Why this ride
From Băbeni it runs 302 km to Băbeni; allow about 5 h 46 of riding. On the way it passes Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului, Domnești and back through Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cliț - Fața Chicerii and Domnești
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 302 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 46
- 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. 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 Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului.
2. Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului
Bram Stoker never came to Transylvania, but he sent Jonathan Harker through Bistrița, and the town still enjoys the connection. Dealul Muncelului, a hill above the village of Negrilești, sits west of Bistrița in the Someș valley, and from here the road east leads through the Saxon town to the Tihuța pass, the Borgo Pass of the novel, where Count Dracula's carriage is supposed to have met his English visitor. It is a fine excuse for a ride, even if the vampire is fiction and the real history more interesting.
Read the complete Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului comes up about 85 km into the recorded legs. Next is Domnești.
3. Domnești
Domnești sits in the hills just south of Bistrița, the old Saxon town in northeastern Transylvania, and like several places in this region it marks a point on the Roman frontier of Dacia, where watchtowers once looked out from the ridgetops over the province's edge. Nothing dramatic remains here, but the location is perfect for exploring a corner of Romania that mixes Roman, Saxon, Hungarian and Romanian history in a single valley.
Read the complete Domnești write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 151 km into the recorded legs you reach Domnești. Next is back through Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului.
4. back through Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului, late in the day. Next is Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
5. 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
Back at Cliț - Fața Chicerii. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cliț - Fața Chicerii to Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului
Cliț - Fața Chicerii → Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului is 85 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului to Domnești
Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului → Domnești is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Domnești to back through Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului
Domnești → back through Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului to Cliț - Fața Chicerii
back through Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului → Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 85 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.