Danube Delta
The Danube Delta lies mostly in Tulcea County of Romania. It is the second largest (after the Volga Delta) and best preserved of European deltas, with an area of 3446 km˛.| Year | Decision | Comments |
| 1991 | Inscribed | Reasons for inscription |
Reviews
Paul Tanner (UK): 
As no-one has yet reviewed the Danube Delta so I will provide a “partial” report! It is the largest river delta in Europe (assuming the Volga is not!) and has suffered relatively little from human interference compared with others such as the Rhone. To get to its heart and experience its full size and remoteness you should probably take a ferry/hydrofoil into the interior where the villages are not accessible by road. There are however some roads extending part way into the Delta which reach villages where you can hire a small boat and these seemed to me to give a reasonable feeling for the countryside and way of life of the people as well as giving access to some of the birdlife for which the Delta is famous and which we had primarily come to see.
We concentrated on the southern area around the villages of Agighiol and the “road-head” at Murighiol together with Lake Razelm (all within the inscribed area). You can see one of the main channels nearby with large boats steaming up and down but the glory of the Delta is to be found in the lakes and reed beds and the examples of human and wildlife they support. The villages are full of thatched houses (photo) and exude a rural atmosphere. The horizons are enormous and the birdlife fine even for those who are not birdwatchers! Date posted: June 2005
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- Danube Delta
- Country: Romania
- Year: 1991
- Category: Natural landscape, River / Lake
- Connections:
Danube . River deltas .
News and links:
» Wikipedia.
» Map and photos of the Delta.
» Romanian tourist office site with description, photos and travel info.
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