Why this ride
From Sighișoara it runs 293 km to Sighișoara; allow about 6 h 01 of riding. On the way it passes Village of Viscri, Village of Dârjiu, Inlăceni - Cetate and Păuleni - Dealul Silaș.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sighisoara afternoon · Păuleni - Dealul Silaș
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 293 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 01
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Sighisoara
Sighișoara is one of those Transylvanian towns where the Middle Ages seem to have paused and never quite restarted. The citadel sits on a steep hill above the Târnava Mare river, with its walls, nine surviving towers and a covered wooden stairway of 175 steps climbing to the church on the hill. It was settled by Transylvanian Saxons, German-speaking merchants and craftsmen invited by the Hungarian kings in the twelfth century, and the guilds each looked after one of the towers. The clock tower, with its painted figures, is the symbol of the town.
Read the complete Sighisoara write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sighisoara is where the day begins. Next is Village of Viscri.
2. Village of Viscri
Viscri is the village people picture when they think of Transylvania's Saxon heritage, and it more or less lives up to it. A single long street of pastel houses, blue, ochre and white, stands gable end to the road, with geese in the ditch, horse carts at dusk and, at the top of the slope, a fortified church wrapped in thick white walls. It is part of the Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania listed by UNESCO, and it is one of the best preserved.
Read the complete Village of Viscri write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Village of Viscri comes up about 44 km into the recorded legs. Next is Village of Dârjiu.
3. Village of Dârjiu
Dârjiu is a Székely village of around eleven hundred people in Harghita county, and at its heart stands one of the fortified churches that UNESCO lists among the Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania. Most of those villages are Saxon and Lutheran; Dârjiu is Hungarian-speaking and Unitarian, which makes it something of an odd one out and all the more interesting. A ring of thick walls and towers encloses the church, built so that villagers could shelter from raiders, and the tradition of storing smoked bacon and grain in the fortress towers lasted here long into modern times.
Read the complete Village of Dârjiu write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 93 km into the recorded legs you reach Village of Dârjiu. Next is Inlăceni - Cetate.
4. Inlăceni - Cetate
Székely Land, in the eastern part of Transylvania, is the home of a Hungarian-speaking community whose ancestors were placed here in the Middle Ages to guard the eastern frontier of the Kingdom of Hungary, and the same job had been done a thousand years earlier by the Romans. Near the village of Inlăceni, in the hills of Harghita county, stand the remains of a Roman fort, one of the eastern bastions of Dacia, facing the Carpathians and the passes beyond. The stone walls, gates and corner towers can still be traced in a meadow on a hilltop, and the setting, with forests all around and the mountains on the horizon, is one of the most beautiful of all the sites on the Dacian frontier listed by UNESCO.
Read the complete Inlăceni - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Inlăceni - Cetate, about halfway. Next is Păuleni - Dealul Silaș.
5. Păuleni - Dealul Silaș
Corund is a village where almost every house seems to sell pottery. Stalls line the main road through this Székely community in Harghita county, piled high with plates, jugs and bowls in white, blue, green and brown, painted with flowers and birds. Pottery has been made here for centuries, using local clay, and the craft is still alive, though much of what is sold today is made for tourists. Păuleni and the hill called Dealul Silaș lie nearby, an archaeological site among many in this land of rolling hills and forested ridges, with little to see on the ground.
Read the complete Păuleni - Dealul Silaș write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Păuleni - Dealul Silaș sits at 104 km, about halfway. Next is back through Inlăceni - Cetate.
6. back through Inlăceni - Cetate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Inlăceni - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Inlăceni - Cetate comes up about 155 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Village of Dârjiu.
7. back through Village of Dârjiu
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Village of Dârjiu write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 199 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Village of Dârjiu. Next is back through Village of Viscri.
8. back through Village of Viscri
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Village of Viscri write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Village of Viscri, late in the day. Next is Sighisoara.
9. Sighisoara
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sighisoara write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 293 km.
Leg by leg
Sighisoara to Village of Viscri
Sighisoara → Village of Viscri is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Village of Viscri to Village of Dârjiu
Village of Viscri → Village of Dârjiu is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Village of Dârjiu to Inlăceni - Cetate
Village of Dârjiu → Inlăceni - Cetate is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Inlăceni - Cetate to Păuleni - Dealul Silaș
Inlăceni - Cetate → Păuleni - Dealul Silaș is 7 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Păuleni - Dealul Silaș to back through Inlăceni - Cetate
Păuleni - Dealul Silaș → back through Inlăceni - Cetate is 10 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Inlăceni - Cetate to back through Village of Dârjiu
back through Inlăceni - Cetate → back through Village of Dârjiu is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Village of Dârjiu to back through Village of Viscri
back through Village of Dârjiu → back through Village of Viscri is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Village of Viscri to Sighisoara
back through Village of Viscri → Sighisoara is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.