CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Anina it runs 365 km to Anina; allow about 7 h 29 of riding. On the way it passes Berzovia - Berzobis, Voislova - Gara CFR and back through Berzovia - Berzobis. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,100 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
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 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.
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Berzovia - Berzobis comes up 77 km in. 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.
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153 km in you reach Voislova - Gara CFR. Next is back through Berzovia - Berzobis.
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Read the complete Berzovia - Berzobis write-up.
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back through Berzovia - Berzobis, late in the day. Next is Izvoarele Nerei.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Izvoarele Nerei write-up.
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Back at Izvoarele Nerei. That is the ride.
Izvoarele Nerei → Berzovia - Berzobis is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Berzovia - Berzobis → Voislova - Gara CFR is 89 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Voislova - Gara CFR → back through Berzovia - Berzobis is 89 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Berzovia - Berzobis → Izvoarele Nerei is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.