r/AskBalkans • u/HanDjole998 Montenegro • 2d ago

Outdoors/Travel Golubac Fortress

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This is one of the perks when working on a River cruise ship on the Danube

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u/Former_Bake4025 Romania 2d ago

Which cruise? I want to go on a lower Danube cruise next year. It goes past Golubac fortress.

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u/HanDjole998 Montenegro 2d ago

From Passau Germany to Iron Gate, 11 days total

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u/Former_Bake4025 Romania 2d ago

Have you been onwards to the Romanian/Bulgarian section of the Danube?

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u/CakiGM Serbia 1d ago

There is also few hour cruise that goes from Iron gate lake to Golubac Fortress and back (on Serbian side)

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u/Former_Bake4025 Romania 1d ago

The one I want to do starts in Budapest and ends in Bucharest.

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u/CakiGM Serbia 1d ago

That sounds nice

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u/Former_Bake4025 Romania 1d ago

Yes, so much to see in each country!

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u/NoHawk668 1d ago

Bucharest? Or Giurgiu?

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u/Former_Bake4025 Romania 1d ago

Giurgiu but then continues off the boat to Bucharest.

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u/No-Championship-4632 Bulgaria 1d ago

BTW are there cruises that go down to the Danube delta? In Ruse there is a big local company that runs cruises and has several ships, but they all start from Vienna and end at Ruse. I think almost all cruise ships that I've seen at the Ruse cruise ship dock do not continue further down to the delta. What's the reason for this?

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u/HanDjole998 Montenegro 1d ago

What's the reason for this?

I think it has to do something with Ukraine and Russia.

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u/No-Championship-4632 Bulgaria 1d ago

Nah, it was like that even before the war.

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u/Former_Bake4025 Romania 1d ago

Yes, there are cruises that go thru the Danube delta, definitely! They definitely go to the Sulina branch.

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u/HanDjole998 Montenegro 2d ago

Sadly no

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u/rinel521 Papua New Guinea ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ 1d ago

Why not?

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u/HanDjole998 Montenegro 1d ago

This cruise that I am working on only goes to Iron Gate, and the Cruises that go pass that are 14 days long and only go to Rousse in Bulgaria.

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u/NoEatBatman Romania 21h ago

There are some direct cruises from Turnu Severin and Orศ™ova, i only booked a 4h cruise on the romanian side, but i SOOO wanted to see the fortress, unfortunately i only had 4 days at my disposal back then ๐Ÿ˜”

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u/Daj_Dzevada Bosnia & Herzegovina 1d ago

Youโ€™re telling me a pigeon built this fortress?

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u/NewName3589 1d ago

Looks like a little bit of Aurora Borealis was caught on the second picture there. ๐Ÿ˜

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u/cosmic_joke420 1d ago

Always wanted to go there.

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u/rinel521 Papua New Guinea ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ 1d ago

Is this from the Roman period?

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u/Ambitious-Success958 1d ago

Its from the Serbian period

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u/Ambitious-Success958 1d ago

Actually it was built by many, like serbs, hungarians, turks. It was built on the foundations of the roman ruina tho