Why this ride
A 186 km round trip from Copşa Mică - roughly 3 h 36 in the saddle. On the way it passes Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy, Village of Saschiz-Keisd and back through Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Village of Valea Viilor and Village of Saschiz-Keisd
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 186 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 36
- 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 Valea Viilor
Valea Viilor means Valley of the Vineyards, and the name is honest: the slopes around the village were planted with vines long before anyone thought of mapping them. The Saxons called it Wurmloch, and its fortified church, a tall Gothic hall with a defensive storey built over the choir and a ring wall around it, is one of the seven on the World Heritage list.
Read the complete Village of Valea Viilor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Village of Valea Viilor is where the day begins. Next is Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy.
2. Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy
South of Sighișoara the hills fold into long, grassy valleys, and almost every one of them hides a village built around a church that was also a castle. This marker sits among them, close to Șaeș and Apold, two of the old Saxon settlements whose German names, Schaas and Trappold, still turn up on church plaques and in the memories of the few families who stayed.
Read the complete Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy comes up about 62 km into the recorded legs. Next is Village of Saschiz-Keisd.
3. 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
about 93 km into the recorded legs you reach Village of Saschiz-Keisd. Next is back through Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy.
4. back through Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy, late in the day. Next is Village of Valea Viilor.
5. Village of Valea Viilor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Village of Valea Viilor 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 Valea Viilor. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Village of Valea Viilor to Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy
Village of Valea Viilor → Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy to Village of Saschiz-Keisd
Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy → Village of Saschiz-Keisd is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Village of Saschiz-Keisd to back through Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy
Village of Saschiz-Keisd → back through Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy to Village of Valea Viilor
back through Villages with Fortified Churches in Transy → Village of Valea Viilor is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.