Rădăcinești - Cetate and Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate
Plan this ride
Recorded distance
287 km
Riding-time estimate
6 h 26
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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From Berislăveşti it runs 287 km to Berislăveşti; allow about 6 h 26 of riding. The stops in between: Voinești - Măilătoaia, Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate and back through Voinești - Măilătoaia. 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.
Scenic road chapters
Transfagarasan Highway
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 75 km this is Transfagarasan Highway, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
Length
75 km
Named road
Transfagarasan Highway
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Rădăcinești - Cetate is where the day begins. Next is Voinești - Măilătoaia.
2. 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Voinești - Măilătoaia comes up about 75 km into the recorded legs. Next is Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate.
3. 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.