ancient ruins
Lepenski Vir
A Mesolithic settlement site on the Danube with sculpted sandstone figures, housed in a modern shelter with parking off the Đerdap road.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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Majdanpek
Central Serbia, Serbia · Europe
About Majdanpek
Majdanpek is worth a stop: 30 minutes from Sviniţa, 18km from Đerdap Gorge (Iron Gates).
Majdanpek is in Central Serbia, Serbia, with about 10,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Sviniţa, about 15 km away.
Majdanpek (Serbian Cyrillic: Мајданпек; Romanian: Maidan) is a town and municipality located in the Bor District of the eastern Serbia, and is not far from the border of Romania. According to 2022 census, the municipality of Majdanpek had a population of 14,559 people, while the town of Majdanpek had a population ofRead more
8,310.
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Within an hour or so of Majdanpek: Lepenski Vir (16 km), Đerdap Gorge (Iron Gates) (18 km), Đerdap National Park (21 km), Vratna Gates (31 km).
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Majdanpek is in Central Serbia, Serbia, about 15 km from Sviniţa.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,071
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Serbia
- Region
- Central Serbia
- Timezone
- Europe/Belgrade
- Coordinates
- 44.4277, 21.9460
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Worth the detour from Majdanpek
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Đerdap Gorge (Iron Gates)
Europe's largest river gorge where the Danube cuts through the Carpathians, forming a dramatic border between Serbia and Romania.
18 km · about 20 min drive
national park
Đerdap 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.
21 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Vratna Gates
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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Danube Boilers (Cazanele Dunării)
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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
castle
Golubac Fortress
A ten-towered medieval fortress rising straight from the Danube where the river narrows into the Iron Gates; the Đerdap road once threaded directly through its walls.
33 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Krupajsko Vrelo
A vivid turquoise karst spring at the foot of Beljanica mountain, welling up from a flooded cave system explored to 133 m depth. An old watermill and pool sit beside it; a small restaurant serves the roadside site.
38 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Resava Cave
A large show cave with lit chambers and calcite formations near Despotovac, approached by a narrow surfaced road with a visitor car park.
47 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Majdanpek
- 32 kmDanube Boilers (Cazanele Dunării)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.
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