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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From Fundata it runs 290 km to Fundata; allow about 7 h 05 of riding. It goes by way of Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate, Codrul secular Șinca, Cincșor - Cetate and back through Codrul secular Șinca. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,300 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Between Bran and Rucăr, the road climbs over the saddle that separates the Bucegi mountains from Piatra Craiului, through a landscape of high meadows, hay barns, scattered farms and limestone peaks. The name Drumul Carului, the cart road, recalls the old route across this pass, which has linked Transylvania and Wallachia for centuries, and archaeologists have recorded a Roman-era site here, part of the network of frontier and road posts in Dacia. Fundata, at the top, is one of the highest villages in Romania, at around 1,350 metres, and the scattered houses of Moieciu, Peștera and Șirnea spread across the hills around it.
Read the complete Moieciu - Drumul Carului write-up.
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Moieciu - Drumul Carului is where the day begins. Next is Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate.
The Roman fort of Cumidava stood on a terrace near the village of Vulcan, just west of Râșnov, at the southern end of the Bârsa Land, guarding the route from Transylvania through the mountains to Wallachia. It was one of the forts on the eastern frontier of Roman Dacia, and its name, recorded on an inscription, is believed to be Dacian in origin. The site is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, added to the UNESCO list in 2024. Little stands above ground, but the setting, with the mountains rising to the south, makes it clear why the Romans chose this spot.
Read the complete Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate write-up.
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Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Codrul secular Șinca.
Codru is an old Romanian word for a deep forest, and the Codrul Secular Șinca, the ancient forest of Șinca, is exactly that: a stand of old-growth beech and fir on the northern slopes of the Făgăraș mountains in Brașov county, where trees have grown, died and fallen for centuries without being cut. It is part of the UNESCO listing of the ancient and primeval beech forests of Europe, a chain of protected forests across many countries that together tell the story of how beech spread across the continent after the last ice age. Walking among trees that are hundreds of years old, with fallen trunks covered in moss and fungi and the canopy closing high above, is a humbling experience.
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about 61 km into the recorded legs you reach Codrul secular Șinca. Next is Cincșor - Cetate.
Between Sibiu and Făgăraș, the Olt flows through a broad valley, with the long wall of the Făgăraș mountains rising to the south, the highest in Romania, culminating in Moldoveanu at 2,544 metres. On the north bank, near the Saxon village of Cincșor, known in German as Kleinschenk, the Romans built a fort to guard the river crossing and the road along the valley. The site, known locally as Cetate, the fortress, lies in fields near the village, with only faint traces visible.
Read the complete Cincșor - Cetate write-up.
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Cincșor - Cetate, about halfway. Next is back through Codrul secular Șinca.
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Read the complete Codrul secular Șinca write-up.
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back through Codrul secular Șinca sits at 130 km, about halfway. Next is back through Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate comes up about 259 km into the recorded legs. Next is Moieciu - Drumul Carului.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Moieciu - Drumul Carului write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Moieciu - Drumul Carului closes the day.
Moieciu - Drumul Carului → Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate → Codrul secular Șinca is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Codrul secular Șinca → Cincșor - Cetate is 83 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cincșor - Cetate → back through Codrul secular Șinca is 83 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Codrul secular Șinca → back through Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate → Moieciu - Drumul Carului is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.