waterfall
Bigăr Waterfall
A moss-domed cascade where the Minișului river fans over a rounded travertine cushion in Cheile Nerei park.
33 km · about 40 min drive
Caraș-Severin County, Romania · Europe
Mehadia sits on the route: 10 minutes from Băile Herculane, 43km from Đerdap National Park.
Mehadia is in Caraș-Severin County, Romania, with about 4,300 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Băile Herculane, about 4 km away.
Mehadia (Hungarian: Mehádia; German: Mehadia; Turkish: Mehadiye) is a small market town and commune in Caraș-Severin County, Banat, Romania. It lies on the European route E70, in the Cerna River valley. The town is located on the site of the ancient Roman colony Ad Mediam and was noted for its Hercules baths. It had aRead more
population of 2,492 in 1900, 4,128 in 2011, and 3,512 in 2021. Fluctuations in populations are partly due to major flooding, to which the area is prone. The 1838 floods destroyed some 2,000 houses in the valley and the 1841 floods in Mehadia were also devastating. It experienced major flooding in May 2005 and September 2014.
The commune is composed of four villages: Globurău (Golbor), Mehadia, Plugova (Ekés), and Valea Bolvașnița (Bolvásvölgy).
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Within an hour or so of Mehadia: Bigăr Waterfall (33 km), Danube Boilers (Cazanele Dunării) (34 km), Đerdap National Park (43 km), Đerdap Gorge (Iron Gates) (44 km).
The nearest famous roads are Pasul Urdele (Transalpina) and Transalpina.
Mehadia is in Caraș-Severin County, Romania, about 4 km from Băile Herculane.
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waterfall
A moss-domed cascade where the Minișului river fans over a rounded travertine cushion in Cheile Nerei park.
33 km · about 40 min 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.
34 km · about 40 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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Europe's largest river gorge where the Danube cuts through the Carpathians, forming a dramatic border between Serbia and Romania.
44 km · about 50 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.
47 km · about 55 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.
58 km · about 65 min drive
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
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