CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Pui it runs 96 km to Pui; allow about 2 h 14 of riding. It goes by way of Banita, Petroșani - Dealul Botanilor and back through Banita. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,450 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
On a hill above the Strei valley near the village of Pui, in south-western Transylvania, faint earthworks mark one of the many small Roman military posts that guarded the province of Dacia after Trajan conquered it in AD 106. The Romans held Dacia for about a hundred and seventy years, and they ringed it with forts, watchtowers and roads; in 2024 a long series of these sites was added to the World Heritage list as the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Dacia. At Dealul Robului there is nothing grand to see, just the shape of the ground under grass and trees, but the position tells you everything: a clear view down the valley, which was one of the routes into the heart of the province.
Read the complete Pui - Dealul Robului 1 and 2 write-up.
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Pui - Dealul Robului 1 and 2 is where the day begins. Next is Banita.
The Dacians, before the Romans conquered them, built a ring of fortresses in the mountains around their capital Sarmizegetusa Regia, and Banița is one of them, perched on a limestone peak, Piatra Cetii, above the village of the same name. It guarded the southern approach to the Dacian heartland, controlling the route from the Jiu valley, and it was taken by the Romans during Trajan's wars at the beginning of the second century. The Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains, including Banița, were inscribed on the UNESCO list in 1999.
Read the complete Banita write-up.
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Banița comes up 18 km in. Next is Petroșani - Dealul Botanilor.
Petroșani is the capital of the Jiu valley, a long trench between the Retezat, Vâlcan, Parâng and Șureanu mountains in south-western Romania, and for most of the twentieth century it was the heart of the country's hard-coal industry. The hills around the town, including Dealul Botanilor, look down on a landscape of mining towns, pit heads and miners' housing, with the high mountains rising all around.
Read the complete Petroșani - Dealul Botanilor write-up.
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35 km in you reach Petroșani - Dealul Botanilor. Next is back through Banita.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Banita write-up.
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back through Banita, late in the day. Next is Pui - Dealul Robului 1 and 2.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Pui - Dealul Robului 1 and 2 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Pui - Dealul Robului 1 and 2. That is the ride.
Pui - Dealul Robului 1 and 2 → Banita is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Banița → Petroșani - Dealul Botanilor is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Petroșani - Dealul Botanilor → back through Banita is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Banita → Pui - Dealul Robului 1 and 2 is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.