Why this ride
A 273 km round trip from Hodoşa - roughly 5 h 39 in the saddle. It goes by way of Lunca - La Bolovani, Salva - Modruț and back through Lunca - La Bolovani. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Călugăreni - Cetate and Salva - Modruț
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 273 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 39
- 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. Călugăreni - Cetate
Călugăreni lies in the Niraj valley in Mureș county, in the heart of the region known as Székely Land, and here the signs, the conversation and the church spires announce that you are in a Hungarian-speaking part of Romania. The Székelys are a Hungarian community who, for centuries, guarded the eastern borders of the kingdom, and their villages, with carved wooden gates and whitewashed churches, are among the most distinctive in Transylvania. In Hungarian, the village is called Mikháza.
Read the complete Călugăreni - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Călugăreni - Cetate is where the day begins. Next is Lunca - La Bolovani.
2. Lunca - La Bolovani
La Bolovani means at the boulders, which tells you most of what a local would have said about this spot on the hills near the village of Lunca, between Monor and Șieuț on the eastern edge of the Transylvanian basin. Archaeologists know it as one of the sites along the Roman frontier of Dacia, a small watch post on a ridge commanding views east towards the Călimani and Gurghiu mountains, beyond which lay lands Rome never controlled. In 2024 it joined the World Heritage listing of the Dacian limes, though in the field you will find a quiet hill, sheep and very few signs.
Read the complete Lunca - La Bolovani write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Lunca - La Bolovani comes up about 66 km into the recorded legs. Next is Salva - Modruț.
3. Salva - Modruț
Salva lies where the Someșul Mare valley opens into a broad bowl in Bistrița-Năsăud county, with the Rodna mountains standing to the northeast and a ring of low wooded hills closer in. The town is a railway junction, a lorry stop on the road through the valley, and the kind of place that looks ordinary until you ask about its past.
Read the complete Salva - Modruț write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 136 km into the recorded legs you reach Salva - Modruț. Next is back through Lunca - La Bolovani.
4. back through Lunca - La Bolovani
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Lunca - La Bolovani write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Lunca - La Bolovani, late in the day. Next is Călugăreni - Cetate.
5. Călugăreni - Cetate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Călugăreni - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Călugăreni - Cetate. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Călugăreni - Cetate to Lunca - La Bolovani
Călugăreni - Cetate → Lunca - La Bolovani is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lunca - La Bolovani to Salva - Modruț
Lunca - La Bolovani → Salva - Modruț is 70 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Salva - Modruț to back through Lunca - La Bolovani
Salva - Modruț → back through Lunca - La Bolovani is 70 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Lunca - La Bolovani to Călugăreni - Cetate
back through Lunca - La Bolovani → Călugăreni - Cetate is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.