Turnu Magurele Voyage Tips and guide

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Turnu Măgurele is a city of 20,000 people (2021) north-east of the confluence of the Olt and Danube rivers on the edge of the Wallachian Plain in Muntenia.

After the 1989 Revolution, the municipality suffered a sharp decline as a result of the restriction of industrial and economic activities and the migration of the population to large cities as well as to other European countries.

There is no passenger rail service.

The road transport network in the area includes national roads, county roads and communal roads. The roads mentioned below are asphalted, have a stone foundation and ditches on both sides.

National roads:

• DN 52, Turnu Măgurele Port (ferry crossing point) - Turnu Măgurele – Crângu – Alexandria with a length of 50 km.
• DN 51A, Turnu Măgurele – Suhaia – Zimnicea, having 60 km.
• DN 54, Turnu Măgurele – Islaz – Corabia , 33 km long.
• DN 65A, Turnu Măgurele – Putineiu – Roșiorii de Vede , which is 40 km long.

The border crossing point provides a road connection via a ferry to the right bank of the Danube from the Bulgarian city of Nikopol.

Map of Turnu Magurele

• 43.7471124.8701831 Saint Haralambios Cathedral (Biserica „Sf. Haralambie” din Turnu Măgurele) (in the centre of the town). Built by Greek farmers at the beginning of the 20th century, the cathedral is based on the plans of the Curtea de Argeș Cathedral and constructed in a late Renaissance style. (updated Mar 2025)

• 43.71924.86252 The ruins of Turnu Fortress (Cetatea Turnu) (in the southern part of the municipality, 4 km from the city). The mediaeval fortress 1 km from the confluence of the Danube and Olt rivers played a prominent role in the defensive system of Wallachia, especially during the reign of Mircea the Elder, in the conflicts with the Ottoman Empire, south of the Danube. At the end of Mircea's reign, the fortification came under Ottoman rule, later becoming a Turkish raya. By the Peace Treaty of Adrianople in 1829, the Turnu raya was returned to Wallachia. The Turnu Fortress was demolished, burned, and the territory of the former raya was incorporated into Wallachia. The ruins of the fortress were restored between 2018 and 2021. (updated Mar 2025)
• The independence monument was built in celebration of the major role that Turnu Măgurele played in the Romanian War of Independence of 1877–1878.
• In the old town, the Public Garden hosts several species of exotic trees, such as the Japanese Acacia, which blooms in August, a species of chestnut called Aesculum hipocastanum, Thuja trees, peony bushes with pale pink flowers, and mahogany with yellow flowers and permanent leaves.
• There are some vestiges of a Roman bridge across the Danube, built in 330 CE by Constantine the Great.

• Danube Breeze Restaurant, Strada Portului (Feb 2025)

• Rustic House, Nr 48, Strada Olteţului Nr.48 (Feb 2025)
• Turris Hotel, Strada Independenței 1 (Feb 2025)