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Municipality in Dolj, Romania
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Art and Ethnography Museum
The lake has an area of 1,936 hectares and is a reference site for the protection of migratory birds: ducks, geese, grebes, pelicans, cormorants, herons, egrets, storks, seagulls, terns, marsh terns, and various species of waders.
Pădurea Ciurumela
A forest reserve representing an old acacia forest.
Old port on the Danube, now owned by the famous poet Mircea Dinescu, where he organizes various artistic and culinary events, including the Dival Film Festival. They offer accommodation and delicious food, but better contact them in advance.
Well known in Calafat.
Italian-inspired 3-star hotel in Calafat.
By bus
There are frequent buses from Craiova; travel time is around two hours. There is a bus that goes to Calafat from Vidin and Craiova.
By ferry
The ferry to/from Vidin used to run several times per day.
By car
Via E85, from Bucharest, Pitești, Craiova.
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ItinerariesThe Danube is the second-longest river in Europe, with a length of 2,850 km (1,770 mi). It begins in the Black Forest in Germany and flows east to the Black Sea, forming the Danube Delta on its western coast.
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Culture & historyThe Roman Empire was the greatest ancient empire of Europe. At the height of its power in 117 AD, it ruled over considerable parts of Europe, as well as much of North Africa and the Middle East.
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Culture & historyFrom the end of World War II in 1945 until the Eastern European revolutions of 1989, Europe was divided between two political blocs: east and west. The border was figuratively called the Iron Curtain.
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Travel tipsThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР)), or Soviet Union, emerged as the successor state to the Russian Empire in 1917, and was dissolved in 1991.
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