Why this ride
From Anina it runs 316 km to Anina; allow about 6 h 59 of riding. On the way it passes Berzovia - Berzobis, Iaz Tibiscum Dâmb and back through Berzovia - Berzobis.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Izvoarele Nerei and Iaz Tibiscum Dâmb
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 316 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 59
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Izvoarele Nerei
High in the Semenic mountains of south-western Romania, in the Banat region, the Nera river is born in a forest of ancient beech trees. The Izvoarele Nerei reserve, the springs of the Nera, protects one of the largest areas of virgin beech forest in Europe, with trees over thirty metres tall and centuries old, untouched by logging. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe.
Read the complete Izvoarele Nerei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Izvoarele Nerei is where the day begins. Next is Berzovia - Berzobis.
2. Berzovia - Berzobis
Only a handful of sentences survive from the Emperor Trajan's own account of his wars against the Dacians, and one of them mentions this place. Quoted by a later grammarian, it reads, in Latin, that from there we advanced to Berzobis, then to Aizi. Berzobis is the village now called Berzovia, in the Banat hills of south-western Romania, and the site of the Roman fort here, where the Fourth Legion Flavia Felix was stationed after the conquest, is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing in Romania inscribed in 2024.
Read the complete Berzovia - Berzobis write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Berzovia - Berzobis comes up 63 km in. Next is Iaz Tibiscum Dâmb.
3. Iaz Tibiscum Dâmb
Tibiscum was a Roman town at the meeting point of two rivers in the Banat, in the west of today's Romania, and the Iaz Dâmb is one of its pieces: a low rise where archaeologists have traced buildings, defences and the signs of a busy settlement. The Romans founded a fort here after the conquest of Dacia in the early second century, and a civilian town grew around it, with workshops, houses, a bath and a temple. It stood on the route that linked the Danube with the heart of the new province, and it was important enough to be given the rank of a municipium.
Read the complete Iaz Tibiscum Dâmb write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
126 km in you reach Iaz Tibiscum Dâmb. Next is back through Berzovia - Berzobis.
4. back through Berzovia - Berzobis
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Berzovia - Berzobis write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Berzovia - Berzobis, late in the day. Next is Izvoarele Nerei.
5. Izvoarele Nerei
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Izvoarele Nerei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Izvoarele Nerei. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Izvoarele Nerei to Berzovia - Berzobis
Izvoarele Nerei → Berzovia - Berzobis is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Berzovia - Berzobis to Iaz Tibiscum Dâmb
Berzovia - Berzobis → Iaz Tibiscum Dâmb is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Iaz Tibiscum Dâmb to back through Berzovia - Berzobis
Iaz Tibiscum Dâmb → back through Berzovia - Berzobis is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Berzovia - Berzobis to Izvoarele Nerei
back through Berzovia - Berzobis → Izvoarele Nerei is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.