Why this ride
From Reci it runs 310 km to Reci; allow about 5 h 28 of riding. The stops in between: Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului, Historic Centre of Sighişoara and back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Reci - Cetate and Historic Centre of Sighişoara
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 310 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 28
- 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. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului.
2. Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului
The Homoród valley runs south through the Székely land of Harghita county, a gentle, green valley between wooded hills, with villages of whitewashed churches and carved gates. Ocland is one of them, a small village with a fortified church, and on a hill above it stood a medieval castle, Cetatea Hășmașului, of which only traces remain. The rides that pass here connect it with the fortified churches of Transylvania, the extraordinary defensive churches built by the Saxon and Székely communities in the Middle Ages to protect themselves from Tatar and Ottoman raids.
Read the complete Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului comes up about 73 km into the recorded legs. Next is Historic Centre of Sighişoara.
3. Historic Centre of Sighişoara
Sighișoara is a medieval citadel that people still live in, and that is what sets it apart. Founded by German settlers, the Transylvanian Saxons, who were invited by the Hungarian kings in the twelfth century to colonise and defend the region, it grew into a prosperous town of craftsmen's guilds, each of which built and defended its own tower in the walls. Nine towers survive out of the original fourteen, named after the tailors, shoemakers, tinsmiths, butchers, furriers and others, and the old town on its hill above the Târnava Mare river was listed by UNESCO in 1999.
Read the complete Historic Centre of Sighişoara write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 155 km into the recorded legs you reach Historic Centre of Sighişoara. Next is back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului.
4. back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului, late in the day. Next is Reci - Cetate.
5. 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 at Reci - Cetate. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Reci - Cetate to Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului
Reci - Cetate → Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului to Historic Centre of Sighişoara
Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului → Historic Centre of Sighişoara is 82 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Historic Centre of Sighişoara to back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului
Historic Centre of Sighişoara → back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului is 82 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului to Reci - Cetate
back through Ocland - Cetatea Hășmașului → Reci - Cetate is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.