Why this ride
From Boroşneu Mare it runs 204 km to Boroşneu Mare; allow about 3 h 44 of riding. It goes by way of Village of Prejmer-Tartlau, Olteni - Castelul Mikó, Baraolt - Véczer and back through Olteni - Castelul Mikó.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Boroșneu Mare - Pe Dealul Cetății and Baraolt - Véczer
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 204 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 44
- 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. Boroșneu Mare - Pe Dealul Cetății
Southeast of Sfântu Gheorghe, in Covasna county, the plain of the Râul Negru, the Black River, opens out between the mountains, a broad basin of fields, meadows and villages enclosed by the forested ridges of the Eastern Carpathians. Boroșneu Mare is one of the larger villages in this basin, a Székely community with a church and a cluster of farms, and the hill above it, Dealul Cetății, the Fortress Hill, takes its name from old earthworks or a fortification recorded there. It is one of many such sites in the area, more a landmark than a monument.
Read the complete Boroșneu Mare - Pe Dealul Cetății write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Boroșneu Mare - Pe Dealul Cetății is where the day begins. Next is Village of Prejmer-Tartlau.
2. Village of Prejmer-Tartlau
In the Burzenland plain east of Brașov, the village of Prejmer, known to its Saxon founders as Tartlau, is home to one of the most remarkable buildings in Romania: a fortified church surrounded by massive circular walls, with hundreds of storage rooms built into them on several levels. The church was begun in the thirteenth century by the Teutonic Knights, who were invited into the region by the Hungarian king to defend the frontier, and later strengthened by the Saxon villagers, who built the walls to protect themselves against Ottoman and Tatar raids. It is part of the UNESCO listing of villages with fortified churches in Transylvania.
Read the complete Village of Prejmer-Tartlau write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Village of Prejmer-Tartlau comes up about 28 km into the recorded legs. Next is Olteni - Castelul Mikó.
3. Olteni - Castelul Mikó
The Olt here is a young river, winding through meadows in the basin north of Sfântu Gheorghe before it bends west across Transylvania. At Olteni, a village on its banks, the Mikó family, one of the noble houses of the Szekler Land, had a manor house set in a park, and the place is linked to one of the Roman sites of the eastern Dacian frontier listed in 2024. The Romans had a fort in this area, guarding the routes through the mountains, and like most sites in the region, little of it can be seen today.
Read the complete Olteni - Castelul Mikó write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 62 km into the recorded legs you reach Olteni - Castelul Mikó. Next is Baraolt - Véczer.
4. 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
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Planning note
Baraolt - Véczer, about halfway. Next is back through Olteni - Castelul Mikó.
5. back through Olteni - Castelul Mikó
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Olteni - Castelul Mikó write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Olteni - Castelul Mikó sits at 127 km, about halfway. Next is back through Village of Prejmer-Tartlau.
6. back through Village of Prejmer-Tartlau
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Village of Prejmer-Tartlau write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Village of Prejmer-Tartlau comes up about 176 km into the recorded legs. Next is Boroșneu Mare - Pe Dealul Cetății.
7. Boroșneu Mare - Pe Dealul Cetății
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Boroșneu Mare - Pe Dealul Cetății write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Boroșneu Mare - Pe Dealul Cetății closes the day.
Leg by leg
Boroșneu Mare - Pe Dealul Cetății to Village of Prejmer-Tartlau
Boroșneu Mare - Pe Dealul Cetății → Village of Prejmer-Tartlau is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Village of Prejmer-Tartlau to Olteni - Castelul Mikó
Village of Prejmer-Tartlau → Olteni - Castelul Mikó is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Olteni - Castelul Mikó to Baraolt - Véczer
Olteni - Castelul Mikó → Baraolt - Véczer is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Baraolt - Véczer to back through Olteni - Castelul Mikó
Baraolt - Véczer → back through Olteni - Castelul Mikó is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Olteni - Castelul Mikó to back through Village of Prejmer-Tartlau
back through Olteni - Castelul Mikó → back through Village of Prejmer-Tartlau is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Village of Prejmer-Tartlau to Boroșneu Mare - Pe Dealul Cetății
back through Village of Prejmer-Tartlau → Boroșneu Mare - Pe Dealul Cetății is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.