dere s-a transformat in manastire de maici (maicile au fost aduse din Basarabia), monahii fiind stramutati langa balta Saon, unde isi construiesc o bisericuta si cateva chilii - viitoarea Manastire Saon. Dupa 60 de ani, constructia s-a degradat datorita infiltratiilor si inundatiilor. Mai multe informații puteți afla aici.

Located in the immediate vicinity of the Ali-Gazi-Pasa Glass, the Panaghia House is built in the architectural style of the old Babadag. The oriental art exhibition organized in Casa Panaghia presents pieces belonging to the traditional folk art of the Turks and Tatars of Dobrogea, but also pieces belonging to oriental art made in manufactures and, later, industrially. The folk art of the Turks and Tatars of Dobrogea (fabrics, embroideries, clothing, ornaments, copper vessels for everyday use and for various ceremonies) reflects its oriental origins. Certain features of this art reveal, however, interference with the art of the autochthonous population of the Balkan Peninsula and Dobrogea. The typically oriental ornamental motifs: the carnation, the cypress, the hyacinth, the pomegranate fruit, etc., complemented by the gold and silver metallic thread, are combined in chromatic and decorative compositions of great aesthetic value. It is worth stopping and visiting this place. The visit fee is 10 lei/adult and 5 lei/pupil/student/pensioner. The museum can be visited from Wednesday to Thursday, between 10:00 and 18:00.

The Gazi Ali Pasha Mosque is not the oldest in Dobrogea, but, with its special architecture, it attracts the attention of all who pass through the city of Babadag. The place of worship has a typical Ottoman style with a minaret built of stone and brick, 21 meters high. Over the centuries, the place of worship has been important to both Babadag and the surrounding towns.

The Codru Monastery is located right at the entrance to the Babadag Forest, on the road from Constanța to Tulcea. It was founded on September 8, 2000, and in the period 2000-2006 the fencing of the land, a body of cells and a summer kitchen were executed.

In Ceamurlia de Sus is the Church dedicated to St. M. Mc. George". This is almost 200 years old, having been built in 1839. Local residents believe that it was founded by Zaporizhzhya Cossacks before 1855, which is why the Turkish administration gave it the first name, which in translation means new Cossacks. The name of the village is the current one and not the original one. There is a possibility that the two names circulated in parallel, as happened in the case of other localities. The place of the Cossacks was later taken by the Bulgarians, probably until 1877, then, after the population change in 1940, by the Aromanians from Quadrilater (303 families). It is worth saying that the church was recently rehabilitated.

7km from the village of Jurilovca, in the place called Cape Doloșman, there are the ruins of the ancient Argamum fortress. Founded around 670-660 BC. by the Greeks from Miletus, the settlement was first called Orgame (the Greek name). After it was conquered by the Romans, it was renamed Argamum. Together with the fortification on Bisericuta Island, they guarded the entrance to a bay of the Black Sea or the Scythian Sea, as the Greeks called it at the time.

Jurilovca is a village in Tulcea county, located on the shore of the Razelm-Sinoe lagoon complex, halfway between Tulcea and Constanța. The village of Jurilovca is proud of the traditions of the Lipovian Community, who founded the locality that gives the commune its name, more than 200 years ago. Many of the houses in Jurilovca preserve traditional architecture. They are painted in white and in the already famous Lipovanci blue, which some even call "Jurilovca Blue". It is worth saying that Jurilovca was included in the top 5 tourist destinations of Romania in 2024, according to the International Federation of Travel Journalists and Writers (FIJET). The Federation compiled the ranking of the hottest tourist destinations in Romania in 2024. If you arrive in Jurilovca, visit the Lipovene church, walk here in the streets of the village to admire the beautiful houses and don't forget the local port. It hosts the Lipovenesc Borscht Festival every year, one of the most important events in the entire Tulcea county.

The Medieval Citadel of Enisala is located 2 km from the town of the same name, on a limestone hill that dominates the Razim and Babadag lakes area. It was built in the second half of the 14th century, for military purposes, most likely by the Genoese merchants, owners of the Black Sea navigation monopoly. The fortress has an irregular polygonal plan, which follows the sinuosity of the terrain; the walls and bastions are preserved in some places at a height of 5-10 m. Integrated, during the reign of Mircea the Elder, into the defensive system of Wallachia, the fortress was abandoned in the context of the advance of Turkish rule north of the mouth of the Danube (end of the .XV) and as a result of the formation of the sand ridges that separate the Razim lake from the Black Sea. In addition to visiting the fortress, it is also worth coming here to enjoy one of the most beautiful views in the entire Tulcea county, especially at sunset.