Things to Do

Tutrakan's worthwhile stops sit close to the Danube, with one important battlefield site a short drive south of town.

Guide

Things to Do

01

Tutrakan Military Cemetery

Nine kilometres south of town, this cemetery marks the battlefield of the 1916 Battle of Turtucaia. Bulgarian, German, Romanian, and Ottoman dead are buried …

Sight
02

Museum of Danube Fishing and Boatbuilding

This ethnographic museum is Tutrakan's most distinctive stop. It explains how local families fished the Danube, built boats, read the river, and made a …

Museum
03

History Museum

Tutrakan's History Museum occupies a late-19th-century house near the river. Its displays move from prehistoric finds and the Roman fortress of Transmarisca to the …

Museum
04

Transmarisca

The remains of Transmarisca are modest but well placed, folded into the riverside park above the Danube. The Roman fort guarded this stretch of …

Sight
05

St Nicholas Church

St Nicholas Church was completed in 1865 and is dedicated to the patron saint of sailors and fishermen. Step inside for the carved wooden …

Sight
06

Art Gallery

Tutrakan's Art Gallery occupies an old European-style building and mostly shows river landscapes, an apt subject in a town shaped by the Danube. It …

Museum
07

Torpedo Boat Monument

The Torpedo Boat Monument is a 19-meter military craft set on a concrete plinth near Tutrakan's riverfront museums. It was installed in 1984 and …