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Transalpina starting at Novaci

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Recorded distance
135 km
Riding-time estimate
3 h 40
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

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Why this ride

Sustained elevation change, linked bends and open summit views. It also links naturally to Parang Mountains.

Access context

High passes are seasonal. Verify surface, weather and construction status. Specific flag: seasonal; weather.

Seasonal context

Jul-Sep

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Novaci

    Novaci is the southern gate of the Transalpina, and for a town of fewer than three thousand people it has a good deal of mountain on its doorstep. It sits in Gorj county, on the southern edge of the Parâng range, where the Oltenian foothills fold up into the high Carpathians, and the air smells of sheep, hay and woodsmoke. Sheep farming has been the livelihood of the district for centuries, and the shepherds still drive their flocks up to the high pastures in summer, living in simple huts and making cheese.

    Read the complete Near Novaci write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Novaci sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Sebeş.

  2. 2. Sebeş

    Sebeş is where the Transalpina comes down to earth, a town of about twenty-seven thousand people on the Sebeş River in Transylvania, and the northern end of the great mountain road. It belongs to the world of the Transylvanian Saxons, German settlers who were invited here in the twelfth century by the Hungarian kings to defend the frontier and develop the land. They built fortified churches and walled towns, and Sebeş, which they called Mühlbach, grew into one of the seven fortified cities that gave Transylvania its German name, Siebenbürgen.

    Read the complete Sebeş write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Sebeş comes up 135 km in.

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