Why this ride
369 km from Ungra to Ungra, about 7 h 04 of riding. It goes by way of Sânpaul - Cetate, Village of Saschiz-Keisd, Inlăceni - Cetate and Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hoghiz - La Cetate and Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 369 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 04
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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. Hoghiz - La Cetate
Where the Olt river bends around the Perșani mountains, between the Saxon villages of southern Transylvania and the Székely country to the east, the land rises into wooded hills, and near the village of Hoghiz, on a terrace above the river, lies an archaeological site known simply as La Cetate, the fortress. The Romans guarded this stretch of the Olt with forts, part of the defensive system of their province of Dacia, and the name hints at an old fortified place that once watched over the valley.
Read the complete Hoghiz - La Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hoghiz - La Cetate is where the day begins. Next is Sânpaul - Cetate.
2. Sânpaul - Cetate
Sânpaul, Homoródszentpál to its Hungarian-speaking inhabitants, is a village in the Homorod valley in Harghita county, in the heart of the Székely Land of eastern Transylvania. Near the village, the Romans built a fort on the eastern edge of their province of Dacia, guarding routes through the hills from the Carpathians. The remains, now earthworks in the fields, are part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, listed by UNESCO in 2024. Nearby Ocland has a medieval fortification on a hill known as Hășmaș castle.
Read the complete Sânpaul - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sânpaul - Cetate comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Village of Saschiz-Keisd.
3. Village of Saschiz-Keisd
The clock tower of the fortified church in Saschiz looks oddly familiar if you have just come from Sighișoara, and that is no accident: it was built in the image of the famous clock tower of the nearby town, a statement of local pride by the Saxon villagers who built it in the late fifteenth century. The church belongs to the World Heritage inscription for villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, a group of German-speaking Saxon communities that fortified their churches against Ottoman and Tatar raids. Above the village, on a wooded hill, are the ruins of a peasant citadel, where the inhabitants took refuge during attacks.
Read the complete Village of Saschiz-Keisd write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 89 km into the recorded legs you reach Village of Saschiz-Keisd. Next is Inlăceni - Cetate.
4. Inlăceni - Cetate
Székely Land, in the eastern part of Transylvania, is the home of a Hungarian-speaking community whose ancestors were placed here in the Middle Ages to guard the eastern frontier of the Kingdom of Hungary, and the same job had been done a thousand years earlier by the Romans. Near the village of Inlăceni, in the hills of Harghita county, stand the remains of a Roman fort, one of the eastern bastions of Dacia, facing the Carpathians and the passes beyond. The stone walls, gates and corner towers can still be traced in a meadow on a hilltop, and the setting, with forests all around and the mountains on the horizon, is one of the most beautiful of all the sites on the Dacian frontier listed by UNESCO.
Read the complete Inlăceni - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Inlăceni - Cetate, about halfway. Next is Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat.
5. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat sits at 152 km, about halfway. Next is back through Inlăceni - Cetate.
6. back through Inlăceni - Cetate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Inlăceni - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Inlăceni - Cetate comes up about 240 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd.
7. back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Village of Saschiz-Keisd write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 279 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd. Next is back through Sânpaul - Cetate.
8. back through Sânpaul - Cetate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sânpaul - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Sânpaul - Cetate, late in the day. Next is Hoghiz - La Cetate.
9. Hoghiz - La Cetate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hoghiz - La Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 369 km.
Leg by leg
Hoghiz - La Cetate to Sânpaul - Cetate
Hoghiz - La Cetate → Sânpaul - Cetate is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sânpaul - Cetate to Village of Saschiz-Keisd
Sânpaul - Cetate → Village of Saschiz-Keisd is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Village of Saschiz-Keisd to Inlăceni - Cetate
Village of Saschiz-Keisd → Inlăceni - Cetate is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Inlăceni - Cetate to Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat
Inlăceni - Cetate → Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat to back through Inlăceni - Cetate
Câmpul Cetății - Cetatea Săcădat → back through Inlăceni - Cetate is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Inlăceni - Cetate to back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd
back through Inlăceni - Cetate → back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd to back through Sânpaul - Cetate
back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd → back through Sânpaul - Cetate is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sânpaul - Cetate to Hoghiz - La Cetate
back through Sânpaul - Cetate → Hoghiz - La Cetate is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.