CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Anina it runs 521 km to Anina; allow about 10 h 06 of riding. It goes by way of Cheile Nerei-Beușnița, Vărădia - Arcidava / Pustă, Pojejena - Șitarnița and Vărădia - Chilii. It crosses from Romania into Serbia - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
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.
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Izvoarele Nerei is where the day begins. Next is Cheile Nerei-Beușnița.
The water at Ochiul Beiului, the Bey's Eye, is such an intense turquoise that it looks dyed, and the legend says it formed from the tears of a Turkish nobleman mourning a lost love. It is one of the jewels of the Cheile Nerei-Beușnița National Park, in the mountains of Banat in south-western Romania, where the Nera river has cut a deep gorge through limestone over about twenty kilometres. The park's ancient beech forests are part of the UNESCO listing of primeval beech forests of the Carpathians and other regions of Europe, and the waterfalls, caves and karst springs make it one of the most beautiful corners of the country.
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Cheile Nerei-Beușnița comes up 43 km in. Next is Vărădia - Arcidava / Pustă.
Down in the southwestern corner of Romania, where the Banat plain gives way to the first hills of the Carpathians, the village of Vărădia sits on the edge of a gentle valley that opens toward Serbia. Here, at a place called Pustă, lie the remains of the Roman fort of Arcidava, one of the first stations on the road the Romans built from the Danube crossing at Lederata north into Dacia. Trajan's troops passed this way during the conquest, and the fort guarded the route for the century and a half that followed. Excavations have revealed the outline of the fortifications, and the site is now part of the UNESCO frontier listing.
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86 km in you reach Vărădia - Arcidava / Pustă. Next is Pojejena - Șitarnița.
The Danube here is wide and slow, and across the water you look straight into Serbia. Pojejena is a village on the Romanian bank in the Danube gorge region known as the Clisura Dunării, and nearby Şitarniţa is the site of a Roman fort, one of the stations that guarded the river frontier. It is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing in Romania, inscribed in 2024. The Danube was the backbone of Rome's northern defences for centuries, and forts like this one lined its banks.
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Pojejena - Șitarnița, about halfway. Next is Vărădia - Chilii.
Vărădia is a village in the Banat, in southwestern Romania, close to the Serbian border, where the hills of the Banat mountains descend towards the Pannonian plain. In Roman times, it was the site of Arcidava, a fort on the road that Trajan's legions built to advance from the Danube into Dacia during the wars of 101 to 106, and later a garrison on the frontier. The site at Chilii, near the village, is part of the UNESCO listing of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia. The fort's earthworks can be traced on a hill above the Caraș river, and the location, controlling the valley, explains why it was chosen.
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Vărădia - Chilii sits at 171 km, about halfway. Next is back through Pojejena - Șitarnița.
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back through Pojejena - Șitarnița comes up 214 km in. Next is back through Vărădia - Arcidava / Pustă.
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257 km in you reach back through Vărădia - Arcidava / Pustă. Next is back through Cheile Nerei-Beușnița.
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back through Cheile Nerei-Beușnița, late in the day. Next is Izvoarele Nerei.
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The route ends here after 521 km.
Izvoarele Nerei → Cheile Nerei-Beușnița is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cheile Nerei-Beușnița → Vărădia - Arcidava / Pustă is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Vărădia - Arcidava / Pustă → Pojejena - Șitarnița is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Pojejena - Șitarnița → Vărădia - Chilii is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Vărădia - Chilii → back through Pojejena - Șitarnița is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Pojejena - Șitarnița → back through Vărădia - Arcidava / Pustă is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Vărădia - Arcidava / Pustă → back through Cheile Nerei-Beușnița is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cheile Nerei-Beușnița → Izvoarele Nerei is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.