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 Negrilești it runs 249 km to Negrilești; allow about 5 h 15 of riding. The stops in between: Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii, Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha, Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii and back through Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha. The line favours views over speed.
Ciceu-Poieni is a tiny village in the hills north of the Someș, the kind of place that rarely appears on a map, and near it, at a spot called Podul Milcoaiei, the Romans placed a watchtower on the northern border of Dacia. It is part of the Dacian frontier on the World Heritage list, and today it is just a slight hump in the ground among fields and woods, but its position on the high ground gives a wide view over the valleys, which is exactly why it was chosen. The towers were placed so that each could see its neighbours and pass signals along the frontier with fire and smoke.
Read the complete Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei write-up.
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Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei is where the day begins. Next is Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii.
North of Dej, the Someș river winds through a land of soft hills, orchards and scattered villages, and on the ridges above it the Romans once kept watch over the northern frontier of their province of Dacia. Chiuiești, a commune of small villages spread across the hills, is one of the places where archaeologists have identified the remains of watchtowers on high points along the frontier, including one on the hill known as Dealul Crucii, the Hill of the Cross. Little survives above ground beyond low mounds and traces in the grass, but the sites are included in the World Heritage inscription of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Dacia, added in 2024.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii write-up.
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Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii comes up about 43 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha.
Ileanda is a village in the north of Sălaj county, where the river Someș swings north-west out of the Transylvanian basin through a valley flanked by wooded hills. On the hill called Ciuha, above the village, the Romans had a post on the northern edge of their province of Dacia, one of the watchtowers and forts that guarded the frontier from the second to the third century. The site belongs to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. Do not expect a ruin with walls to wander through: what survives is mostly earthwork and traces in the ground, and the joy lies in the climb and the view rather than the remains.
Read the complete Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha write-up.
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about 94 km into the recorded legs you reach Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha. 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.
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Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii, about halfway. Next is back through Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha.
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Read the complete Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha write-up.
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back through Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha sits at 104 km, about halfway. Next is back through Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii.
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Read the complete Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii write-up.
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back through Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii comes up about 203 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei write-up.
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Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei closes the day.
Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei → Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii → Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha → Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii → back through Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha → back through Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Chiuiești - Dealul Crucii → Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.