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Transfagarasan

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Recorded distance
109 km
Riding-time estimate
2 h 37
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 Fagaras Mountains.

Access context

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

Seasonal context

Jul-Sep

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Cârţişoara

    Cârțișoara is the village at the northern foot of the Transfăgărășan, at roughly six hundred metres above the sea, where the road from the Făgăraș mountains reaches the Olt valley. Behind it rises the highest range in Romania, a wall of ridges and glacial cirques topped by Moldoveanu, around 2,544 metres, and in front lies the gentle farmland of southern Transylvania. The contrast is sudden: a few kilometres of fields and orchards, and then a wall of forest and rock that climbs out of sight.

    Read the complete Cârţişoara write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

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

    Planning note

    Cârţişoara sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Curtea de Argeş.

  2. 2. Curtea de Argeş

    Curtea de Argeș was one of the first capitals of Wallachia, in the fourteenth century, and its great monument is a monastery that everyone in Romania knows. The cathedral, built in the early sixteenth century by Prince Neagoe Basarab, is a white stone building covered in carved lace, with slim towers and delicate patterns that look more like ironwork than masonry. A legend tells that the master builder, Manole, was made by the prince to wall his own wife into the structure so that it would stand, and that he fell to his death trying to escape the roof. The tale is told in ballads, and every Romanian child knows it. The church also holds the tombs of the country's kings, including Carol I and Ferdinand.

    Read the complete Curtea de Argeş write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

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

    Planning note

    Curtea de Argeş comes up 109 km in.

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