CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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469 km from Cornereva to Cornereva, about 8 h 22 of riding. The stops in between: Voislova - Gara CFR, Vețel - Micia / Grădiște and back through Voislova - Gara CFR. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,200 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
The Cerna is a mountain river in south-western Romania, flowing through a long, deep valley between the Mehedinți and Cerna mountains before reaching the old spa town of Băile Herculane. The Domogled-Valea Cernei National Park protects this valley and the mountains around it, a landscape of limestone cliffs, gorges, caves and some of the largest old-growth beech forests in Europe, part of the UNESCO site for the ancient and primeval beech forests of the Carpathians and other regions of Europe.
Read the complete Domogled - Valea Cernei - Iauna Craiovei write-up.
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Domogled - Valea Cernei - Iauna Craiovei is where the day begins. Next is Voislova - Gara CFR.
The Bistra valley is a natural corridor, and armies have known it for millennia. Running east from Caransebeș toward the Iron Gate of Transylvania and the Hațeg basin, it was the route by which Trajan's legions advanced on the Dacian heartland in the wars of AD 101 to 106, and later the road that linked Roman forts and towns along the way. Near the village of Voislova, by the railway station, the remains of a Roman site have been identified as counted within the UNESCO serial site of the Dacian frontier, a reminder of how important this valley was to the Roman presence in the province.
Read the complete Voislova - Gara CFR write-up.
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Voislova - Gara CFR comes up 66 km in. Next is Vețel - Micia / Grădiște.
The Mureș flows west across Transylvania towards Hungary, and near the village of Vețel, just west of Deva, the Romans built one of the most important forts in their province of Dacia. Micia guarded the river and the road along the valley, the main route between Transylvania and the Pannonian plain, and around the fort grew a large civil settlement with baths, temples and an amphitheatre. Excavations have revealed much of it, though part of the site lies under a power station built in the twentieth century.
Read the complete Vețel - Micia / Grădiște write-up.
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131 km in you reach Vețel - Micia / Grădiște. Next is back through Voislova - Gara CFR.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Voislova - Gara CFR write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Voislova - Gara CFR, late in the day. Next is Domogled - Valea Cernei - Iauna Craiovei.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Domogled - Valea Cernei - Iauna Craiovei write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Domogled - Valea Cernei - Iauna Craiovei. That is the ride.
Domogled - Valea Cernei - Iauna Craiovei → Voislova - Gara CFR is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Voislova - Gara CFR → Vețel - Micia / Grădiște is 68 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Vețel - Micia / Grădiște → back through Voislova - Gara CFR is 68 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Voislova - Gara CFR → Domogled - Valea Cernei - Iauna Craiovei is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.