Why this ride
From Buciumi it runs 75 km to Buciumi; allow about 1 h 43 of riding. The stops in between: Românași - Largiana / Cetate, Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 and back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Buciumi - Grădiște and Brebi - Dealul Mare 3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 75 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 43
- 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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Buciumi - Grădiște
Buciumi has a Roman fort, and a proper one. On a low hill above the village, the outline of a rectangular auxiliary fort has been excavated, with walls, gates and the foundations of the buildings inside, laid out to the standard Roman pattern with the headquarters in the middle and barracks to either side. It was one of the forts guarding the road and the passes of the Meseş mountains, a few kilometres from the larger fortress and town at Porolissum, and it held a unit of auxiliary troops, soldiers recruited from the provinces rather than citizen legionaries.
Read the complete Buciumi - Grădiște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Buciumi - Grădiște is where the day begins. Next is Românași - Largiana / Cetate.
2. Românași - Largiana / Cetate
At Românași, in the valley of the Agrij in Sălaj county, the outline of a Roman fort called Largiana can still be traced on a low rise above the village, its rectangle of ramparts and ditches softened by centuries of ploughing. It stood on the road that ran from Porolissum, the great frontier stronghold to the north, down towards Napoca, today's Cluj, and it housed an auxiliary unit guarding the approach to the Meseș mountains. Archaeologists have found inscriptions, coins and pottery here, and the site is part of the Dacian frontier listed by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Românași - Largiana / Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Românași - Largiana / Cetate comes up about 18 km into the recorded legs. Next is Brebi - Dealul Mare 3.
3. Brebi - Dealul Mare 3
Most people who know the Roman Empire think of Hadrian's Wall or the Rhine, but there was also a Roman frontier in the hills of north-western Transylvania, and this is part of it. The province of Dacia Porolissensis was guarded by a line of forts and wooden watchtowers on ridge tops, and the great fort and customs station at Porolissum, at Moigrad, was its centre. UNESCO added the Dacia Porolissensis frontier to its listing of Roman frontiers in 2024. Brebi lies close to Porolissum, and the ridge called Dealul Mare gives a sense of why the Romans chose these hills: wide views over the valleys and the approaches from the north.
Read the complete Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 37 km into the recorded legs you reach Brebi - Dealul Mare 3. Next is back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate.
4. back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Românași - Largiana / Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate, late in the day. Next is Buciumi - Grădiște.
5. Buciumi - Grădiște
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Buciumi - Grădiște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Buciumi - Grădiște. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Buciumi - Grădiște to Românași - Largiana / Cetate
Buciumi - Grădiște → Românași - Largiana / Cetate is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Românași - Largiana / Cetate to Brebi - Dealul Mare 3
Românași - Largiana / Cetate → Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 to back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate
Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 → back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate to Buciumi - Grădiște
back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate → Buciumi - Grădiște is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.