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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304 km from Stulpicani to Stulpicani, about 6 h 11 of riding. On the way it passes Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti, Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr and back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti. 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. The line favours views over speed.
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 is where the day begins. Next is Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti.
In 1487 Stephen the Great of Moldavia had a small church built at Pătrăuți, dedicated to the Holy Rood, and it still stands, among the earliest of his many foundations and today part of the UNESCO listing of Moldavian churches. It is a modest building, whitewashed and low, with a steep roof, and it stands in a village on the edge of Suceava county, a stone's throw from Dărmănești. The scale surprises people who come expecting a cathedral, and then the frescoes inside bring them up short.
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Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti comes up about 70 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 152 km into the recorded legs you reach Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr. Next is back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti write-up.
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back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti, late in the day. Next is Codrul Secular Slătioara.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Codrul Secular Slătioara write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Codrul Secular Slătioara. That is the ride.
Codrul Secular Slătioara → Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti → Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr is 82 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metr → back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Church of the Holy Rood of Patrauti → Codrul Secular Slătioara is 71 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.