Why this ride
180 km from Băbeni to Băbeni, about 4 h 18 of riding. It goes by way of Popeni - Dumbravă, Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2, Brebi - Comorâște and back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cliț - Fața Chicerii and Brebi - Comorâște
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 180 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 18
- 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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Scenic road chapters
Popeni - Dumbravă → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
This part of the ride is 31 km of Popeni - Dumbravă → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 31 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Northern Sălaj is quiet country: low wooded hills, hay meadows, plum orchards and villages strung along the Someș river and its side valleys, with wooden churches and haystacks built around poles in the fields. Cliț is a small village near Băbeni, and the point named Fața Chicerii lies in the hills above it. Names in this list follow the pattern of the Romanian archaeological record, a village and then the local name of a hillside, and in this part of Sălaj many such points belong to the line of watchtowers and small forts of the Roman frontier of Dacia, which UNESCO recognised in 2024.
Read the complete Cliț - Fața Chicerii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cliț - Fața Chicerii is where the day begins. Next is Popeni - Dumbravă.
2. Popeni - Dumbravă
Think of the frontier of Roman Dacia not as a wall but as a net. In the hills of Sălaj, north of the town of Zalău, the Romans stretched a fine mesh of watchtowers, small forts and earthen barriers across the ridges, all centred on the great fortress of Porolissum, which controlled the most important pass from the province into the lands of the free Dacians. Popeni, a village near Jibou, sits near one of the outer strands of that net: at Dumbravă, a spot on the edge of a wood, the remains of a tower are part of the Dacian frontier on the World Heritage list. You will see a bump in the ground and a lot of grass, and that is all the more reason to use your imagination.
Read the complete Popeni - Dumbravă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Popeni - Dumbravă comes up about 28 km into the recorded legs. Next is Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
3. Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Treznea is a small village in the hills of Sălaj county, eleven kilometres east of Zalău, and its name carries a heavy weight in Romanian history. In September 1940, after northern Transylvania was transferred to Hungary by the Second Vienna Award, Hungarian troops entering the region killed scores of villagers here, Romanians and Jews, in one of the worst atrocities of that time. A memorial in the village remembers the victims. It is a sobering reminder that these quiet hills have seen terrible violence, and a short, respectful stop at the memorial is worth more than any viewpoint on the ride.
Read the complete Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 59 km into the recorded legs you reach Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2. Next is Brebi - Comorâște.
4. Brebi - Comorâște
The hill of Comorâște, above the village of Brebi in Sălaj county, overlooks the Someș valley as it turns north towards Jibou, and its name hints at buried treasure, comoară, which is how villagers often explained odd mounds and old stones on their land. Archaeologists explain it more prosaically as a Roman watch site on the north-western frontier of Dacia, part of the line of towers and forts strung along the Meseș hills and inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. From the top you can see across the valley to the forested ridges that once marked the edge of the empire.
Read the complete Brebi - Comorâște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Brebi - Comorâște, about halfway. Next is back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
5. back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 sits at 101 km, about halfway. Next is back through Popeni - Dumbravă.
6. back through Popeni - Dumbravă
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Popeni - Dumbravă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Popeni - Dumbravă comes up about 150 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
7. Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cliț - Fața Chicerii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cliț - Fața Chicerii closes the day.
Leg by leg
Cliț - Fața Chicerii to Popeni - Dumbravă
Cliț - Fața Chicerii → Popeni - Dumbravă is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Popeni - Dumbravă to Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Popeni - Dumbravă → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 to Brebi - Comorâște
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → Brebi - Comorâște is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Brebi - Comorâște to back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Brebi - Comorâște → back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 to back through Popeni - Dumbravă
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → back through Popeni - Dumbravă is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Popeni - Dumbravă to Cliț - Fața Chicerii
back through Popeni - Dumbravă → Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.