Why this ride
348 km from Băbeni to Băbeni, about 8 h 01 of riding. On the way it passes Porolissum, Huta - Salhiger, Mirșid - Poguior and Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cliț - Fața Chicerii and Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 348 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 01
- 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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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
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Planning note
Cliț - Fața Chicerii is where the day begins. Next is Porolissum.
2. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Porolissum comes up about 32 km into the recorded legs. Next is Huta - Salhiger.
3. Huta - Salhiger
Huta is a Romanian word for a glassworks or ironworks, and the name usually points to an old forest industry: a place where charcoal burners and glassblowers once worked in clearings in the beech woods. The village of this name lies in the hills between Ciucea, in Cluj county, and the villages of Cizer and Stârciu in the neighbouring county of Sălaj, in the broken country where the Meseș and Plopiș mountains meet.
Read the complete Huta - Salhiger write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 71 km into the recorded legs you reach Huta - Salhiger. Next is Mirșid - Poguior.
4. Mirșid - Poguior
Mirșid sits on the southern flank of the Meseș Mountains, in the county of Sălaj, a few kilometres from Zalău, and it is almost within sight of one of the best Roman sites in Romania. Porolissum, on the ridge above the village of Moigrad, was the capital of the Roman province of Dacia Porolissensis and a great frontier post on the northern edge of the empire, with large military forts, an amphitheatre, a customs post and a town with temples and baths, built after Trajan's conquest of Dacia in the early second century AD. The site is now an archaeological park, with the outline of the fort on a spur and, below, an amphitheatre cut into the hillside, and from the walls you can look over the Meseș Gate, the pass the Romans were guarding.
Read the complete Mirșid - Poguior write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Mirșid - Poguior, about halfway. Next is Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură.
5. Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Somewhere between Dealul Mare and Arsură, two wooded hills above the village of Hurez in Sălaj county, the Roman frontier of Dacia ran along the heights, marked by watchtowers and small earthworks that are now almost hidden by forest. Together with the towers further north on the Meseș ridge, they formed a line that looked west towards the lands beyond the empire, and they were included in the World Heritage listing of the Dacian frontier in 2024. Finding the remains requires a map and some determination; the reward is a sense of how thinly Rome stretched its soldiers across these hills.
Read the complete Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură sits at 140 km, about halfway. Next is back through Mirșid - Poguior.
6. back through Mirșid - Poguior
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mirșid - Poguior write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Mirșid - Poguior comes up about 222 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Huta - Salhiger.
7. back through Huta - Salhiger
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Huta - Salhiger write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 275 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Huta - Salhiger. Next is back through Porolissum.
8. back through Porolissum
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Porolissum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Porolissum, late in the day. Next is Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
9. Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cliț - Fața Chicerii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 348 km.
Leg by leg
Cliț - Fața Chicerii to Porolissum
Cliț - Fața Chicerii → Porolissum is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Porolissum to Huta - Salhiger
Porolissum → Huta - Salhiger is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Huta - Salhiger to Mirșid - Poguior
Huta - Salhiger → Mirșid - Poguior is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mirșid - Poguior to Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Mirșid - Poguior → Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură to back through Mirșid - Poguior
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură → back through Mirșid - Poguior is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mirșid - Poguior to back through Huta - Salhiger
back through Mirșid - Poguior → back through Huta - Salhiger is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Huta - Salhiger to back through Porolissum
back through Huta - Salhiger → back through Porolissum is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Porolissum to Cliț - Fața Chicerii
back through Porolissum → Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.