Why this ride
A 137 km round trip from Meseşenii de Jos - roughly 3 h 10 in the saddle. It goes by way of Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură, Poieni - Horhiș and back through Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 and Poieni - Horhiș
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 137 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 10
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2
The Meseș hills are a long, wooded ridge in northwestern Romania, and for the Romans they were the edge of the world. Beyond them lay the free Dacians and the peoples of the great plain; on this side lay the province of Dacia, conquered by Trajan in the early second century. The valley of the Agrij river, which runs along the southern side of the ridge in Sălaj county, is dotted with archaeological sites, and Osoiul Ciontului is one of many places in the area where traces of ancient settlement have been recorded. There may be little to see at the spot itself, but the landscape around it is rich in history and quiet beauty.
Read the complete Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 is where the day begins. Next is Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură.
2. Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Somewhere between Dealul Mare and Arsură, two wooded hills above the village of Hurez in Sălaj county, the Roman frontier of Dacia ran along the heights, marked by watchtowers and small earthworks that are now almost hidden by forest. Together with the towers further north on the Meseș ridge, they formed a line that looked west towards the lands beyond the empire, and they were included in the World Heritage listing of the Dacian frontier in 2024. Finding the remains requires a map and some determination; the reward is a sense of how thinly Rome stretched its soldiers across these hills.
Read the complete Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură comes up about 43 km into the recorded legs. Next is Poieni - Horhiș.
3. Poieni - Horhiș
The Crisul Repede is the river that cuts through the Apuseni Mountains in north-western Romania, and it carries the main road and the railway between Cluj and Oradea along its valley. Poieni and Horhis lie on the hills just above this corridor, in the zone where the great bulk of the Apuseni gives way to lower, rolling farmland. Ciucea, down in the valley, is the nearest village of any size, and is known for a small castle that once belonged to Octavian Goga, a Romanian poet who briefly served as prime minister in the 1930s. He is buried there, and the house is now a museum.
Read the complete Poieni - Horhiș write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 66 km into the recorded legs you reach Poieni - Horhiș. Next is back through Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură.
4. back through Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură, late in the day. Next is Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2.
5. Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 to Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 → Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură to Poieni - Horhiș
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură → Poieni - Horhiș is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Poieni - Horhiș to back through Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Poieni - Horhiș → back through Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură to Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2
back through Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură → Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.