Welcome to Old Fane's Lodge

Holiday house in Small Wetland of Braila Natural Park, Romania

Prices

Room Type	All below prices include VAT 9%.
- single room (1 person in a double room) = 150 lei/night - double room (2 people in a double room) = 287 lei/night * - cottage rental (4 double rooms, maximum 8 people) = 230 Euro/night)

*Minimum length of rental per period: 2 nights
*Minimum number of rooms rented per stay: min. 2 rooms
*The hotel day begins at 14PM and ends at 12PM
*Stays that overlap over public holidays may have a different cost, please consult our offers by email
*Guarantee = 60 Euro / stay (with refund within a maximum of 1 working day, after the end of the stay, to the clients account)

ASSOCIATED TOURISM SERVICES

- bike rental bicicleta: 2.5 eur/day (1 person)
- motor boat rental 3h (assisted): 54 eur/3h (capacity 4 persons)
- motor boat rental 1h (assisted): 28 eur/1h (capacity 4 persons)

All above prices include VAT 9%.

Old Fane's Lodge & facilities

Located in Marasu Village, near the Small Wetland of Brăila Natural Park, Old Fane's Lodge features a dining area, free WiFi and water sport facilities. The location, in the vicinity of the Danube, is ideal for birdwatching and fishing.

The air-conditioned rooms provide a seating area and 2 of them offer river view. The bathroom facilities are shared and free toiletries are available for guests. Old Fane's Lodge offers a garden, barbecue facilities, a shared kitchen and a games room. Guests can enjoy the lounge with TV, dining area and a fireplace. Free private parking is possible on site. A supermarket is 500 m away and a bus stop is 1.5 km from the property.

Living Room and other shared spaces

In the living room, guests can enjoy the dining area, the lounge with the TV, games and the fireplace.
Near the living room, you can use the fully equuipped kitchenette where you also have a beer dispenser.
If you are in a playful mood, you can play darts with your family and friends.

Garden and Terrace

Old Fane's Lodge offers a beautiful garden and a terrace, where we have a small sports court that can be used for football tennis, basketball (we have a basketball hoop), badminton or other outdoor games and sports.
You can also use the barbeque or simply relax on the sunbeds and let your children play on their special playground where they have swings and a slider.
Free private parking is possible on site, in our courtyard.

Surroundings and activities

Old Fane knows that for his guests it is also important what they see and what they can do when they leave his courtyard.
You can enjoy a short or a long boat ride on the channels and lakes of the Natural Park, admire the wild side of this wetland, the birds and the rich vegetation, relax and sunbath on the banks of the river.

What to do here

Here are a couple of activities you can do in the surroundings of our place or farther

Activities
Touristic Attractions

Activities

In the yard of the house

Mini-sports activities: basketball, tennis football, volleyball, badminton.
Archery
children's playground with slide and swings
beach - free sun beds
barbeque
campfire
relaxing in a hammock

In proximity

There is a beach 2 km away (5 minutes by car) at -Cotul Iapa. It is an ideal place for beach and picnic, where the Danube has a shallow from the sandy beach. You can also find an area of weeping willows and which lies on the entire length of the Danube arm.
Fishing in the Danube navigable arm -Valciu- or in Zaton lake.
Kayak rides
Bike rides

Touristic Attractions

Ecotouristic routes organized in collaboration with the Administration of Natural Park Small Wetland of Braila - the cost per package will be investigated depending the group; the package includes a specialized guide and a boat from the Administration of Natural Park Small Wetland of Braila for 5 up to 10 people. The price is about 11 eur / person / 3 hours.
Track 9: Manusoaia arm – Bejani hill – Vulpasu observation tower from the colony of cormorants, herons and egrets (strict protection zone) – Jigarii road – Cremenea arm. Time (without taking into consideration stationing in the tower): about 2 hours
Track 14: Cracanel peak – Cremenea arm – Cracanel thicket – Chirchinetu observation tower – Tiripoiu hill – navigable Danube – Cracanel peak (recommended for cycling). Time (of walking): about 4 hours
Boat rides (motor or paddles) on the channels and lakes of Natural Park Small Wetland of Braila - during the period when Small Wetland of Braila is flooded / April – July, it varies from year to year. Through the lush vegetation, you can see a part of the 260 species ofbirds, white-tailed eagle’s nest, one of the largest birds in the world (with a wingspan of 2.5 meters) or the colonies of cormorants and egrets . You can observe the flora and fauna which is specific for the Danube Delta. Time: around 3 – 5 hours
Visiting the area where Egreta House is, in Natural Park Small Wetland of Braila - hunting lodge of the former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Time: about 2 hours
Visiting Terente’s hideouts, which look like little nests of reeds and bulrushes; these places have been marked by rangers. The legend said that, pursued by the posse, Terente - the most feared robber Braila had – was hiding here, and the children brought him food by boat, because they admired his strength. Last year, a 90-year-old man from Tichilesti told us how at the age of 10, he was accompanying his father in these wetlands, through the willows, to bring food to these hideouts). Time: about 4 hours

Other Touristic Routes

Horseback Riding trail – Travel to Macin Mountains National Park, Cerna locality (2 hours drive from the lodge). Here have been identified 50% of the flora and fauna of Romania (on a area which covers less than 1% of Romania’s surface). The long equestrian trail has 13 km (a guide is provided), time – about 8 hours. The price is around 16 eur / person and the guide is around 12 eur / group. It is recommended to ride 2 hours as a beginner. In this case, the price is about 5 eur / hour / person. Reservations should be made 7 days prior to your desired date. For location, click here
*Recommendation: lunch / dinner halt at Hanul Grecilor (on DJ Cerna-Smardan road, to Greci locality) - for location, click here
Visit of the Center of Visiting and Informing of the Macin Mountains National Park Administration - located in Greci village, Tulcea county) .......... From here you can go on trails in Macin Mountains with a duration of a few hours - depending on the program of each group.

The trail of Dobrogea fortresses

Visit the Enisala Fortress
- click here for location
- Getting there from Old Fane's Lodge: Frecatei, ferry - Fagarasu Nou - Topolog - Ciucurova - Slava Rusa - Babadag - Enisala fortress
Have a lunch at Casa Lotca restaurant - click here for location
Visit the Argamum fortress
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- Getting back to Old Fane's Lodge: Ceamurlia - Stejaru - Sambata Noua - Topolog - Daeni - Frecatei,ferry