CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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413 km from Teregova to Teregova, about 8 h 37 of riding. The stops in between: Izvoarele Nerei, Cheile Nerei-Beușnița, Pojejena - Șitarnița and back through Cheile Nerei-Beușnița. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Romania into Serbia - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules.
Teregova is a village in the narrow corridor between the Banat mountains and the Țarcu range in western Romania, where the Timiș river flows north toward the plain and a low pass leads south to the Cerna and the Danube. This corridor has been a route since ancient times: the Roman road from Dierna, on the Danube, to Tibiscum, near Caransebeș, ran through here, linking the river crossing with the heart of the province of Dacia. La Hideg is a local place name near the village, and the point is listed among the sites of the Roman frontier of Dacia, the UNESCO site recognised in 2024. As with many such sites, the remains may be hard to spot, but the logic of the location is clear.
Read the complete Teregova - La Hideg write-up.
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Teregova - La Hideg is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Izvoarele Nerei comes up 34 km in. 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.
Read the complete Cheile Nerei-Beușnița write-up.
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68 km in you reach Cheile Nerei-Beușnița. 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.
Read the complete Pojejena - Șitarnița write-up.
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Pojejena - Șitarnița, about halfway. Next is back through Cheile Nerei-Beușnița.
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Read the complete Cheile Nerei-Beușnița write-up.
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back through Cheile Nerei-Beușnița sits at 135 km, about halfway. Next is back through Izvoarele Nerei.
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Read the complete Izvoarele Nerei write-up.
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back through Izvoarele Nerei comes up 169 km in. Next is Teregova - La Hideg.
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Read the complete Teregova - La Hideg write-up.
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Teregova - La Hideg closes the day.
Teregova - La Hideg → Izvoarele Nerei is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Izvoarele Nerei → Cheile Nerei-Beușnița is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cheile Nerei-Beușnița → Pojejena - Șitarnița is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Pojejena - Șitarnița → back through Cheile Nerei-Beușnița is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cheile Nerei-Beușnița → back through Izvoarele Nerei is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Izvoarele Nerei → Teregova - La Hideg is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.