Why this ride
From Eremitu it runs 148 km to Eremitu; allow about 3 h 13 of riding. It goes by way of Sărățeni - Casa Sării, Călugăreni - Cetate and back through Sărățeni - Casa Sării.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor and Călugăreni - Cetate
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 148 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 13
- 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. Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor
Transylvania's rolling middle country does not have an obvious centre of gravity, and Chiheru de Jos sits right in it. The village lies in Mures county, in the hills between the Gurghiu valley and the upper Mures, a region of grassy ridges, orchards, and beech and oak woods that rise to the dark mass of the Calimani and Gurghiu mountains to the east.
Read the complete Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor is where the day begins. Next is Sărățeni - Casa Sării.
2. Sărățeni - Casa Sării
Salt has shaped this corner of Transylvania for thousands of years. Beneath the hills of the Sovata and Praid area lies a huge salt dome, and in places it reaches the surface, creating salt cliffs, salty springs and lakes. Sărățeni, a village in the Târnava Mică valley, takes its name from the salt, and Casa Sării, the salt house, is the local name for the spot marked here. The Romans valued this salt as much as Dacian gold, and the eastern frontier of their province ran along these hills, with a fort at Sărățeni among the posts that watched the valleys and, no doubt, the salt routes.
Read the complete Sărățeni - Casa Sării write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sărățeni - Casa Sării comes up about 37 km into the recorded legs. Next is Călugăreni - Cetate.
3. 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
about 74 km into the recorded legs you reach Călugăreni - Cetate. Next is back through Sărățeni - Casa Sării.
4. back through Sărățeni - Casa Sării
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sărățeni - Casa Sării write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Sărățeni - Casa Sării, late in the day. Next is Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor.
5. Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor to Sărățeni - Casa Sării
Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor → Sărățeni - Casa Sării is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sărățeni - Casa Sării to Călugăreni - Cetate
Sărățeni - Casa Sării → Călugăreni - Cetate is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Călugăreni - Cetate to back through Sărățeni - Casa Sării
Călugăreni - Cetate → back through Sărățeni - Casa Sării is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sărățeni - Casa Sării to Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor
back through Sărățeni - Casa Sării → Chiheru de Jos - Dealul Pogor is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.