Thematic Route: The Hiking Route

Name of the Touristic Attraction: The Eco-touristic Trail “Cioaca Cremeneasca-Rudina”

Location: in Mehedinți County. The access to the route is made from the national road DN 57, 6 km from Dubova, towards Sviniţa. The tourist route departs from an old forest road that climbs “Cioaca Cremenească”, upstream of Plaviseviţa Valley.

Description: The Eco-touristic Route Cioaca Cremeneasca-Rudina is half connected to the Eco-touristic Route Valea Liubotina-Rudina. The climax and in the same time, the common point of the two ecotourism routes, is Rudina, an excellent belvedere spot for both the Romanian and Serbian landscapes.

Legend / Story / Impressions / Recommendations: On this route tourists can observ a few tailings dumps deposited in the middle of natural scenery, following the mining operations in The Iron Gates Gorge. They symbolize either a continuous struggle between man and nature, or the damage, sometimes irreparable, done to nature by Homo Sapiens, from the coexistence of man with nature. But in this whole landscape, in patches anthropic because of the industrial violence, the quartz (the so-called “cremene”, probably from the name of the summit), the old bi-cellular houses (a type of old house, specific to the Iron Gates Gorge area, which has been preserved in a small number only in dwellings), oak forests with subterranean flora, traditional cuisine from the dwellings, are the elements that indicate that the “native of the Iron Gates” has always known to respect nature.

Conditions:

Hiking:

– route length: approx. 8.2 km

– scroll time: approx. 4 hours

– degree of difficulty: medium

– requires physical condition

– is marked with an equilateral red triangle with a white border

– Depending on the season, it is recommended:

1. Equipping with boots and waterproof clothing
2. Endowment with at least one bottle of 1 liter of water per person and a support stick

– For this route, the tourists have to be accompanied by the rangers of the Iron Gates Natural Park as well as for all the routes, because here there are natural elements of inestimable value for the Romanian as well as for European geology, flora and fauna.

Information and Contact:

The route is located in the administrative territory of the Portile de Fier Natural Park:    Phone/ Fax: +40252 360 511

Phone: +40372 702 529,

e-mail: parc@drobeta.rosilva.ro

website: www.pnportiledefier.ro

Other useful information :

Accomodation:

“Dubova” Pension, phone: +40747 094 173

“Decebal” Pension, phone: +40747 808 585

“Casa Camelia” Pension: phone: +40748 925 044

 “Cazanele Dunării” Holiday Home:  phone:+40757 959 134

“Casa Elvina” Pension: phone: +40753 060 454

“Casa cu Zorele” Pension: phone: +40722 299 284

“Hercules” Vila, phone: +40748 330 162

Route close to other Thematic Routes:

In the area you can also visit:

– Decebal Statue, Dubova Commune

– Danube Gorge

– Mraconia Monastery

– Ponicova Cave

– Veterani Cave

Coordonate GPS:

Beginning of the route – N44 33.715, E22 13.392

End of the route – N44 33.191, E22 13.087