Why this ride
An 80 km round trip from Bodoc - roughly 1 h 25 in the saddle. On the way it passes Reci - Cetate, Village of Prejmer-Tartlau and back through Reci - Cetate.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Olteni - Castelul Mikó and Village of Prejmer-Tartlau
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 80 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 25
- 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. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Olteni - Castelul Mikó is where the day begins. Next is Reci - Cetate.
2. Reci - Cetate
Reci lies on the flat floor of the Târgu Secuiesc basin, in Covasna county, where the Olt river meanders between mountains in the heart of the Szekler Land, the Hungarian-speaking region of eastern Transylvania. The site known as Reci - Cetate, the fortress, belongs to the eastern line of the Roman frontier in Dacia, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire inscribed in 2024. The Romans guarded the passes through the Carpathians with forts and towers here, though today the site is little more than a raised area in the fields.
Read the complete Reci - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Reci - Cetate comes up about 23 km into the recorded legs. Next is Village of Prejmer-Tartlau.
3. Village of Prejmer-Tartlau
In the Burzenland plain east of Brașov, the village of Prejmer, known to its Saxon founders as Tartlau, is home to one of the most remarkable buildings in Romania: a fortified church surrounded by massive circular walls, with hundreds of storage rooms built into them on several levels. The church was begun in the thirteenth century by the Teutonic Knights, who were invited into the region by the Hungarian king to defend the frontier, and later strengthened by the Saxon villagers, who built the walls to protect themselves against Ottoman and Tatar raids. It is part of the UNESCO listing of villages with fortified churches in Transylvania.
Read the complete Village of Prejmer-Tartlau write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 40 km into the recorded legs you reach Village of Prejmer-Tartlau. Next is back through Reci - Cetate.
4. back through Reci - Cetate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Reci - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Reci - Cetate, late in the day. Next is Olteni - Castelul Mikó.
5. Olteni - Castelul Mikó
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Olteni - Castelul Mikó write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Olteni - Castelul Mikó. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Olteni - Castelul Mikó to Reci - Cetate
Olteni - Castelul Mikó → Reci - Cetate is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Reci - Cetate to Village of Prejmer-Tartlau
Reci - Cetate → Village of Prejmer-Tartlau is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Village of Prejmer-Tartlau to back through Reci - Cetate
Village of Prejmer-Tartlau → back through Reci - Cetate is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Reci - Cetate to Olteni - Castelul Mikó
back through Reci - Cetate → Olteni - Castelul Mikó is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.