Why this ride
From Teaca it runs 214 km to Teaca; allow about 4 h 52 of riding. The stops in between: Brâncovenești - Castel, Lunca - La Bolovani, Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii and back through Lunca - La Bolovani.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sântioana - Vârful Mortila and Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 214 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 52
- 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. Sântioana - Vârful Mortila
Sântioana sits in rolling country on the edge of the Transylvanian Plain, in Bistrița-Năsăud county, a gentle landscape of low hills, fields, orchards and scattered woods. The hilltop of Vârful Mortila, above the village, is one of the many archaeological places recorded in this part of Transylvania, a high point that would have made a natural lookout or settlement site for earlier peoples. There is little to see on the surface, but the view from the top gives a fine sense of the landscape, with the Transylvanian hills rolling away in every direction and the mountains rising on the horizon.
Read the complete Sântioana - Vârful Mortila write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sântioana - Vârful Mortila is where the day begins. Next is Brâncovenești - Castel.
2. Brâncovenești - Castel
Upstream from Reghin, where the Mureș leaves the mountains and widens into the Transylvanian hill country, the village of Brâncovenești stands beside a castle with round corner towers and a long, plain facade overlooking the river. Known in Hungarian as Marosvécs, it was rebuilt several times over the centuries, and in the twentieth century it belonged to the Kemény family. Between the two world wars, Baron János Kemény opened its doors to a circle of Hungarian writers from Transylvania, the Helikon group, who met here every summer to read, debate and plan their literary work. Those gatherings made a remote country house one of the liveliest literary addresses in the region for almost two decades.
Read the complete Brâncovenești - Castel write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Brâncovenești - Castel comes up about 38 km into the recorded legs. Next is Lunca - La Bolovani.
3. Lunca - La Bolovani
La Bolovani means at the boulders, which tells you most of what a local would have said about this spot on the hills near the village of Lunca, between Monor and Șieuț on the eastern edge of the Transylvanian basin. Archaeologists know it as one of the sites along the Roman frontier of Dacia, a small watch post on a ridge commanding views east towards the Călimani and Gurghiu mountains, beyond which lay lands Rome never controlled. In 2024 it joined the World Heritage listing of the Dacian limes, though in the field you will find a quiet hill, sheep and very few signs.
Read the complete Lunca - La Bolovani write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 72 km into the recorded legs you reach Lunca - La Bolovani. Next is Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii.
4. Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii
Salt has shaped this part of Transylvania as much as any river. The hills of the eastern Transylvanian basin sit on enormous salt deposits, and the springs and lakes are often salty, as in Sărățeni, whose name says it all, and where a small salt museum explains the history. Ideciu de Sus, a village in the Mureș valley above Reghin, lies in this country, and the hill of Dealul Custurii nearby carried a Roman watchtower on the eastern frontier of Dacia, included in UNESCO's inscription of 2024. The Romans valued salt highly, and controlling the deposits was one reason they kept a watchful eye on these hills.
Read the complete Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii, about halfway. Next is back through Lunca - La Bolovani.
5. back through Lunca - La Bolovani
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Lunca - La Bolovani write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Lunca - La Bolovani sits at 110 km, about halfway. Next is back through Brâncovenești - Castel.
6. back through Brâncovenești - Castel
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Brâncovenești - Castel write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Brâncovenești - Castel comes up about 175 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sântioana - Vârful Mortila.
7. Sântioana - Vârful Mortila
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sântioana - Vârful Mortila write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sântioana - Vârful Mortila closes the day.
Leg by leg
Sântioana - Vârful Mortila to Brâncovenești - Castel
Sântioana - Vârful Mortila → Brâncovenești - Castel is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Brâncovenești - Castel to Lunca - La Bolovani
Brâncovenești - Castel → Lunca - La Bolovani is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lunca - La Bolovani to Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii
Lunca - La Bolovani → Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii to back through Lunca - La Bolovani
Ideciu de Sus - Dealul Custurii → back through Lunca - La Bolovani is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Lunca - La Bolovani to back through Brâncovenești - Castel
back through Lunca - La Bolovani → back through Brâncovenești - Castel is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Brâncovenești - Castel to Sântioana - Vârful Mortila
back through Brâncovenești - Castel → Sântioana - Vârful Mortila is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.