Silistra is more of a fortress than a town. The south Danube banks rise like hills and their chains approach the town from the west and surround it in a shape of a regular amphitheatre. The Romans liked the place and here, in the middle of the plain, in this amphitheatre they built a fortified camp. The municipality of Silistra is located in the north-eastern part of Bulgaria. The municipality borders on neighbouring Romania by land and by the Danube. The town of Silistra is the nearest Bulgarian port to Reni and Izmail - Ukraine.