CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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From Chiuiești it runs 196 km to Chiuiești; allow about 3 h 41 of riding. It goes by way of Bârsău Mare - Cetate, Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii, Porolissum and back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii. The line favours views over speed.
North of Dej, in the hills of Cluj county, the land rises into a rolling upland of pastures, orchards and beech woods, cut by small valleys and dotted with villages. Muncelul Chiuieștiului is one of the hilltops above the village of Chiuiești, and the name is listed among archaeological sites of the Roman frontier in Dacia, which in this region ran along the hills to protect the province from the free Dacians and other peoples to the north. What exactly stood on this hilltop is something to learn from the local signs rather than assume; much of the frontier here consisted of small watchtowers and earthworks that left only faint traces.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului write-up.
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Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului is where the day begins. Next is Bârsău Mare - Cetate.
In the north of Transylvania, the Someș river winds through a valley of green hills, woods and villages with wooden churches and haystacks, and on a hilltop near the village of Bârsău Mare, the faint remains of a Roman fortification overlook the valley. This was part of the northern frontier of Roman Dacia, the province created after Trajan's conquest in the early second century, and it is one of the sites included in the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, listed by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Bârsău Mare - Cetate write-up.
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Bârsău Mare - Cetate comes up about 28 km into the recorded legs. Next is Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii.
Surduc is a village in the Someș valley in Sălaj county, north-western Romania, where the river cuts a narrow path through hills on its way toward Baia Mare. Above the village, on a ridge overlooking the valley of the Hrăii stream, there are traces of a Roman watchtower, part of the frontier of the province of Dacia. The nearby villages of Tihău and Băbeni, and the town of Jibou, are all close by.
Read the complete Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii write-up.
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about 73 km into the recorded legs you reach Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii. Next is Porolissum.
On a hill above the village of Moigrad, the Roman town of Porolissum guarded a key pass through the Meseș mountains, the gateway to Roman Dacia from the north-west. Founded as a military camp after the conquest in 106, it grew into a town of thousands, with a large fort, an amphitheatre, temples, baths and a customs post, and it became a municipium, a self-governing city, under the emperor Septimius Severus. The ruins are among the most impressive Roman remains in Romania, with a reconstructed fort gate, walls and parts of the town, and they are part of the frontier sites of Roman Dacia.
Read the complete Porolissum write-up.
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Porolissum, about halfway. Next is back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii.
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Read the complete Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii write-up.
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back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii sits at 111 km, about halfway. Next is back through Bârsău Mare - Cetate.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Bârsău Mare - Cetate write-up.
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back through Bârsău Mare - Cetate comes up about 168 km into the recorded legs. Next is Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului closes the day.
Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului → Bârsău Mare - Cetate is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bârsău Mare - Cetate → Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii → Porolissum is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Porolissum → back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii → back through Bârsău Mare - Cetate is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Bârsău Mare - Cetate → Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.