CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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A 379 km round trip from Vlăhiţa - roughly 7 h 50 in the saddle. On the way it passes Village of Dârjiu, Hoghiz - La Cetate, Cincșor - Cetate and Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,100 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
Deep in the forests of Harghita county, in the heart of the Székely Land, the small spa of Băile Homorod sits in a valley among spruce and beech, with wooden villas, mineral springs and the smell of resin in the air. The springs here produce borvíz, naturally carbonated mineral water, which the Székely people drink as their everyday water and believe has healing powers. Cekend is the name attached to a nearby hill site on the eastern line of Roman Dacia's frontier, one of hundreds of components listed together as a World Heritage Site in 2024.
Read the complete Băile Homorod - Cekend write-up.
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Băile Homorod - Cekend is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Village of Dârjiu comes up about 35 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hoghiz - La Cetate.
Where the Olt river bends around the Perșani mountains, between the Saxon villages of southern Transylvania and the Székely country to the east, the land rises into wooded hills, and near the village of Hoghiz, on a terrace above the river, lies an archaeological site known simply as La Cetate, the fortress. The Romans guarded this stretch of the Olt with forts, part of the defensive system of their province of Dacia, and the name hints at an old fortified place that once watched over the valley.
Read the complete Hoghiz - La Cetate write-up.
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about 76 km into the recorded legs you reach Hoghiz - La Cetate. Next is Cincșor - Cetate.
Between Sibiu and Făgăraș, the Olt flows through a broad valley, with the long wall of the Făgăraș mountains rising to the south, the highest in Romania, culminating in Moldoveanu at 2,544 metres. On the north bank, near the Saxon village of Cincșor, known in German as Kleinschenk, the Romans built a fort to guard the river crossing and the road along the valley. The site, known locally as Cetate, the fortress, lies in fields near the village, with only faint traces visible.
Read the complete Cincșor - Cetate write-up.
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Cincșor - Cetate, about halfway. Next is Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate.
The Roman fort of Cumidava stood on a terrace near the village of Vulcan, just west of Râșnov, at the southern end of the Bârsa Land, guarding the route from Transylvania through the mountains to Wallachia. It was one of the forts on the eastern frontier of Roman Dacia, and its name, recorded on an inscription, is believed to be Dacian in origin. The site is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, added to the UNESCO list in 2024. Little stands above ground, but the setting, with the mountains rising to the south, makes it clear why the Romans chose this spot.
Read the complete Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate write-up.
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Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate sits at 181 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cincșor - Cetate.
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Read the complete Cincșor - Cetate write-up.
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back through Cincșor - Cetate comes up about 260 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Hoghiz - La Cetate.
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Read the complete Hoghiz - La Cetate write-up.
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about 304 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Hoghiz - La Cetate. Next is back through Village of Dârjiu.
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Read the complete Village of Dârjiu write-up.
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back through Village of Dârjiu, late in the day. Next is Băile Homorod - Cekend.
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Read the complete Băile Homorod - Cekend write-up.
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The route ends here after 379 km.
Băile Homorod - Cekend → Village of Dârjiu is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Village of Dârjiu → Hoghiz - La Cetate is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hoghiz - La Cetate → Cincșor - Cetate is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cincșor - Cetate → Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate is 69 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate → back through Cincșor - Cetate is 72 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Cincșor - Cetate → back through Hoghiz - La Cetate is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hoghiz - La Cetate → back through Village of Dârjiu is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Village of Dârjiu → Băile Homorod - Cekend is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.