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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423 km from Scheia to Scheia, about 8 h 54 of riding. On the way it passes Codrul Secular Slătioara, Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr and back through Codrul Secular Slătioara. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,100 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Romania into Ukraine - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Suceava is the old capital of Moldavia, and the church of St George sits at its edge, a short ride from the ring of newer apartment blocks that now surround the medieval centre. It was built in the early sixteenth century under Bogdan III, son of Stephen the Great, and it belongs to the small family of Moldavian churches that UNESCO lists together. The family resemblance is easy to see once you have visited two or three: steep roofs, a short tower over the nave, buttresses, and walls that were once painted inside and out in blue, red and ochre.
Read the complete Church of St George of Suceava write-up.
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Church of St George of Suceava is where the day begins. Next is Codrul Secular Slătioara.
Slătioara is old-growth forest of the kind that Europe has mostly lost. The reserve, tucked into the slopes of the Rarău and Giumalău ranges above the Moldova valley, protects beech, fir and spruce that have never been seriously logged, and it is part of the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians that UNESCO recognised. Walk under the canopy and you notice the scale first: trunks as thick as a doorway, fallen giants furred with moss, and a dim green light even at noon.
Read the complete Codrul Secular Slătioara write-up.
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Codrul Secular Slătioara comes up about 71 km into the recorded legs. Next is Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr.
The Residence of the Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans in Chernivtsi is one of the most extraordinary buildings in Eastern Europe, a red-brick complex of towers, domes and arcades that looks like a cross between a Byzantine monastery, a Moorish palace and a Victorian college. It was designed by the Czech architect Josef Hlávka and built between 1864 and 1882 as the seat of the Orthodox metropolitan of Bukovina and Dalmatia, then provinces of the Austrian Empire. The roofs are covered with coloured glazed tiles in patterns derived from the folk art of the region, the interiors are lavishly decorated, and the complex includes a seminary, a church and gardens. Today it houses the Chernivtsi National University, and it was listed by UNESCO in 2011. Students fill the courtyards, and guided tours show the main halls, including the stunning Marble Hall.
Read the complete Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr write-up.
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about 210 km into the recorded legs you reach Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr. Next is back through Codrul Secular Slătioara.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Codrul Secular Slătioara write-up.
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back through Codrul Secular Slătioara, late in the day. Next is Church of St George of Suceava.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of St George of Suceava write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Church of St George of Suceava. That is the ride.
Church of St George of Suceava → Codrul Secular Slătioara is 71 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Codrul Secular Slătioara → Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr is 139 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr → back through Codrul Secular Slătioara is 143 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Codrul Secular Slătioara → Church of St George of Suceava is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.