Why this ride
A 253 km round trip from Corund - roughly 5 h 20 in the saddle. It goes by way of Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană, Baraolt - Véczer, Olteni - Castelul Mikó and back through Baraolt - Véczer. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Inlăceni - Cetate and Olteni - Castelul Mikó
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 253 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 20
- 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. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană.
2. Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
Odorheiu Secuiesc is a town that answers to two names, and if you ask for directions you will probably hear the Hungarian one, Székelyudvarhely. This is the heart of Székely Land, the Hungarian-speaking corner of eastern Transylvania, and the signs, the church spires and the way people greet you all make that plain within a minute of arriving. Piatra Coțofană, the Magpie Stone, is one of the rocky heights on the hills around the town, a few kilometres out among pasture and beech woods.
Read the complete Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană comes up about 32 km into the recorded legs. Next is Baraolt - Véczer.
3. Baraolt - Véczer
In Baraolt you are more likely to hear Hungarian than Romanian. This small town lies in Covasna County, in the heart of the Székely Land, where the Székely Hungarian community has lived for centuries, with its own traditions, carved wooden gates, Calvinist and Catholic churches and a fierce sense of identity. Véczer, near Baraolt, is one of the points on the eastern frontier of Roman Dacia, where small forts and watchtowers watched over the passes through the eastern Carpathians, and it belongs to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing for Dacia, added by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Baraolt - Véczer write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 83 km into the recorded legs you reach Baraolt - Véczer. Next is Olteni - Castelul Mikó.
4. Olteni - Castelul Mikó
The Olt here is a young river, winding through meadows in the basin north of Sfântu Gheorghe before it bends west across Transylvania. At Olteni, a village on its banks, the Mikó family, one of the noble houses of the Szekler Land, had a manor house set in a park, and the place is linked to one of the Roman sites of the eastern Dacian frontier listed in 2024. The Romans had a fort in this area, guarding the routes through the mountains, and like most sites in the region, little of it can be seen today.
Read the complete Olteni - Castelul Mikó write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Olteni - Castelul Mikó, about halfway. Next is back through Baraolt - Véczer.
5. back through Baraolt - Véczer
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Baraolt - Véczer write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Baraolt - Véczer sits at 139 km, about halfway. Next is back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană.
6. back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană comes up about 220 km into the recorded legs. Next is Inlăceni - Cetate.
7. 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
Inlăceni - Cetate closes the day.
Leg by leg
Inlăceni - Cetate to Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
Inlăceni - Cetate → Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană to Baraolt - Véczer
Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană → Baraolt - Véczer is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Baraolt - Véczer to Olteni - Castelul Mikó
Baraolt - Véczer → Olteni - Castelul Mikó is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Olteni - Castelul Mikó to back through Baraolt - Véczer
Olteni - Castelul Mikó → back through Baraolt - Véczer is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Baraolt - Véczer to back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
back through Baraolt - Véczer → back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană to Inlăceni - Cetate
back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană → Inlăceni - Cetate is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.