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The DN67C from the Oltenian foothills up through Ranca to the Urdele pass, the highest paved road in Romania, then down to Obarsia Lotrului and north past Lake Oasa to Sebes.

Distance
91 miles (147 km)
Type
Point to point
Where
Parang Mountains

Follows the official route

Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.

Main roads

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From the map

Longest gap between fuel
64 miles
Fuel stations near the line
7
Curvature
333 ° a mile
Campsites within 2 km
4
  • The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 10 to mile 75. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
  • The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 21 to mile 41, at 468 degrees of turning a mile.
  • Passes: Pasul Urdele (2,145 m, mile 25).
  • Countries: Romania.

Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.

Before you go

  • The high section is normally closed from autumn to early summer. Check before you go.
  • Fuel up before the climb. There is little on the high section.
  • Livestock, loose gravel and slow traffic on the tight bends.

On the way

  1. Novaci
  2. Ranca
  3. Obarsia Lotrului
  4. Sugag
  5. Sebes
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1Getting there

Most riders cross to Calais by Le Shuttle or a Dover ferry, or take a longer ferry nearer the route.

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2Places to stay

Search beds in Novaci

3Cover

Check your bike insurance covers riding abroad, get travel insurance that covers motorcycling at your engine size, and breakdown cover that recovers a motorcycle in every country on the route.

What to check before you buy cover

The country on this route

What GOV.UK says riders need for it, checked 05/11/2026. Rules change, so read the official page before you go.

Romania

Money
Romanian leu
Ride on the
Right
  • National roads need a rovinieta (road vignette), sold at borders and petrol stations: check whether it applies to your motorcycle
  • Drivers must carry a first aid kit, fire extinguisher, warning triangle and fluorescent jacket: check what applies to motorcycles
  • If the bike is already damaged when you arrive, get a customs or police officer to write a report on it
  • Any alcohol in your system can mean a fine or prison

On every trip abroad: your licence, insurance that covers riding abroad, the V5C and travel insurance with medical cover. The tour planner turns all of this into a checklist each rider in your group can tick off.

Places to see on the way

Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.

monastery of Saint Brancoveni martyrs
Monastery · On the route

monastery of Saint Brancoveni martyrs

Monastery in Obarsia Lotrului, Voineasa.

Photo: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0
Castle · 0.3 km off the route

Cetatea Saszcor

CETATEA TAUTI | Rumänien | Județul Alba | Săsciori (Schewis).

Castle · On the route

Kirchenburg Petersdorf

KIRCHENBURG | Rumänien | Județul Alba | Petrești (Petersdorf).

Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.