Why this ride
A 111 km round trip from Augustin - roughly 2 h 24 in the saddle. On the way it passes Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului, Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană and back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Baraolt - Véczer and Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 111 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 24
- 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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Baraolt - Véczer
In Baraolt you are more likely to hear Hungarian than Romanian. This small town lies in Covasna County, in the heart of the Székely Land, where the Székely Hungarian community has lived for centuries, with its own traditions, carved wooden gates, Calvinist and Catholic churches and a fierce sense of identity. Véczer, near Baraolt, is one of the points on the eastern frontier of Roman Dacia, where small forts and watchtowers watched over the passes through the eastern Carpathians, and it belongs to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing for Dacia, added by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Baraolt - Véczer write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Baraolt - Véczer is where the day begins. Next is Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului.
2. Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului
The Homoród valley runs south through the Székely land of Harghita county, a gentle, green valley between wooded hills, with villages of whitewashed churches and carved gates. Ocland is one of them, a small village with a fortified church, and on a hill above it stood a medieval castle, Cetatea Hășmașului, of which only traces remain. The rides that pass here connect it with the fortified churches of Transylvania, the extraordinary defensive churches built by the Saxon and Székely communities in the Middle Ages to protect themselves from Tatar and Ottoman raids.
Read the complete Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului comes up about 22 km into the recorded legs. Next is Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană.
3. Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
Odorheiu Secuiesc is a town that answers to two names, and if you ask for directions you will probably hear the Hungarian one, Székelyudvarhely. This is the heart of Székely Land, the Hungarian-speaking corner of eastern Transylvania, and the signs, the church spires and the way people greet you all make that plain within a minute of arriving. Piatra Coțofană, the Magpie Stone, is one of the rocky heights on the hills around the town, a few kilometres out among pasture and beech woods.
Read the complete Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 60 km into the recorded legs you reach Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană. Next is back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului.
4. back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului, late in the day. Next is Baraolt - Véczer.
5. Baraolt - Véczer
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Baraolt - Véczer write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Baraolt - Véczer. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Baraolt - Véczer to Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului
Baraolt - Véczer → Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului to Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului → Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană to back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului
Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană → back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului to Baraolt - Véczer
back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului → Baraolt - Véczer is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.