Romania Motorcycle Tour: Transylvania & Carpathians

Your motorcycle tour starts at the Apuseni Lodge in Avram Iancu. Over 270 winding kilometers through the Apuseni Mountains, you'll already get a taste on day one of what the coming week has in store, before we reach Cetatea Trascăului fortress in the evening.

The Transylvania motorcycle tour continues past Alba Iulia into Sibiu, the geographic center of the country. The old town with its medieval market square invites you to stroll and shop, before we spend the night here.

The third day of this guided tour follows the southern Carpathians to Sighișoara. In the colorful upper town, there's plenty of time for the Schäßburg citadel, one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses in Europe.

Today's stage of the Carpathians motorcycle tour covers 227 kilometers northeast to Ceahlău National Park. On the shore of Lake Izvorul Muntelui, right at the edge of the park, we spend the night surrounded by dense mountain forests.

Along Lake Izvorul Muntelui we ride into the Hășmaș Mountains and through the Cheile Bicazului, past the Red Lake over the Pângărați Pass to Gheorgheni, and down to Brașov – a stage destination that delights on every on-road tour of the region.

The rest day of this Brașov motorcycle tour is yours to spend freely: the Black Church, the peasant fortress of Râșnov, Bran Castle, or a trip to the bear sanctuary are popular options before the Transylvania motorcycle tour continues.

Today the Transfagarasan awaits us: 148 kilometers on the country's second-highest mountain pass road, with photo stops and – if we're lucky – Carpathian bears at the roadside. An undisputed highlight of any round trip through the region.

The Transalpina takes us over the country's highest paved pass road, at around 2,100 meters, through the Southern Carpathians to the Târgu Jiu region, where we spend the night after an impressive panoramic stage.

We cross the Carpathians a third time, this time through Defileul Jiului National Park, and reach Sebeș in the evening – a quiet stage of the Apuseni Mountains tour before the final day of the trip.

To close out this 10-day motorcycle tour, we visit Hunedoara Castle, one of the country's most impressive fortresses and known from international film productions, before winding roads carry us back to the Apuseni Lodge to complete the loop.