Why this ride
From Eremitu it runs 360 km to Eremitu; allow about 7 h 23 of riding. On the way it passes Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii, Domnești, Salva - Roata lui Todoran and Dumbrăveni. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat and Dumbrăveni
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 360 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 23
- 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. Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat
In the eastern part of Mureș county, near the boundary with Harghita, the hills rise towards the volcanic mountains of the Eastern Carpathians, and the villages are mostly Hungarian-speaking. This is part of the Székely Land, home to the Székelys, a Hungarian-speaking people who settled here in the Middle Ages to guard the eastern frontier of the Kingdom of Hungary, and who maintain a strong identity, with their own runic script, carved wooden gates and fortified churches. Câmpul Cetății, the field of the fortress, is a village near Eremitu, and the site of Cetatea Săcădat is one of the elements of the Roman frontier listed by UNESCO, on the eastern edge of the province of Dacia, where the Romans built a line of forts and towers along the foothills of the mountains.
Read the complete Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat is where the day begins. Next is Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii.
2. Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii
Salt has shaped this part of Transylvania as much as any river. The hills of the eastern Transylvanian basin sit on enormous salt deposits, and the springs and lakes are often salty, as in Sărățeni, whose name says it all, and where a small salt museum explains the history. Ideciu de Sus, a village in the Mureș valley above Reghin, lies in this country, and the hill of Dealul Custurii nearby carried a Roman watchtower on the eastern frontier of Dacia, included in UNESCO's inscription of 2024. The Romans valued salt highly, and controlling the deposits was one reason they kept a watchful eye on these hills.
Read the complete Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii comes up about 41 km into the recorded legs. Next is Domnești.
3. Domnești
Domnești sits in the hills just south of Bistrița, the old Saxon town in northeastern Transylvania, and like several places in this region it marks a point on the Roman frontier of Dacia, where watchtowers once looked out from the ridgetops over the province's edge. Nothing dramatic remains here, but the location is perfect for exploring a corner of Romania that mixes Roman, Saxon, Hungarian and Romanian history in a single valley.
Read the complete Domnești write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 82 km into the recorded legs you reach Domnești. Next is Salva - Roata lui Todoran.
4. Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Salva is a railway village. Trains for the Maramureș line split off here from the route along the Someșul Mare, and the place has a slightly busy, crossroads feel for a commune of a little over four thousand people. The site called Roata lui Todoran, Todoran's wheel, sits right by the village in the Năsăud country of Bistrița-Năsăud, a region that marked the northern edge of Roman Dacia and later formed part of a Habsburg border regiment. Few places in Transylvania have been a frontier for quite so long.
Read the complete Salva - Roata lui Todoran write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Salva - Roata lui Todoran, about halfway. Next is Dumbrăveni.
5. Dumbrăveni
Dumbrăveni sits in the quiet hill country above the Someş Mare, where the river curves west towards Dej and the land folds into low ridges, orchards and small woods of oak and hornbeam. Like several places on these rides, it marks a point on the old northern edge of Roman Dacia, one of the scattered watchtower and earthwork sites listed in 2024 as part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire. Expect a hill and a view rather than masonry, and enjoy the feeling of being somewhere few travellers bother to stop.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Dumbrăveni sits at 153 km, about halfway. Next is back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran.
6. back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran
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Read the complete Salva - Roata lui Todoran write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran comes up about 228 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Domnești.
7. back through Domnești
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Domnești write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 278 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Domnești. Next is back through Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii.
8. back through Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii, late in the day. Next is Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat.
9. Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 360 km.
Leg by leg
Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat to Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii
Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat → Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii to Domnești
Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii → Domnești is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Domnești to Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Domnești → Salva - Roata lui Todoran is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Salva - Roata lui Todoran to Dumbrăveni
Salva - Roata lui Todoran → Dumbrăveni is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dumbrăveni to back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Dumbrăveni → back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran to back through Domnești
back through Salva - Roata lui Todoran → back through Domnești is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Domnești to back through Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii
back through Domnești → back through Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii to Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat
back through Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii → Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.