1958
Postcard mailed in 1958 · Andrei Ștomff Collection / INP
today
Photograph from 2022 · INP Archive
Hotel Belona · boutique · Eforie Nord · on the seafront since 1933
Hotel Belona is boutique accommodation in a ship-shaped building, opened in August 1933, with its bow facing the sea. Elegant rooms, breakfast included and the beach 2–3 minutes away on foot. Come aboard.
Left: postcard mailed in 1958 · Andrei Ștomff Collection / INP. Right: 2022 · INP Archive.
On board
Beach
2–3 min
on foot · down the steps
Breakfast included
buffet · 7:30–10:00
Check-in
from 18:00
Check-out
until 12:00
Lift
four floors
Free parking
subject to availability
The balconies at the bow, 2022 · Archive of the National Institute of Heritage
The same façade · postcard mailed in 1957
The decks
Architect George Matei Cantacuzino set the building at right angles to the shore, like a ship with its bow to the sea. This way the rooms face south and east, and the curved balconies follow its line.
From the upper floors you can see the sea and Lake Belona. The white façade is easy to recognise in old postcards too: the one alongside was mailed in 1957.
How the building was designedThe cabins
Five room types, fully renovated. The Superior Double, the Junior Suite and the Belona Apartment have sea views, and the suite and the apartment also have a balcony.
In every room: air conditioning, free Wi-Fi, TV, fridge and safe. Buffet breakfast is included.
Double bed and a view over the resort. For two guests.
Living room with sofa, bedroom with a double bed, dressing room and a balcony with a panoramic sea view.
Two single beds, ideal when travelling with a friend.
Large double bed and a sea view.
Open-plan space with a lounge area, sofa bed and a balcony with a panoramic sea view. For 2+2 guests.
The cabins, in detail
Upholstered headboards, marble in the bathrooms and, here and there, a porthole with the sea in it.
Photos: Hotel Belona
The hotel terrace, above the beach, 1960 · Fortepan / Heinzely Béla, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dimineața newspaper, 19 June 1935: Mr and Mrs Titulescu gave a tea “on the terrace of the Bellona hotel in Eforie”.
Dining room · café bar
In the morning, a buffet breakfast awaits you, included in your stay. During the day, the hotel’s café bar is the place for a good coffee and an unhurried hour, with the sea close by.
Breakfast
Buffet, daily from 7:30 to 10:00. Included.
Café bar
Coffee and drinks, in a charming setting.
On the promenade, with the hotel and its terrace behind, 1960 · Fortepan / Heinzely Béla, CC BY-SA 3.0
In a tourist’s colour slides from 1960, the terrace above the beach is full of tables with red and green tablecloths. The hotel’s café bar brings the habit back.
Ashore
Leave the hotel, walk down the steps in front of it and you are on the sand. The hotel stays above, on the cliff, just as it appears in the postcards of the 1960s and 1970s.
Address
9 Tudor Vladimirescu Street, Eforie Nord, Constanța County, Romania
Beach
2–3 minutes on foot, down the seafront steps in front of the hotel
Parking
Free, subject to availability
Umbrellas on the beach and the hotel above · postcard mailed in 1969
A boat at sea and the hotel on the cliff · postcard mailed in 1975
Ship’s log
1933
The building opened in August 1933 as the seaside sanatorium of the Society of Disabled War Veterans. The name comes from Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, protector of the wounded.
It has been a hotel since the spring of 1934. The full story, chapter by chapter, with the photographs and postcards of each decade, is on the page “The story of the place”.
Read the story of the place1932
22 October. The foundation stone is laid.
1934
It becomes a hotel and is featured in the Paris magazine L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui.
The 1950s
It is called the “Black Sea” Rest House. Later, Belona again.
today
Grade A historic monument, LMI code CT-II-m-A-02880.
All this time, people kept sending postcards from here. We have put them side by side, year by year.
Boarding
The entrance, with its blue neon sign.
Postcard
Drop us a line or give us a call.
Bookings are made directly, by phone or e-mail. Tell us your dates and how many you are, and we will tell you which rooms are available.
Check-in from 18:00, check-out until 12:00. Reception is open 24 hours.
See you on board.
Eforie Nord
Phone
Address
9 Tudor Vladimirescu Street, Eforie Nord, Constanța County, Romania
