Why this ride
111 km from Vărădia to Vărădia, about 2 h 22 of riding. It goes by way of Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină, Berzovia - Berzobis and back through Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Vărădia - Chilii and Berzovia - Berzobis
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 111 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 22
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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.
Read the complete Vărădia - Chilii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Vărădia - Chilii is where the day begins. Next is Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină.
2. Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină
A hundred wells: that is the meaning of Centum Putea, the Latin name of a Roman fort in the hills of the Banat, near the village of Surducu Mare in Caraș-Severin county. It was one of the forts that guarded the road from the Danube to the heart of Roman Dacia after the emperor Trajan conquered the region in the early second century, and it is part of the line of sites listed by UNESCO as the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia. Little survives above ground, just traces of earthworks in the fields, but the name alone conjures a picture of a well-watered camp on the road north.
Read the complete Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Berzovia - Berzobis.
3. 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
about 54 km into the recorded legs you reach Berzovia - Berzobis. Next is back through Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină.
4. back through Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină, late in the day. Next is Vărădia - Chilii.
5. Vărădia - Chilii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Vărădia - Chilii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Vărădia - Chilii. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Vărădia - Chilii to Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină
Vărădia - Chilii → Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină to Berzovia - Berzobis
Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină → Berzovia - Berzobis is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Berzovia - Berzobis to back through Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină
Berzovia - Berzobis → back through Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină to Vărădia - Chilii
back through Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină → Vărădia - Chilii is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.