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Dobrudja / Dobrogea flora safari, nature and traditional
food tour
south-eastern Romania and north-eastern Bulgaria, second
part of May / June
Seven days in the world of the ancient steppes and along the
abrupt shores of the Black Sea. tours@transsilvanica.net
Day 1. Meeting at Constanta Mihail
Kogalniceanu Airport. Going for hosting at Vila Raduinea Eforie Nord.
Traditional fishermen style meal.
Visit to Agigea Marine Natural Reservation. A maritime sand
dune reservation, the last patch remained from this type of ecosystem
remained along the Romanian Black Sea Coast which was drastically reduced
during the Communist Times for building the Black Sea - Danube channel.
Species to be seen: Dianthus bessarabicus, Astragalus varius, Silene
thymifolia, Ephedra distachya, Centaurea arenaria ssp. borysthenica,
Eryngium maritium, Cakile maritima ssp. euxina, Crambe maritima,
Convolvulus persicus, Alyssum borzaeanum, Scabiosa ucranica, Leymus
racemosus ssp. sabulosus, Gypsophila perfoliata,
Visit to Techirghiol "Tuzla Hills" steppe area on the
south-western shores of Lake Techirghiol. This is a rare patch of well
preserved steppe vegetation from the loess plateau of Dobrudja.
Species to be seen: Paeonia tenuifolia, Achillea thracica, Achillea
clypeolata, Achillea coarctata, Achillea leptophylla, Adonis volgensis,
Adonis flammea, Agropyron ponticum, Alyssum hirsutum, Astragalus hamosus,
Astragalus sprunnerii, Astragalus vesicarius ssp. pseudoglaucus, Carduus
thoermeri, Centaurea mapulifera ssp. thirkei, Convolvulus cantabrica,
Dianthus leptopetalus, Dianthus pseudarmeria, Euphorbia nicaeensis ssp.
dobrogensis, Hyacinthella leucophaea, Koeleria lobata, Salvia nutans,
Salvia aethiopis, Satureja coerulea, Ranunculus oxyspermus, Scorzonera
mollis, Scolymus hispanicus, Centaurea orientalis, Serratula radiata,
Medicago orbicularis, Silene borysthenica, Scutellaria orientalis
pinnatifida, Stipa ucrainica, Syrenia cana, Chrysanthemum millefolium,
Thymus zygioides.
Afternoon meal in traditional style at "Imparatul Romanilor"
restaurant. Slide presentation of the coming days.
Visit (by walk) along the cliff of the Black Sea between
Olimp and Costinesti. Species to be seen: Limonium latifolium,
Tournefortia sibirica, Echinops ritro ssp. ruthenicus, Agropyron cristatum
ssp. pectinatum, others.
Return to Vila Raduinea Eforie Nord. Evening meal. Closing
the program on the beach at night.
Day 2. Leaving Eforie Nord and travelling
across the border to Bulgaria along the famous white chalk "Thracian
Cliffs" above the Black Sea.
Visit to the botanical reservations Yailata and Kaliakra. Species to be
seen: Ficus carica, Prunus mahaleb, Jasminum fruticans, Paliurus
spina-christi, Quercus pubescens, Paeonia peregrina, Asphodeline lutea,
Goniolimon besseranum, Goniolimon tataricum, Opopanax chironium ssp.
bulgaricum, Onosma heterophylla, Ruscus aculeatus, Convolvulus lineatus,
Ruta graveolens, Cynoglossum creticum, Crithmum maritimum, LImonium
meyeri, Parietaria lusitanica ssp. serbica, Centaurea alba ssp. caliacrae,
Alyssum caliacrae, Silene caliacrae, Erysimum bulgaricum, Iris suaveolens,
Potentilla emilii-popii, Chamaecytisus jankae, Centaurea varnensis,
Jurinea tzar-ferdinandii, Matthiola odoratissima, Ononis pusilla, Paeonia
tenuifolia, Euphorbia myrsinites, Pyrus eleagrifolia, Clypeola jonthlaspi,
Allium tauricum, Allium saxatile, Artemisia pedemontana, Bellevalia
sarmatica, Scandix australis, etc.
Coming back to Romania and hosting in Vama Veche
Day 3. Leaving Vama Veche location.
Visit to the botanical reservations Hagieni Forest and the creeks along
Cotu Vaii area. Species to be seen: Genista trifoliata, Dianthus
membranaceus, Artemisia alba, Gypsophila
pallasii, Cephalaria uralensis, etc.
Going north and visit Basarabi chalk botanical reservation.
Species to be seen: Adonis volgensis, Stipa lessingiana, Stipa
ucranica, Salvia nutans, Goniolimon collinum, etc.
Lunch
Going north to Targusor and visit Casimcea calcareous gorges.
Going west to Baltagesti to Allah Bair hill botanical reservation.
Dinner (traditional food) and hosting at Hotel Emi in Mihail
Kogalniceanu.
Day 4.
Breakfast. Going west for visiting Allah Bair peak botanical
reservation.
Crossing Dobrudja to north-east to Jurilova. Lunch and hosting there in
this old fishermen traditional village.
In the evening, visit to Dolojman Cape botanical reservation. Species
to be seen: Centaurea salonitana, Centaurea jankae, Achillea
clypeolata, Achillea coarctata, Astragalus vesicarius ssp. pseudoglaucus,
Achillea leptophylla, Goniolimon besseranum, Artemisia lerchiana,
Astragalus dolichophyllus, etc.
Lunch in the fishermen's old traditional style in Jurilovca (Raluca and
Heracleea lodges).
Day 5.
Breakfast. Starting the tour of northern Dobrudja.
Visit to the Enisala old genovese citadel (a lot of rare species on the
barren rocks around its peak, among them Dianthus nardiformis,
Pimpinella tragium ssp. litophila, Euphorbia myrsinites, Galium
flavescens,etc.
Lunch
Visit to Babadag termonemoral forest with Quercus pubescens,
Sophora prodanii, Nectaroscordium siculum, Astragalus ponticus, Cotinus
coggygria, Dianthus pseudarmeria, etc.
Going back to Jurilovca. Dinner.
Day 6.
Visit to Priopcea peak area.
Lunch
Visit Macin Mountains near Greci. An alpine-like paradise but with with
a totally unexpected steppe xeric vegetation. A very peculiar
landscape never to be forgot above the Danube. Species to be seen:
Stachys tenuifolia, Nothloaena marantae, Achillea ochroleuca, Allium
pulchellum, Campanula romanica, Spiraea crenata, etc.
Gping back to Jurilovca.
Day 7.
Leaving Jurilovca. A short visit to the old Greek city of Histria, also
interesting species there, an occasion to remind the main flora we saw
across the region.
Going to the airport.
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