Town-resort in SE extremity of Romania (Constanta county), situated on the Black Sea coast, elevation 0-10 m, 44 km S of the municipality of Constanta, S of the parallel of 44 N, on the same latitude as the Freanch resort of Nice. Railway terminus. Moderate maritime littoral climate (annual average temperature 11.2°C) with hot summers (July average over 22°C). In summertime, the nebulosity is reduced (about 25 sunny days in a month) and the duration of sunshine is of 10-12 hours a day. Low precipitation (about 400 mm annualy). The sea breeze is stronger in summer. The resort has a large, fine-sand beach developed for purposes of aeroheliotherapy and wave therapy, as well as high seawalls with a specific microclimate where one may benefit from inhalations of saline aerosols having therapeutic effects.