Why this ride
From Românaşi it runs 94 km to Românaşi; allow about 2 h 07 of riding. The stops in between: Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii, Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor and back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine and Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 94 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 07
- 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. Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine
Zalău is the county town of Sălaj, a modern small city of about sixty thousand people that grew fast in the communist period, and the countryside around it is far more interesting than the blocks of flats. Brusturi, a few kilometres off, sits in the hills that lead up toward the Meseş mountains, and the name on our list points to a Roman fort called Certiae, one of the line of military posts that kept watch on the northern edge of Dacia, along with a ruin the locals link with an old legend of robbers.
Read the complete Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine is where the day begins. Next is Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii.
2. Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii
The Meseș mountains, a low, wooded range in north-western Romania, formed a natural barrier for the Roman province of Dacia, and the Romans fortified it with a line of watchtowers, walls and fortlets. Near the village of Treznea, on a hill known as Dealul Mănăstirii, the Monastery Hill, the remains of one of these defences overlook the valleys. It is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, listed by UNESCO in 2024, and a short distance away lies Porolissum, one of the largest Roman settlements in Dacia, with a reconstructed gate and an amphitheatre.
Read the complete Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii comes up about 26 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor.
3. Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor
Roman Dacia's north-western frontier ran along the crest of the Meseș mountains, and the hill country around Mirșid, east of Zalău, is laced with its traces: watchtowers, earthworks and small forts placed so that each could see the next. In 2024 these remains became part of the World Heritage listing for the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Dacia. The name of the spot, La Strâmtură by the wolves' brook, gives a fair idea of its character: a narrow place in the hills, wooded and quiet, where the eye has to work to pick out a low mound or a ditch in the grass.
Read the complete Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 43 km into the recorded legs you reach Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor. Next is back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii.
4. back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii, late in the day. Next is Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine.
5. Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine to Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii
Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine → Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii to Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor
Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii → Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor to back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii
Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor → back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii to Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine
back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii → Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.