Tutrakan Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Tutrakan municipality, Silistra oblast, Bulgaria
About Tutrakan
With a population of about 9 thousand (2020), Tutrakan is the administrative centre of the local municipality, which in turn is part of theoblast(Province/District) ofSilistra. As a tourist destination, it's mostly visited in passing by Bulgarian and (fewer) Romanian tourists, so adjust your expectations about the available services accordingly. Like elsewhere in Bulgaria, the area has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Local finds have been dated to the Neolithic and Aeneolithic periods, 5500-3000 years BCE. The town itself can trace its beginnings to the 1st century CE, when aRomanborder fortress (castrum or castellum) was established under the name Transmarisca - "on the other side of the swamps". In the 3rd century, the Roman emperor Diocletian visited the fortress and ordered it
Top Attractions in Tutrakan
Explore the best things to see and do in Tutrakan:
- ★Art Gallery
- ★History Museum
- ★Military Cemetery
- ★Monument to the Fallen
- ★Museum of Danube Fishing and Boatbuilding
- ★Ruins of Transmarisca
- ★St. Nicholas Church
- ★Torpedo Boat Monument
Where to Eat in Tutrakan
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴MehanaDalboka
- 🍴RestaurantFischer
- 🍴TavernaBotevi
Where to Stay in Tutrakan
- 🏨HotelDunav
- 🏨Hotel-RestaurantLodkata(The Boat)
Tutrakan Travel Guide Sections
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