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Bigăr Waterfall
A moss-domed cascade where the Minișului river fans over a rounded travertine cushion in Cheile Nerei park.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Bozovici
Caraș-Severin County, Romania · Europe
About Bozovici
Bozovici is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Lăpuşnicu Mare, 42km from Đerdap Gorge (Iron Gates).
Bozovici is in Caraș-Severin County, Romania, with about 3,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lăpuşnicu Mare, about 5 km away.
Bozovici (Hungarian: Bozovics; German: Bosowitsch; Czech: Božoviče) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, western Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bozovici, Poneasca (Ponyászkatelep), Prilipeț (Prilipec), and Valea Minișului (Ménesvölgy).
The commune is located in the south-central part of the county, 33 kmRead more
(21 mi) southeast of the town of Anina, and 72 km (45 mi) from the county seat, Reșița. It lies on the banks of the river Nera; the river Miniș discharges into the Nera in Valea Minișului village.
Izvorul Bigăr (or, the Bigăr Waterfall) is a protected area situated on the administrative territory of Bozovici, in the Nera Gorge-Beușnița National Park.
Also located on the territory of the commune is the Bozovici coal mine. This is an underground mining exploitation, one of the largest of its kind in Romania.
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What is there to see near Bozovici?
Within an hour or so of Bozovici: Bigăr Waterfall (8 km), Golubac Fortress (40 km), Đerdap Gorge (Iron Gates) (42 km), Danube Boilers (Cazanele Dunării) (43 km).
Are there any good drives near Bozovici?
The nearest famous roads are Pasul Urdele (Transalpina) and Transalpina.
Where is Bozovici?
Bozovici is in Caraș-Severin County, Romania, about 5 km from Lăpuşnicu Mare.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 3,187
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Romania
- Region
- Caraș-Severin County
- Timezone
- Europe/Bucharest
- Coordinates
- 44.9389, 22.0017
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Worth the detour from Bozovici
6 notable places within an hour's 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.
40 km · about 45 min 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.
42 km · about 50 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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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.
43 km · about 50 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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Bozovici
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 43 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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