Why this ride
333 km from Crâmpoia to Crâmpoia, about 5 h 58 of riding. It goes by way of Mareș - La Stadion, Stolniceni - Buridava Romană and back through Mareș - La Stadion. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor and Stolniceni - Buridava Romană
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 333 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 58
- 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. Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor
Out on the flat Romanian plain east of the Olt river, the village of Crâmpoia sits among endless fields of wheat, maize and sunflowers, and its name has a place in Roman history. A Roman earthen fort near the village stood on the Limes Transalutanus, the frontier line that the Romans built east of the Olt in the early third century, running from the Danube northward toward the Carpathians, a long earthen rampart with forts and watchtowers. The local name Reduta Tătarilor, the Tatars' redoubt, reflects a common habit in Romania of attributing old earthworks to the Tatars or other invaders, long after the Romans were forgotten. The site is part of the UNESCO-listed frontier of Dacia.
Read the complete Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor is where the day begins. Next is Mareș - La Stadion.
2. Mareș - La Stadion
Pitești is the kind of city most riders pass through on the way somewhere else, and the somewhere else is usually the Transfăgărășan. The famous road over the Făgăraș mountains begins north of here, beyond Curtea de Argeș, and the hills of Argeș county around Albota and Mareș, just south-west of Pitești, are where many people start the day.
Read the complete Mareș - La Stadion write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mareș - La Stadion comes up about 78 km into the recorded legs. Next is Stolniceni - Buridava Romană.
3. Stolniceni - Buridava Romană
South of Râmnicu Vâlcea the Olt river leaves the mountains and broadens across a valley of orchards and villages, and on the terraces above it at Stolniceni lie the remains of Buridava, a Roman military settlement whose name the Romans borrowed from an older Dacian centre nearby. It sat on the Limes Alutanus, the frontier road along the Olt that guarded the eastern edge of Roman Dacia, and soldiers stationed here left inscriptions, bricks stamped with unit marks and the foundations of baths. The site is part of the Dacian frontier listing inscribed by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Stolniceni - Buridava Romană write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 166 km into the recorded legs you reach Stolniceni - Buridava Romană. Next is back through Mareș - La Stadion.
4. back through Mareș - La Stadion
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mareș - La Stadion write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Mareș - La Stadion, late in the day. Next is Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor.
5. Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor to Mareș - La Stadion
Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor → Mareș - La Stadion is 78 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Mareș - La Stadion to Stolniceni - Buridava Romană
Mareș - La Stadion → Stolniceni - Buridava Romană is 88 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Stolniceni - Buridava Romană to back through Mareș - La Stadion
Stolniceni - Buridava Romană → back through Mareș - La Stadion is 87 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Mareș - La Stadion to Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor
back through Mareș - La Stadion → Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.