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.
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From Ocland it runs 383 km to Ocland; allow about 7 h 38 of riding. On the way it passes Hoghiz - La Cetate, Cincșor - Cetate, Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate and Rucăr - Scărișoara. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,300 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
Sânpaul, Homoródszentpál to its Hungarian-speaking inhabitants, is a village in the Homorod valley in Harghita county, in the heart of the Székely Land of eastern Transylvania. Near the village, the Romans built a fort on the eastern edge of their province of Dacia, guarding routes through the hills from the Carpathians. The remains, now earthworks in the fields, are part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, listed by UNESCO in 2024. Nearby Ocland has a medieval fortification on a hill known as Hășmaș castle.
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Sânpaul - Cetate is where the day begins. Next is Hoghiz - La Cetate.
Where the Olt river bends around the Perșani mountains, between the Saxon villages of southern Transylvania and the Székely country to the east, the land rises into wooded hills, and near the village of Hoghiz, on a terrace above the river, lies an archaeological site known simply as La Cetate, the fortress. The Romans guarded this stretch of the Olt with forts, part of the defensive system of their province of Dacia, and the name hints at an old fortified place that once watched over the valley.
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Hoghiz - La Cetate comes up about 34 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cincșor - Cetate.
Between Sibiu and Făgăraș, the Olt flows through a broad valley, with the long wall of the Făgăraș mountains rising to the south, the highest in Romania, culminating in Moldoveanu at 2,544 metres. On the north bank, near the Saxon village of Cincșor, known in German as Kleinschenk, the Romans built a fort to guard the river crossing and the road along the valley. The site, known locally as Cetate, the fortress, lies in fields near the village, with only faint traces visible.
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about 79 km into the recorded legs you reach Cincșor - Cetate. Next is 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.
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Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate, about halfway. Next is Rucăr - Scărișoara.
Rucăr sits right where the Dâmbovița comes out of the mountains, a long village of wooden gates and tin roofs strung along the valley floor at the southern foot of the Rucăr–Bran corridor. Behind it the land climbs fast: Piatra Craiului's limestone ridge to the north-west, the rounded bulk of Leaota and the Bucegi to the east, and between them the saddle that has carried traffic between Wallachia and Transylvania for as long as anyone has bothered to write things down.
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Rucăr - Scărișoara sits at 190 km, about halfway. Next is back through Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate.
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back through Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate comes up about 235 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Cincșor - Cetate.
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about 301 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Cincșor - Cetate. Next is back through Hoghiz - La Cetate.
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Read the complete Hoghiz - La Cetate write-up.
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back through Hoghiz - La Cetate, late in the day. Next is Sânpaul - Cetate.
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Read the complete Sânpaul - Cetate write-up.
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The route ends here after 383 km.
Sânpaul - Cetate → Hoghiz - La Cetate is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hoghiz - La Cetate → Cincșor - Cetate is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cincșor - Cetate → Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate → Rucăr - Scărișoara is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Rucăr - Scărișoara → back through Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Râșnov - Cumidava / La Cetate → back through Cincșor - Cetate is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Cincșor - Cetate → back through Hoghiz - La Cetate is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hoghiz - La Cetate → Sânpaul - Cetate is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.