CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Zăvoi it runs 248 km to Zăvoi; allow about 5 h 18 of riding. On the way it passes Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân, Teregova - La Hideg, Izvoarele Nerei and back through Teregova - La Hideg. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,100 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
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.
Read the complete Voislova - Gara CFR write-up.
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Voislova - Gara CFR is where the day begins. Next is Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân.
Where the Bistra and Timiș rivers meet, the Romans built one of the more important towns in their province of Dacia. Tibiscum, near the village of Jupa, grew from a fort into a sizeable settlement, and the low foundations, streets and bath remains can still be walked today with a small museum alongside. Iaz and Satu Bătrân are the neighbouring places on the map, and the whole district sits in the Caransebeș basin, hemmed in by the Țarcu and Semenic mountains.
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Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân comes up 34 km in. 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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67 km in you reach Teregova - La Hideg. 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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Izvoarele Nerei, about halfway. Next is back through Teregova - La Hideg.
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Read the complete Teregova - La Hideg write-up.
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back through Teregova - La Hideg sits at 135 km, about halfway. Next is back through Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân.
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Read the complete Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân write-up.
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back through Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân comes up 168 km in. Next is Voislova - Gara CFR.
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Read the complete Voislova - Gara CFR write-up.
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Voislova - Gara CFR closes the day.
Voislova - Gara CFR → Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân → Teregova - La Hideg is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teregova - La Hideg → Izvoarele Nerei is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Izvoarele Nerei → back through Teregova - La Hideg is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Teregova - La Hideg → back through Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân → Voislova - Gara CFR is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.