A quick gondola ride in Mamaia, a Romanian resort on the Black Sea shore
One of many attractions in the Mamaia resort is the Gondola ride (Telegondola).
The ride can offer tourists a aerial view of the Romanian Black Sea shore within the resort.
The ride does not last more than ten minutes but it is worth giving it a try. My son loved it!
The cost of a one way ride is 20 lei (close to $7USD).
The passengers can board from any of the two stations located in the Perla area and the Casino area.
The highest point reached during the ride is around 50 meters above the resort.
The total length of the ride is 2 kilometres which is neither short or long, just right for those like me who are acrophobics.
The maximum capacity of a gondola car is eight persons.
During the week it is not that crowded; we were alone in our gondola car. Though in the evening or during the weekends there are a lot of visitors.
The gondolas can carry between 600 to 1500 persons per hour. I guess we were lucky to have gone in a less crowded day.
You can imagine my son's excitement when we passed above the AquaMagic water park!
As you have seen in the photos above, the gondolas offer a great 360 degrees view of the resort, which is a 5 miles (8km) long strip of land which is not wider than 330yards (300 meters).
The strip separates the Black Sea from the Lake Siutghiol, which is a lagoon that stretches on 12.5 miles (20 km) and has a maximum depth of 59 feet (18 meters).
The working hours for the Gondolas are between 9:30am and 23:30pm.
I hope this post helped you consider Romania as a possible vacation destination.
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Lovely pictures! I've always been a little afraid of those cable cars. The beaches look fabulous! Thank you for sharing! <3
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What awesoem views along the ride, but you would never get me on it, I have a fear of Gondolas after a close call decades ago
Oops! I am sure that wasn't as fun ride!
@lymepoet well luckily I didnt ride it, but those in front of us had a nightmare ride, and some even worse sadly
Thanks for the awesome pictures and sharing but I don’t think I am going to visit this place any time soon.
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Looks funny!
Are you still over there? I'm considering travelling in that area this summer. Are there any places/things to do you would recommend aside from the telegondola?
It depends on what type of activities you like. There's a huge water park, the beaches are awesome, there are many restaurants and night clubs. You can do kayaking, kite surfing, ride a ski jet, take a boat trip, go fishing, walk, shop... The resort is connected to the city where you can find other things to do.
I think I'm more the kind of cheap traveller, so I would sleep in an hostel, tent, whatever. But good to know that there is a lot going on :)
There are also some free concerts/ festivals / theatre plays that take place in the city in Square Ovidiu (Piata Ovidiu).
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I have travelled in one of those cable cars. Watching the surface from there will be really cool. Nice set of pictures @lymepoet.
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