CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Vărădia it runs 317 km to Vărădia; allow about 6 h 55 of riding. The stops in between: Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină, Izvoarele Nerei, Teregova - La Hideg and back through Izvoarele Nerei. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
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Vărădia - Chilii is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină comes up 37 km in. 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.
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73 km in you reach Izvoarele Nerei. Next is Teregova - La Hideg.
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, 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 sits at 147 km, about halfway. Next is back through Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină.
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Read the complete Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină write-up.
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back through Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină comes up 183 km in. Next is Vărădia - Chilii.
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Read the complete Vărădia - Chilii write-up.
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Vărădia - Chilii closes the day.
Vărădia - Chilii → Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină → Izvoarele Nerei is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Izvoarele Nerei → Teregova - La Hideg is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teregova - La Hideg → back through Izvoarele Nerei is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Izvoarele Nerei → back through Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Surducu Mare - Centum Putea / Rovină → Vărădia - Chilii is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.