Mehedinti: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Clisura Dunării, also known as Defileul Dunării, is a geographical region along the northern bank of the Danube. The Cazanele Dunării are located in Mehedinți County near Dubova. Tabula Traiana, a historical relic, is also located in the Clisura Dunării; the Peştera Veterani is associated with stories and legends.

Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Mehedinti can tailor their accommodation planning to their own travel preferences.

Nature

Cheile Topolniței și Peștera Topolniței is a protected natural area in Mehedinți County assigned to the municipalities of Cireșu and Godeanu. Pădurea de liliac Ponoarele is also a protected natural area in Mehedinți County; it is assigned to the municipalities of Isverna and Ponoarele.

The named peaks Dealul Buciumului and Teiul lui Truşcă are located in the immediate vicinity of Mehedinţi. Dealul Faţa Lacului and the named peak Dealul Mare Brebenel are also located around Mehedinţi.

Podul lui Dumnezeu is 30 metres long, 13 metres wide, 22 metres high and 9 metres thick. At the same time, it is a functioning natural road passage.

The Peştera Ponoarele, also known as Peștera de la Podul Lui Dumnezeu, Peștera de la Pod, Peștera Podului and Peștera de la Podul de Piatră, is accessible to tourists all year round. It is 734 metres long and a hydrogeological breakthrough formed by water from Lake Zăton.

Culture and History

The Muzeul Hidrocentralei Porțile De Fier I opened in 1976. The same museum presents the Schela Cladovei-Lepenski Vir culture (9,000–6,000 BC) through houses, ritual hearths and graves.

The Muzeul Regiunii Porțile de Fier is a museum in the vicinity of Mehedinţi. The Muzeul Regiunii Porţilor de Fier is a significant institution in Romania; ancient and medieval ruins are visible in Drobeta Turnu Severin.

In the wider regional surroundings of Mehedinţi are Fetislam, a fortress, Mânăstirea Vodiţa, a monastery, and Biserica Lupoiţa, a church. Mănăstirea Topolniţa still has a watchtower and surrounding walls.

Corcova is documented in a charter issued by Radu cel Frumos in 1472 and lies along the route of a Roman road. Near the village of Turtaba in the municipality of Isverna, the Târgul de la Turtaba takes place every year and brings together the regional Mehedinți tradition for one day.

Getting Around

The DN57 connects Orșova with Moldova Nouă.

More local pages: Gura Văii, Floreşti, Eșelnița, Şimian, Podeni, Baia de Aramă.

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