Why this ride
A 463 km round trip from Reci - roughly 9 h 23 in the saddle. The stops in between: Baraolt - Véczer, Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană, Village of Saschiz-Keisd and Sărățeni - Casa Sării. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Reci - Cetate and Sărățeni - Casa Sării
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 463 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 9 h 23
- 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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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 Baraolt - Véczer.
2. Baraolt - Véczer
In Baraolt you are more likely to hear Hungarian than Romanian. This small town lies in Covasna County, in the heart of the Székely Land, where the Székely Hungarian community has lived for centuries, with its own traditions, carved wooden gates, Calvinist and Catholic churches and a fierce sense of identity. Véczer, near Baraolt, is one of the points on the eastern frontier of Roman Dacia, where small forts and watchtowers watched over the passes through the eastern Carpathians, and it belongs to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing for Dacia, added by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Baraolt - Véczer write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Baraolt - Véczer comes up about 62 km into the recorded legs. Next is Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană.
3. Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
Odorheiu Secuiesc is a town that answers to two names, and if you ask for directions you will probably hear the Hungarian one, Székelyudvarhely. This is the heart of Székely Land, the Hungarian-speaking corner of eastern Transylvania, and the signs, the church spires and the way people greet you all make that plain within a minute of arriving. Piatra Coțofană, the Magpie Stone, is one of the rocky heights on the hills around the town, a few kilometres out among pasture and beech woods.
Read the complete Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 113 km into the recorded legs you reach Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană. Next is Village of Saschiz-Keisd.
4. Village of Saschiz-Keisd
The clock tower of the fortified church in Saschiz looks oddly familiar if you have just come from Sighișoara, and that is no accident: it was built in the image of the famous clock tower of the nearby town, a statement of local pride by the Saxon villagers who built it in the late fifteenth century. The church belongs to the World Heritage inscription for villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, a group of German-speaking Saxon communities that fortified their churches against Ottoman and Tatar raids. Above the village, on a wooded hill, are the ruins of a peasant citadel, where the inhabitants took refuge during attacks.
Read the complete Village of Saschiz-Keisd write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Village of Saschiz-Keisd, about halfway. Next is Sărățeni - Casa Sării.
5. Sărățeni - Casa Sării
Salt has shaped this corner of Transylvania for thousands of years. Beneath the hills of the Sovata and Praid area lies a huge salt dome, and in places it reaches the surface, creating salt cliffs, salty springs and lakes. Sărățeni, a village in the Târnava Mică valley, takes its name from the salt, and Casa Sării, the salt house, is the local name for the spot marked here. The Romans valued this salt as much as Dacian gold, and the eastern frontier of their province ran along these hills, with a fort at Sărățeni among the posts that watched the valleys and, no doubt, the salt routes.
Read the complete Sărățeni - Casa Sării write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sărățeni - Casa Sării sits at 185 km, about halfway. Next is back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd.
6. back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Village of Saschiz-Keisd write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd comes up about 298 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană.
7. back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 350 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană. Next is back through Baraolt - Véczer.
8. back through Baraolt - Véczer
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Baraolt - Véczer write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Baraolt - Véczer, late in the day. Next is Reci - Cetate.
9. 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
The route ends here after 463 km.
Leg by leg
Reci - Cetate to Baraolt - Véczer
Reci - Cetate → Baraolt - Véczer is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Baraolt - Véczer to Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
Baraolt - Véczer → Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană to Village of Saschiz-Keisd
Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană → Village of Saschiz-Keisd is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Village of Saschiz-Keisd to Sărățeni - Casa Sării
Village of Saschiz-Keisd → Sărățeni - Casa Sării is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sărățeni - Casa Sării to back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd
Sărățeni - Casa Sării → back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd is 69 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd to back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană
back through Village of Saschiz-Keisd → back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană to back through Baraolt - Véczer
back through Odorheiu Secuiesc - Piatra Coțofană → back through Baraolt - Véczer is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Baraolt - Véczer to Reci - Cetate
back through Baraolt - Véczer → Reci - Cetate is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.