Why this ride
From Sărățeni it runs 279 km to Sărățeni; allow about 5 h 33 of riding. The stops in between: Monor - Dealul Braniște, Salva - Roata lui Todoran and back through Monor - Dealul Braniște. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sărățeni - Casa Sării and Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 279 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 33
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. 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. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Monor - Dealul Braniște.
2. Monor - Dealul Braniște
This is the Transylvanian Plain at its northern edge, a land of soft hills rather than mountains, and Dealul Braniște is one of the rounded rises between the villages of Monor and Batoș in Mureș and Bistrița-Năsăud country. Braniște usually means a protected wood or reserved pasture, and the hill still carries patches of oak among the fields. From the top the view runs out over a rumpled carpet of meadows, orchards and strip fields, with the Călimani mountains a blue line far to the east.
Read the complete Monor - Dealul Braniște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Monor - Dealul Braniște comes up 66 km in. Next is Salva - Roata lui Todoran.
3. Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Salva is a railway village. Trains for the Maramureș line split off here from the route along the Someșul Mare, and the place has a slightly busy, crossroads feel for a commune of a little over four thousand people. The site called Roata lui Todoran, Todoran's wheel, sits right by the village in the Năsăud country of Bistrița-Năsăud, a region that marked the northern edge of Roman Dacia and later formed part of a Habsburg border regiment. Few places in Transylvania have been a frontier for quite so long.
Read the complete Salva - Roata lui Todoran write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
131 km in you reach Salva - Roata lui Todoran. Next is back through Monor - Dealul Braniște.
4. back through Monor - Dealul Braniște
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Monor - Dealul Braniște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Monor - Dealul Braniște, late in the day. Next is Sărățeni - Casa Sării.
5. Sărățeni - Casa Sării
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
Back at Sărățeni - Casa Sării. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Sărățeni - Casa Sării to Monor - Dealul Braniște
Sărățeni - Casa Sării → Monor - Dealul Braniște is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Monor - Dealul Braniște to Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Monor - Dealul Braniște → Salva - Roata lui Todoran is 68 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Salva - Roata lui Todoran to back through Monor - Dealul Braniște
Salva - Roata lui Todoran → back through Monor - Dealul Braniște is 68 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Monor - Dealul Braniște to Sărățeni - Casa Sării
back through Monor - Dealul Braniște → Sărățeni - Casa Sării is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.