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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
115 km from Călimăneşti to Călimăneşti, about 2 h 32 of riding. The stops in between: Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate, Rădăcinești - Cetate and back through Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,150 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari is where the day begins. 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate comes up about 33 km into the recorded legs. 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 57 km into the recorded legs you reach Rădăcinești - Cetate. Next is back through Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate, late in the day. Next is Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari. That is the ride.
Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari → Copăceni - Praetorium I / Cetate is 33 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 → 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 → Păușa - Arutela / Poiana Bivolari is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.