Nature and sport in Mehedinti County

Route Description

Length of the tourist route: 285 km
Duration: 2 days
Sequence of travel along the tourist route:
- Starting point: Vidin – Calafat
- Intermediate destination: Drobeta Turnu Severin – Orsova – Iron Gates NPA – Orsova – Drobeta Turnu Severin – Purnoarele – Drobeta Turnu Severin
Seasonal access: Year – round

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Spatial orientation

We can start from Vidin to Calafat, from Calafat to go in east direction to Ciupercenii NPA/Dolj and from Calafat passing through Drobeta to go to Iron Gates NPA, from there back to Drobeta and go to North to Geopark Mehedinti NPA and from there go back to Drobeta – Calafat – Vidin.

Possible ways of transportation

– Arriving at the destination: through Vidin-Calafat bridge
– Travel during the stay: automobile; bus; taxi;

Sites

– Iron Gates NPA
– Platoul Mehedinţi

Additional sites to visit

– Ruinele Cetății Severinului (sec. XIII-XV)
– Muzeul de Artă (1890)
– Palatul Cultural „Theodor Costescu” (1913)
– Ruine de construcţii romane (sec. XV)
– Castrul roman (sec. III-V)
– Complex arhitectonic Ada-Kaleh (1719-1738)
– Oraşul roman Drobeta – Situl arheologic de la Drobeta Turnu Severin; Muzeul regiunii
– Ruinele Mânăstirii Vodiţa (1370-1375)
– Mânăstirea Strehaia (1645)
– Mănăstirea Gura Motrului (sec. XVI, ref. 1653)
– Mănăstirea Baia de Aramă (1699-1703)
– Complex Cerneţi – Fosta Mânăstire Cerneţi (1662); Ansamblul Bisericii Sf Nicolae (1784-1794); Biserica “Sf. Ioan Botezătorul” (1820); Biserica “Adormirea Maicii Domnului” şi “Sf. Dumitru” (1814, 1928, pictată şi reparată în 1866); Cula Tudor Vladimirescu (1800); Cula Nistor (1812)
– Ansamblul sitului medieval al mănăstirii Topoloniţa cu biserica Sf. Ioan Înaintemergătoru (1375-1400, 1600-1611)
– Domeniile Vânju Mare
– Crama Oprişor
– Crama Vinarte-Starmina
– Crama Corcova
– Crama Roy&Damboviceanu
– Domeniul Catleya
– Crama Vinterra Mehedinti

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