We leave Craiova on E79 towards Podari crossing Jiul, and at exit Podari we leave E79 and enter DJ561. We pedal this road and pass through the villages of Livezi and Gura Văii, we leave the county road and we enter the communal road 95 and reach the village of Ţuglui near the Jiu river. We descend the Jiu bank to the village of Bâzdâna and then we head west on DC98 and continue on DC96 towards Belcinu village. From here we leave the asphalt road and we go down the road to Segarcea. Here we can take a break to visit the Crown Domain of Segarcea Crown and to rest.
From Segarcea, our bicycle route goes up to the villages of Salcuta and Panaghia along the railway line. From Panaghia we go on the DC95 to the junction with the DJ561 where we keep going until we reach Gura Varii where we enter DJ561 and we keep going to Craiova, passing again through Podari.
The Segarcea Crown Domain is part of a century-old story of an anxiety destiny.
Segarcea – the „land of dreams”, as predicted by its Latin roots – is one of the twelve domains that the Royal House of Romania took over in administration during Charles I, the king of Romania, in 1884, by Parliament’s decision. This was how the Administration of Royal Domains (ADC) was established.
The role of the royal domains was to financially support the Royal House, but also to become agricultural knots in the vanguard of technology and knowhow.
Among these areas, Segarcea was given the role of pordorium and wine cellar under the supervision of distinguished agronomists and winemakers, coordinated by Florian Davidescu and Dobre Rădulescu.
Since then, the Segarcea Crown Domains have accompanied kings and state people to diplomatic receptions and witnessed the writing of history as a faithful servant.
Today, 60% of the 300 ha of the plantation is for black varieties and 40% for white varieties. The Segarcea vineyards benefit from an extremely favorable location for the creation of strong wines, being situated at the 44º parallel in Oltenia, 25 km south of Craiova and 70 km north of the Danube.
Dr. Mendel Memorial House is one of the buildings included in the list of tourist attractions in Dolj County, being built at the end of the 19th century.
The origin of the city’s current name is the subject of many controversies and floats in the legend; the only thing that can be said with certainty is that the name comes from the term in Slavonic „kral” which means king, gallant.
The Nicolae Romanescu Park in Craiova, one of the city’s landmarks, is the largest urban green space in Romania and one of the most representative monuments of landscape art in Romania.
Designed and built as a romantic park, fully designed and arranged by architects, the park was opened in February 1903 in the presence of King Carol I, Prince Ferdinand and Prime Minister Dimitrie Sturdza.
Nicolae Romanescu Park is located in the southern part of Craiova, at the end of the main street, Calea Unirii, in the 1 Mai neighborhood, forming a complex of about 100 hectares, unique in Romania.
The park hosts a host of valuable facilities of cultural and historical value: the Suspended Bridge, a very old bridge over a body of water separating two hills, still in operation; Magic Castle, located on one of the hills next to the bridge, which is a tourist attraction; the Craiova hippodrome, abandoned since 2000 and the Summer Theater that is part of a European renovation project. The park also hosts one of the oldest zoological gardens in Romania, which was opened in 1906.
Bania House, a monument of medieval architecture and the oldest secular building in Craiova, the capital of the Oltenia region, is the place where history blends with tradition. This is the only art monument in Oltenia – besides churches and monasteries – which represents Brâncoveanu style, some of its walls being more than 300 years old, and others even for over 500 years.
The building dates from the end of the 15th century, in 1496 becoming the headquarters of the Great Bank of Craiova, where the money (governors) of Craiova, which was the headquarters of the Oltenia region, were operating. Prince Matei Basarab and later martyr Constantin Brancoveanu (1699) rebuilt the House of Money (the headquarters of the money). Some repairs were made in 1933, but the real reconstruction took place in 1966.
Whoever visits the House of Banquet today has the chance to get acquainted with the traditions of Oltenia, thanks to the exhibitions belonging to the ethnographic section of the Oltenia Museum.
Address: Iancu Jianu 6 Street, Craiova 200142
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The „Danube On 2 Wheels” Project is co-financed by the European Union though the European Regional Development Fund, within the INTERREG V-A Romania – Bulgaria Programme.
The total eligible value of the project is EUR 497.713,26, of which EUR 423.056,25 represents the value of the European Union contribution through the European Regional Development Fund.
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Route Craiova – Segarcea – Craiova
Touristic objectives in area
The wine cellar of Segarcea crown
Memorial House Dr. Mendel, Craiova
Romanescu Park, Craiova
Bania House, Craiova
Euphoria Hotel
Flormang Hotel
Epoca Steak House & Wine Bar Restaurant
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- Duration – 1 day
- Distance – 70 km
- Total vertical climb – 180 m
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