Mehedinți County, Romania · Europe
Drobeta-Turnu Severin sits on the route: 5 minutes from Kladovo, 37km from Vratna Gates.
Drobeta-Turnu Severin is in Mehedinți County, Romania, with about 80,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Kladovo, about 4 km away.
Drobeta-Turnu Severin (Romanian pronunciation: [droˈbeta ˈturnu seveˈrin] ), colloquially Severin, is a city in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania, on the northern bank of the Danube, close to the Iron Gates. It is one of six Romanian county seats lying on the river Danube. "Drobeta" is the name of the ancient DacianRead more
and Roman towns at the site, and the modern town of Turnu Severin received the additional name of Drobeta during Nicolae Ceaușescu's national-communist dictatorship as part of his myth-making efforts.
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Within an hour or so of Drobeta-Turnu Severin: Danube Boilers (Cazanele Dunării) (31 km), Vratna Gates (37 km), Đerdap National Park (41 km), Đerdap Gorge (Iron Gates) (47 km).
The nearest famous roads are Pasul Urdele (Transalpina) and Transalpina.
Drobeta-Turnu Severin is in Mehedinți County, Romania, about 4 km from Kladovo.
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Full driving guide for Romania6 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
Spectacular stretch of DN57 through the Iron Gates gorge, where the Danube squeezes between cliffs beneath the giant rock-carved face of Dacian king Decebalus: Romania's finest river-gorge drive.
31 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Three colossal natural stone arches (prerasts) carved by the Vratna river in eastern Serbia: the largest 45 m high. A short walk from Vratna Monastery reaches the first two gates through a herd-roamed valley.
37 km · about 45 min drive
national park
Serbia's largest national park along the Iron Gates gorge of the Danube, followed for 100 km by one of Europe's most scenic river roads.
41 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Europe's largest river gorge where the Danube cuts through the Carpathians, forming a dramatic border between Serbia and Romania.
47 km · about 55 min drive
ancient ruins
A Mesolithic settlement site on the Danube with sculpted sandstone figures, housed in a modern shelter with parking off the Đerdap road.
50 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
A ghost-town-like complex of some 270 stone wine cellars built by the villagers of Rajac between the 18th and early 20th centuries, near Negotin close to the Bulgarian border. Several cellars still pour local Tamjanika and Bagrina.
59 km · about 70 min drive
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
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