TECHIRGHIOL resort

[tékirggyol]

The resort is located along the north-western shore of Techirghiol Lake, in a valley surrounded by small hills and has a continental climate, the effects of lake breeze are more intensive than those of sea breeze (the sea is 3 km far).

The town has developed in a region where human presence evidence have been certified since Neolithic Age. The first document is certified in 1560, when the settlement (Tekfür-köy) was mentioned in Sultan's papers; the name has Ottoman origin and many legends about therapeutically effects of the Lake are known. The most truth-like story refers to the gray color of the lake water ("ghiol") and the waves form some stripes on the water surface ("techir")

Techirghiol is the only health resort of the seacoast  where exclusive rheumatic and gynecologic treatment could be followed.

On 1st January 1996 the population of the resort was 6949 inhabitants.

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