Tulcea · Letea

Letea Monastery

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Hours are indicative. Confirm them on site or on the official website.

History

From C.A. Rosetti you take the communal road southwest and, after some four and a half kilometres, you reach the Letea sandbar and an isolated monastery, opened in 2005. The dedication is the Nativity of the Mother of God; the house belongs to the Bishopric of Tulcea, and at the beginning it was linked to the name of Augustin Hotovi.

It is one of the hardest-to-reach places of prayer in the Delta: sand, wind, oak forest and nearly wild horses in the area. Do not count on a shop or a guided timetable; ask in the village before you leave, especially off-season.

If you have come this far, leave an hour for Letea Forest as well, not only for the monastery courtyard. The road is the same, and the afternoon light on the sandbar is why people put up with the dust.

On the map

Dobrogea

The pin marks this site.

Curiosities nearby

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Pădurea Letea, cea mai nordică pădure subtropicală a Europei, are liane de până la 25 de metri și cai sălbăticiți care trăiesc liberi printre dune.

02 / 06

Satul Greci din județul Tulcea e „mica Italie" a României: pietrarii veniți din Friuli la 1880 și-au păstrat până azi numele, rețetele și biserica catolică.

03 / 06

Evreii dobrogenei au avut sinagogi la Constanța, Tulcea și Babadag: comunitatea a contribuit la dezvoltarea porturilor.

04 / 06

Pădurea Letea găzduiește cai sălbăticiți: descendenți ai cailor lăsați de oameni, trăiesc liber între dune.

05 / 06

Tulcea e singurul municipiu din România aflat pe malul Dunării, la intrarea în Deltă.

06 / 06

La confluența brațelor, lângă Tulcea, Dunărea poate avea debit de peste 6.000 m³/s primăvara: e unul dintre cele mai mari fluvii din Europa.

On routes

Full Dobrogea itinerary: sea, steppe, Delta (3 days) Deep Delta: 3 days on the water Pelican-watching areas - Letea Forest: Nature (3 days) Țuțuiatu Peak - Gura Portiței: Nature (5 days) Crișan - Inner canals: Nature (Full day) Chilia Veche - Gura Portiței: Mixed (3 days) Murighiol - Letea Forest: Nature (1 week) Sfântu Gheorghe - Letea Forest: Nature (3 days) Letea - Sfântu Gheorghe: Nature (5 days) Caraorman - Inner canals: Nature (Full day) Lake Tașaul - Letea Forest: Nature (5 days) Dunavățu de Jos - Letea Forest: Nature (1 week) Pelican-watching areas - Dunavățu de Jos: Nature (3 days) Halmyris Fortress - Sarichioi: Mixed (5 days) Capidava - Gura Portiței: Mixed (1 week) Crișan - Sfântu Gheorghe: Nature (1 week) Mila 23 - Sarichioi: Nature (3 days) Pelican watching areas - Chilia Veche: Nature (1 week) Crișan - Sfântu Gheorghe: Nature (5 days) Crișan - Slava Cercheza: Mixed (1 week) Murighiol - Letea Forest: Nature (full day) Sfântu Gheorghe - Letea Forest: Nature (1 week) Maliuc - Letea Forest: Nature (3 days) Caraorman - Sfântu Gheorghe: Nature (5 days) Mahmudia - Letea Forest: Mixed (3 days) Crișan - Mila 23: Nature (3 days) Sfântu Gheorghe - Tulcea Port: Nature (5 days) Dunavățu de Jos - Letea Forest: Nature (Full day) Pelican-watching areas - Letea Forest: Nature (1 week) Caraorman - Mila 23: Nature (3 days) Mila 23 - Sfântu Gheorghe: Nature (1 week) Mila 23 - Letea Forest: Mixed (5 days) Dobrogea Gorges - Letea Forest: Nature (5 days) Murighiol - Sulina Beach: Nature (5 days) Maliuc - Cocoș Monastery: Nature (1 week) Letea - Sarichioi: Nature (3 days) Dunavățu de Jos - Sfântu Gheorghe: Mixed (1 week) Dunavățu de Jos - Sulina Beach: Nature (5 days) Pelican-watching areas - Letea Forest: Nature (Full day) Sulina - Mila 23: Mixed (3 days) Caraorman - Lake Tașaul: Nature (1 week) Mila 23 - Inner canals: Nature (Full day) Pelican-watching areas - Sulina Beach: Nature (5 days) Țuțuiatu Peak - Sarichioi: Nature (1 week) Danube Promenade - Gura Portiței: Mixed (5 days) Letea - Sfântu Gheorghe: Nature (1 week) Lake Tașaul - Sfântu Gheorghe: Nature (1 week) Caraorman - Slava Cercheza: Mixed (1 week) Sfântu Gheorghe - Halmyris Fortress: Nature (3 days) Mila 23 - Sfântu Gheorghe: Nature (5 days) Murighiol - Letea Forest: Nature (3 days) Maliuc - Tulcea Port: Nature (5 days) Letea - Inner canals: Nature (A full day) Caraorman - Sfântu Gheorghe: Nature (1 week) Chilia Veche - Sfântu Gheorghe: Mixed (5 days) Dunavățu de Jos - Letea Forest: Nature (3 days) Caraorman - Fântânele Wind Farm: Nature (5 days) Sfântu Gheorghe - Gura Portiței: Nature (1 week) Halmyris Fortress - History and Archaeology Museum: Mixed (1 week) Dobrogea Gorges - Sfântu Gheorghe: Nature (1 week) Halmyris Fortress - Jurilovca and Argamum: Cultural (4 days) Mahmudia - Sfântu Gheorghe: Mixed (5 days)

Nearby (25 km)

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