Costineşti

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Costineşti is a village in Romania on the shore of the Black Sea. It evolved from a small fisherman's village in the 1960s to summer destination, most popular with young people and students. A hotel, as well as several villa complexes were erected during the Communist era, and possessed varying degrees of style and comfort. After 1989, some of them have been modernized, and private construction, especially to the north of the resort, has taken off.

The resort also has a small inland lake, around which several lodges are located. Opposite one of the northern beaches, the shipwreck of the Evangelia, a Greek ship owned by Aristotel Onasis which was beached in the late 1960s, proves to be quite popular with tourists.

Nightlife is centered mainly around the two discos (Ring and Tineretului), and due to the fact that they are mostly frequented by youngsters, the athmosphere tends to be more lively than in the other purpose-built resorts.

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