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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264 km from Bodoc to Bodoc, about 4 h 58 of riding. The stops in between: Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate, Voinești - Măilătoaia and back through Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
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.
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Olteni - Castelul Mikó 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 64 km into the recorded legs. Next is Voinești - Măilătoaia.
The Rucăr-Bran corridor is one of the oldest passages through the Carpathians, and at its southern end, in the hills around Câmpulung Muscel, the Romans built a frontier line to guard it. The Limes Transalutanus, the frontier east of the Olt, ran north through this area, and small forts and watchtowers like the one at Voinești-Măilătoaia watched the valleys and the approaches to the pass. The sites are now low earthworks in fields and forest edges, and they belong to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing for Dacia, added by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Voinești - Măilătoaia write-up.
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about 132 km into the recorded legs you reach Voinești - Măilătoaia. Next is back through Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate write-up.
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back through Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate, late in the day. Next is Olteni - Castelul Mikó.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Olteni - Castelul Mikó write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Olteni - Castelul Mikó. That is the ride.
Olteni - Castelul Mikó → Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate is 64 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate → Voinești - Măilătoaia is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Voinești - Măilătoaia → back through Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate is 69 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate → Olteni - Castelul Mikó is 64 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.