CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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299 km from Horezu to Horezu, about 8 h 12 of riding. It goes by way of Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari, Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate, Rădăcinești - Cetate and Cozia - Lotrisor. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,200 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Constantin Brâncoveanu, prince of Wallachia at the end of the seventeenth century, was a wealthy, cultured ruler who built churches, palaces and monasteries across his principality, and Horezu was his masterpiece. Founded in 1690, the monastery sits in a quiet valley in the foothills of the Căpățânii mountains, surrounded by walls, with a church at the centre of a courtyard lined with arcaded cells. It is the finest example of the Brâncovenesc style, a blend of Byzantine, Renaissance and Baroque, with carved stone, painted interiors and elegant porches, and it was inscribed on the UNESCO list in 1993. In 1714, Brâncoveanu and his four sons were executed by the Ottomans in Istanbul; the Romanian Orthodox Church later canonised them as martyrs.
Read the complete Monastery of Horezu write-up.
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Monastery of Horezu is where the day begins. Next is Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari.
The Olt is the river that cuts through the Carpathians, and wherever a river does that, an army will want to sit beside it. At Păușa, near Călimănești, the Romans built a small fort called Arutela to guard the road through the Olt valley, part of the defensive line that protected their province of Dacia after Trajan's conquest at the start of the second century. The fort's remains lie by the river, partly lost to floods and later works, and are included in the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing for Dacia, added by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari write-up.
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Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari comes up about 66 km into the recorded legs. Next is Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate.
The Olt is the only river that cuts straight through the Carpathians, and the Romans knew it. Between Copaceni and Brezoi, the Olt runs in a deep gorge through the mountains between Transylvania and Wallachia, and the Roman army, after conquering Dacia in 106 AD, built a line of forts and watchtowers along its western bank to guard this key corridor. The Limes Alutanus, as it is known, ran from the Danube northwards along the river, and sites such as Praetorium and Arutela were links in the chain. Some are little more than grassy ramparts today, but they sit on strategic hills with views along the valley.
Read the complete Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate write-up.
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about 108 km into the recorded legs you reach Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate. Next is Rădăcinești - Cetate.
Rădăcinești is a quiet village belonging to Berislăvești, tucked into the hills on the east side of the Olt valley in Vâlcea county. The word cetate on the label means fortress, and like many such names in Romania it points to an old fortified height above the village, the kind of place where earthworks and a few stones are all that is left of people who once watched this valley closely. You come for the setting rather than for ruins you can walk through.
Read the complete Rădăcinești - Cetate write-up.
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Rădăcinești - Cetate, about halfway. Next is Cozia - Lotrisor.
Brezoi is where two rivers meet and the mountains lean in. The Lotru comes down from the high ridges of the Parang and Lotru ranges, the Olt arrives from the north through its famous gorge, and below the confluence the valley opens just enough for a town of about seven thousand people to settle. Cozia and Lotrisor sit on either side of this junction, and the great pyramid of the Cozia massif stands over the road to the east, a dark wall of beech and spruce that glows copper in October.
Read the complete Cozia - Lotrisor write-up.
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Cozia - Lotrisor sits at 92 km, about halfway. Next is back through Rădăcinești - Cetate.
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Read the complete Rădăcinești - Cetate write-up.
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back through Rădăcinești - Cetate comes up about 168 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate.
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Read the complete Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate write-up.
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about 192 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate. Next is back through Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari.
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Read the complete Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari write-up.
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back through Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari, late in the day. Next is Monastery of Horezu.
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Read the complete Monastery of Horezu write-up.
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The route ends here after 299 km.
Monastery of Horezu → Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari → Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate → Rădăcinești - Cetate is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Rădăcinești - Cetate → Cozia - Lotrisor is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cozia - Lotrisor → back through Rădăcinești - Cetate is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Rădăcinești - Cetate → back through Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate → back through Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari → Monastery of Horezu is 74 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.