Transylvania is the reason most riders come to Romania. Behind the medieval towns and the castles sits a mountain range that delivers some of the most rewarding riding in Europe: hairpins stacked up the side of glacial valleys, high passes that stay closed until summer, and long empty stretches of tarmac where you can go an hour without meeting a car.
We are based in Romania and we ride these roads year-round. That means our tours are not a route pulled off a map – they are built around the passes that are actually open, the weather windows that actually work, and the guesthouses and mountain hotels we would send a friend to. Every tour here runs with a maximum of 8 motorcycles, an experienced guide who has ridden every kilometre, a support van for the luggage, and 24-hour technical backup.
The Transfagarasan climbs to 2,042 metres across the Fagaras mountains, a wall of switchbacks that opens roughly from July to October depending on the snow. The Transalpina goes higher still at 2,145 metres, quieter and more exposed, running along the ridge line with the world falling away on both sides. Between them sit the passes most visitors never find – the Cheile Bicazului gorge, the roads through the Apuseni, the long sweeping valleys of the Bucegi.
On a guided tour you ride all of them in the right order, at the right time of year, without spending your evenings planning tomorrow.
Not every rider wants the same thing from the Carpathians. Our on-road tours stay on the passes and the scenic tarmac, comfortable on a GS with luggage cases and suitable for any rider confident on a big bike. Our off-road tours leave the asphalt for forestry tracks, gravel and mountain trails, and are built for riders who already have real dirt experience.
If you are not sure which side of that line you sit on, tell us what you have ridden and we will point you to the right tour rather than sell you the wrong one.
6 days
