Banat road of the Danube

The Iron Gates (Romanian: Porțile de Fier; Serbian: Djerdapska klisura) is a gorge on the river Danube. It forms part of the boundary between Serbia and Romania. In the broad sense it encompasses a route of 134 km; in the narrow sense it only encompasses the last barrier on this route, just beyond the Romanian city of Orșova, that contains hydroelectric dams, with power stations, Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station and Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station / "Djerdap I" and "Djerdap II" (Serbia) .

The Romanian side of the gorge constitutes the Iron Gates Natural Park, whereas the Serbian part constitutes the Djerdap National Park and one of the most important archeological sites Lepenski Vir, is on the right bank of the Danube in the Djerdap gorge, in Serbia.

The Iron Gates (Porțile de Fier) Natural Park

The Iron Gate National Park is a protected area and as part of the Danube Gorge.

This is one of the most beautiful natural areas of Europe with a vast biological diversity (Romania on the border with Serbia). It covers the territories of two districts in Banat: Caraş-Severin and Mehedinti, which consists of 18 nature reserves, hydroelectric power plants and dams "Iron Gate I" and "Iron Gate II" ("Porțile de Fier I" or "Porțile de Fier II"), including the Danube boilers. The park has many natural attractions. It has an area of 115,655 hectares, and altitudes vary between 80-1000 meters.

Banat road of the Danube

From the border crossing point Romania - Serbia, from Naidas, in Romania - 2 trails:

1.Trail of the Serbian medieval cultural heritage: Naidas – Socol - Bazias  - Moldova Veche (Naidaș, Romania-Serbia border crossing point - road DJ571C)

2.Route 57: Naidaș - Moldova Veche/Moldova Nouă  - Orșova (Naidaș, Romania-Serbia border crossing point - road DN57)