Why this ride
A 312 km round trip from Saschiz - roughly 6 h 20 in the saddle. On the way it passes Călugăreni - Cetate, Lunca - La Bolovani and back through Călugăreni - Cetate.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Village of Saschiz-Keisd and Lunca - La Bolovani
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 312 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 20
- 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. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Călugăreni - Cetate.
2. Călugăreni - Cetate
Călugăreni lies in the Niraj valley in Mureș county, in the heart of the region known as Székely Land, and here the signs, the conversation and the church spires announce that you are in a Hungarian-speaking part of Romania. The Székelys are a Hungarian community who, for centuries, guarded the eastern borders of the kingdom, and their villages, with carved wooden gates and whitewashed churches, are among the most distinctive in Transylvania. In Hungarian, the village is called Mikháza.
Read the complete Călugăreni - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Călugăreni - Cetate comes up about 90 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 156 km into the recorded legs you reach Lunca - La Bolovani. Next is back through Călugăreni - Cetate.
4. back through Călugăreni - Cetate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Călugăreni - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Călugăreni - Cetate, late in the day. Next is Village of Saschiz-Keisd.
5. Village of Saschiz-Keisd
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
Back at Village of Saschiz-Keisd. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Village of Saschiz-Keisd to Călugăreni - Cetate
Village of Saschiz-Keisd → Călugăreni - Cetate is 90 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Călugăreni - Cetate to Lunca - La Bolovani
Călugăreni - Cetate → Lunca - La Bolovani is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lunca - La Bolovani to back through Călugăreni - Cetate
Lunca - La Bolovani → back through Călugăreni - Cetate is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Călugăreni - Cetate to Village of Saschiz-Keisd
back through Călugăreni - Cetate → Village of Saschiz-Keisd is 90 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.