Why this ride
A 190 km round trip from Stolnici - roughly 4 h 07 in the saddle. The stops in between: Mareș - La Stadion, Afrimești - Urluieni, Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor and back through Afrimești - Urluieni.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Izbășești - Valea Albă and Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 190 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 07
- 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. Izbășești - Valea Albă
Between Pitești and Slatina, in the south of Romania, the land falls away from the Carpathian foothills towards the great Danube plain in a series of long, low ridges cut by streams. It is farming country, with fields of maize and sunflowers, orchards, vineyards and small villages strung along the valleys. Izbășești and the valley called Valea Albă, the White Valley, lie in this landscape near the small town of Stolnici, and the site recorded here is one of the many archaeological traces in the area, though there is probably little to see on the ground.
Read the complete Izbășești - Valea Albă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Izbășești - Valea Albă 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 24 km into the recorded legs. Next is Afrimești - Urluieni.
3. Afrimești - Urluieni
Flat. That is the first impression of this part of southern Romania, in Argeș county, where the land stretches away towards the Danube in wide fields of maize and sunflowers, broken only by lines of trees and small villages. But across this plain, in the second century AD, the Romans built a frontier: the Limes Transalutanus, a line of earthworks and forts running north to south east of the Olt river, protecting the province of Dacia. At Urluieni, near the village of Afrimești, stood one of its forts.
Read the complete Afrimești - Urluieni write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 63 km into the recorded legs you reach Afrimești - Urluieni. Next is Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor.
4. 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, about halfway. Next is back through Afrimești - Urluieni.
5. back through Afrimești - Urluieni
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Afrimești - Urluieni write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Afrimești - Urluieni sits at 129 km, about halfway. Next is back through Mareș - La Stadion.
6. 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 comes up about 167 km into the recorded legs. Next is Izbășești - Valea Albă.
7. Izbășești - Valea Albă
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Izbășești - Valea Albă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Izbășești - Valea Albă closes the day.
Leg by leg
Izbășești - Valea Albă to Mareș - La Stadion
Izbășești - Valea Albă → Mareș - La Stadion is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mareș - La Stadion to Afrimești - Urluieni
Mareș - La Stadion → Afrimești - Urluieni is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Afrimești - Urluieni to Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor
Afrimești - Urluieni → Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor to back through Afrimești - Urluieni
Crâmpoia - Reduta Tătarilor → back through Afrimești - Urluieni is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Afrimești - Urluieni to back through Mareș - La Stadion
back through Afrimești - Urluieni → back through Mareș - La Stadion is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mareș - La Stadion to Izbășești - Valea Albă
back through Mareș - La Stadion → Izbășești - Valea Albă is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.