Why this ride
Sustained elevation change, linked bends and open summit views. It also links naturally to Bucegi Natural Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Transbucegi
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 202 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 29
- 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.
Access context
High passes are seasonal. Verify surface, weather and construction status. Specific flag: access restrictions; gravel.
Seasonal context
Jun-Oct
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Sinaia
Sinaia is the royal resort of Romania, a mountain town on the Prahova Valley where the first king built his summer palace and the aristocracy followed with villas, a casino and a railway station fit for visiting monarchs. It sits at around eight hundred metres on the eastern side of the Bucegi, with the limestone wall of the massif rising straight above the town, and it is one of the places where Romania's turn-of-the-century ambitions are still visible in stone and timber.
Read the complete Sinaia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sinaia sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Piatra.
2. Piatra
If you came looking for mountains, this Piatra will surprise you. The village sits down on the edge of the Romanian Plain, in Olt county, a long way south of the Bucegi, next to the small town of Piatra Olt and just a short run from Slatina. The landscape around it is wide and flat to gently rolling: fields of maize, wheat and sunflowers that stretch to the horizon, lines of acacia and poplar along the roads, and the broad Olt river flowing south toward the Danube. It is the Romania of farming villages and long horizons rather than castles and hairpins.
Read the complete Piatra write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Piatra comes up 202 km in.