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 242 km round trip from Augustin - roughly 5 h 11 in the saddle. On the way it passes Sânpaul - Cetate, Băile Homorod - Cekend, Păuleni - Dealul Silaș and back through Băile Homorod - Cekend. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
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Baraolt - Véczer is where the day begins. Next is Sânpaul - Cetate.
Sânpaul, Homoródszentpál to its Hungarian-speaking inhabitants, is a village in the Homorod valley in Harghita county, in the heart of the Székely Land of eastern Transylvania. Near the village, the Romans built a fort on the eastern edge of their province of Dacia, guarding routes through the hills from the Carpathians. The remains, now earthworks in the fields, are part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, listed by UNESCO in 2024. Nearby Ocland has a medieval fortification on a hill known as Hășmaș castle.
Read the complete Sânpaul - Cetate write-up.
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Sânpaul - Cetate comes up about 36 km into the recorded legs. Next is Băile Homorod - Cekend.
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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about 75 km into the recorded legs you reach Băile Homorod - Cekend. Next is 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.
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Păuleni - Dealul Silaș, about halfway. Next is back through Băile Homorod - Cekend.
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Read the complete Băile Homorod - Cekend write-up.
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back through Băile Homorod - Cekend sits at 115 km, about halfway. Next is back through Sânpaul - Cetate.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sânpaul - Cetate write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Sânpaul - Cetate comes up about 206 km into the recorded legs. Next is Baraolt - Véczer.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Baraolt - Véczer write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Baraolt - Véczer closes the day.
Baraolt - Véczer → Sânpaul - Cetate is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sânpaul - Cetate → Băile Homorod - Cekend is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Băile Homorod - Cekend → Păuleni - Dealul Silaș is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Păuleni - Dealul Silaș → back through Băile Homorod - Cekend is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Băile Homorod - Cekend → back through Sânpaul - Cetate is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sânpaul - Cetate → Baraolt - Véczer is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.